Category: US News

LIVE NOW: House Natural Resources Committee Oversight Field Hearing on ‘Critical Minerals in the American Southwest’

The House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, holds an oversight field hearing on “Securing Supply Chains: Access to Critical Minerals in the American Southwest” at 1 p.m. ET on July 21 to examine the vast mineral potential of the American Southwest. …


Biden Admin Announces First Offshore Wind Sale in Gulf of Mexico

The Biden administration on Thursday announced it will hold an offshore wind energy auction in the Gulf of Mexico in August, the first such sale in the area. The three leases are located off the Texas and Louisiana coasts. These areas have the potential to generate approximately 3.7 gigawatts (GW) and power almost 1.3 million…


Coroner Identifies 2 Victims Killed by Man Who Later Died in Police Shootout in Louisiana

HARVEY, La.—Louisiana authorities have identified the former shipyard worker who was killed in a shootout with sheriff’s deputies Monday, and the two ex-coworkers the man had gunned down hours before he was killed. The suspect killed Monday afternoon at an apartment complex in suburban New Orleans was Willis Thomas, 31, of Harvey, Dr. Gerry Cvitanovich,…


Eviction Notices Rise in Several US Cities

Eviction filings are rising in several American cities, according to recent data collected by the Princeton University Eviction Lab. Princeton’s Eviction Tracking System has been keeping track of eviction filings across the United States since 2000 when the lab started to publish its findings. The findings are based on (pdf) tens of millions of public records from state and county…


Trump Hosts Actor Jim Caviezel and Tim Ballard at ‘Sound of Freedom’ Screening

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday hosted a screening of the film “Sound of Freedom” with actor Jim Caviezel, producer Eduardo Verástegui and Operation Underground Railroad’s Tim Ballard, whom the movie about child sex trafficking was based upon. The event, which took place outside his club in Bedminster, New Jersey, had the presidential nominee kicking…


Indiana Police Recover 2 DNA Profiles From Human Remains Found at Property of Long-Dead Businessman

WESTFIELD, Ind.—Indiana authorities have recovered two complete human DNA profiles from bones and bone fragments found on property once owned by a long-deceased businessman suspected in a string of killings in the 1980s and 1990s. Hamilton County Coroner Jeff Jellison said Indiana State Police’s laboratory was able to produce the two DNA profiles this week…


Vast Majority of Americans Say Illegal Immigration Is Either ‘Crisis’ or ‘Major Problem’

Amid a historic wave of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border unlawfully, an overwhelming majority of Americans polled say that illegal immigration is a crisis or—at best—a “major problem.” A recent poll by Gallup found that 39 percent of Americans believe the border situation is a full-blown “crisis.” Another 33 percent think it’s a “major problem,”…


Candlelight Vigil Remembers Victims of CCP’s Persecution of Falun Gong

WASHINGTON—As the night fell on July 20, over 1,500 Falun Gong adherents sat on the National Mall, carrying candles to commemorate those who have died as a result of the Chinese regime’s repression. Liang Guiyu, 53, a resident of New York’s Flushing, originally from northeast China’s Shandong Province, was one of them. July 20 is…


Why Hollywood (and Media) Elites Don’t Want ‘Sound of Freedom’ to Succeed | Facts Matter

The Sound of Freedom, a movie which exposes the sexual trafficking of children, is actively being maligned to the American public. As crazy as it sounds, despite the fact that this movie is based on a true story (and despite the fact that it exposes the very real reality that millions of children find themselves…


Newsom’s $1.5 Million Fine to School District Over Textbook Rejection May Be Illegal

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to fine a local school district $1.5 million for rejecting what the school board says is an “inappropriate” social studies textbook could be illegal, according to several education leaders and lawmakers. The governor announced the fine in a July 19 statement, adding that the state is securing the textbook in question for all 1–5 grade…