Category: US News

LIVE NOW: China’s ‘Transnational Repression’ Against Americans’ First Amendment Freedoms—A Hudson Institute Event

In a conversation hosted by the Hudson Institute on July 20, Levi Browde, executive director of the Falun Dafa Information Center; Olivia Enos, Washington director of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation; Ian Oxnevad, senior fellow for foreign affairs and security studies at the National Association of Scholars; and Ying Chen, conductor with…


China’s ‘Transnational Repression’ Against Americans’ First Amendment Freedoms—A Hudson Institute Event

In a conversation hosted by the Hudson Institute on July 20, Levi Browde, executive director of the Falun Dafa Information Center; Olivia Enos, Washington director of the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation; Ian Oxnevad, senior fellow for foreign affairs and security studies at the National Association of Scholars; and Ying Chen, conductor with…


Police Cast Doubt on Carlee Russell’s Kidnapping Claim After Reporting Toddler on an Alabama Highway

Authorities in Alabama cast doubt Wednesday on the story of a woman who set off a frantic search when she disappeared for two days after calling 911 to report a toddler wandering on the highway. Carlee Russell told investigators she was abducted and forced into a car Thursday, but they have been unable to verify…


Wife of Alleged Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Rex Heuermann Files for Divorce

The wife of the suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann has filed for divorce, according to court documents. Asa Ellerup, 59, the wife of Manhattan architect Mr. Heuerman—who police have confirmed is the suspected serial killer in the case—filed for divorce in Suffolk County Supreme Court against her husband of more than 20 years…


Housing Starts Tumble Despite Signs of an Improving Home Sales Market

The number of housing starts tumbled last month, despite signs that the home sales market is heating up again after falling. Housing starts take into account the change in the number of new residential buildings beginning construction. New single-family home construction fell 8 percent from May to June, according to July 19 report from the U.S. Census…


LIVE NOW: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Testifies on Weaponization of the Federal Government to House Judiciary Committee

Democratic presidential candidate, attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; Emma-Jo Morris, journalist at Breitbart News; and D. John Sauer, special assistant attorney general from the Louisiana Department of Justice testify on the federal government’s role in censoring Americans, the Missouri v. Biden case, and Big Tech’s collusion with out-of-control government agencies to silence speech to the House Judiciary…


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Testifies on Weaponization of the Federal Government to House Judiciary Committee

Democratic presidential candidate, attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; Emma-Jo Morris, journalist at Breitbart News; and D. John Sauer, special assistant attorney general from the Louisiana Department of Justice testify on the federal government’s role in censoring Americans, the Missouri v. Biden case, and Big Tech’s collusion with out-of-control government agencies to silence speech to the House Judiciary…


Musk Open to Price Cuts as Tesla Bets on Self-Driving Future

Elon Musk is prioritizing sales over profits in hopes that Tesla’s full self-driving software would eventually burnish margins, a plan that could deepen an already fierce price war in the electric-vehicle industry. Shares of the automaker fell 3 percent before the bell on Thursday after Mr. Musk signaled there might not be any let-up in…


SEC Requests Bigger Budget to Tackle ‘Wild West of the Crypto Markets’

Securities and Exchange Commissioner (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler supported the White House’s budget boost request for the stock market watchdog. But Mr. Gensler warned that the funds appropriated were tens of millions of dollars less than what his federal agency originally requested for the upcoming fiscal year. The Senate Appropriations Committee appropriated $2.4 billion to…


GOP Report Accuses DHS Secretary of ‘Actively’ Encouraging ‘Mass Illegal Immigration’

Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee released a scathing report on Wednesday evening accusing DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of intentional “dereliction of duty” in securing the nation’s borders. The GOP interim report claims Mr. Mayorkas has “actively encouraged and facilitated mass illegal immigration,” neglecting his sworn oath to “control and guard” the borders. The…