Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) told reporters on Tuesday that the Build Back Better Act (BBB), President Joe Biden’s multi-trillion dollar social spending package, “is dead,” dashing any lingering Democratic hopes that Manchin will rally behind a further scaled-down version. Manchin’s opposition to BBB has been well-known and oft-repeated for months, and his opposition to the…

A Rancho Santa Margarita woman is warning others about the unscrupulous tactics of some ridesharing drivers after she says she was hit with a bogus charge. Ashley McClure told The Epoch Times that she’s fallen victim to a scam that’s been circulating throughout the country for years: Vomit fraud. The Better Business Bureau is among…