The U.S. Senate passed an amendment to the annual defense bill on Thursday that would ban oil exports to China from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which sits half empty after President Joe Biden ordered a drawdown to reduce soaring inflation. The amendment, spearheaded by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) passed the…

AIGLE, Switzerland—Female transgender athletes who transitioned after male puberty will no longer be able to compete in women’s races, world cycling governing body the UCI said Friday. The International Cycling Union joined the governing bodies in track and field and swimming as top-tier Olympic sports addressing in this way the issue of transgender athletes and…

Commentary In the latest break between China and the United States, Beijing imposed export controls on gallium and germanium. The two minerals, which Beijing plans to restrict starting Aug. 1, are critical to high-tech products like ultra-fast computer chips, electric vehicles, radar, night vision devices, missile defense, fiber optics, LEDs, and satellite imagery. China produces…

The gas stove ban that we were told wasn’t going to happen is now being debated in Congress. Democrats are trying to ban certain models of gas stoves and other household appliances. Republicans, meanwhile, are pushing two bills to try to stop the bans from happening. Yet the proposed restrictions on gas stoves go much…

The gas stove ban that we were told wasn’t going to happen is now being debated in Congress. Democrats are trying to ban certain models of gas stoves and other household appliances. Republicans, meanwhile, are pushing two bills to try to stop the bans from happening. Yet the proposed restrictions on gas stoves go much…

The gas stove ban that we were told wasn’t going to happen is now being debated in Congress. Democrats are trying to ban certain models of gas stoves and other household appliances. Republicans, meanwhile, are pushing two bills to try to stop the bans from happening. Yet the proposed restrictions on gas stoves go much…

MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Saturday that journalists from countries that Russia regards as unfriendly have been banned from covering this year’s economic forum in St. Petersburg, one of the country’s showpiece events. The move underlines the intensifying animosity between Russia and countries that have imposed sanctions connected to the fighting in Ukraine or…

The University of Texas at Austin spends more than $13 million on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) salaries for close to 200 jobs, according to documents obtained by The Epoch Times. That’s enough money to fund 342 in-state students to attend one of Texas’ top publicly funded universities for a year, based on $35,000 in…

Texas Republicans cleared a major hurdle to pass a ban on child gender modification surgery and hormones after fierce resistance from Democrats and pro-transgender protesters. The vote mainly along party lines on May 11 came after five hours of debate on Senate Bill 14 that included multiple attempts by Democrats to water down the bill through…

New York has become the first state in the country to ban gas stoves after the state legislature on May 3 approved a new state budget that includes a prohibition on fossil fuel combustion in most new buildings starting in 2026. The final vote followed weeks of what Gov. Kathy Hochul called “very intense” negotiations…