The Republican-led House Oversight Committee is now probing the cocaine found at the White House. We have updates about the investigation and the latest White House response. The Biden administration is taking aim at non-Obamacare insurance options. What did President Joe Biden announce, and how could it affect Americans? A new social media platform by Mark…

Commentary Over the past decade or so, America has undertaken a radical experiment with criminal justice reform. The consequences have been devastating. The number of people arrested in America each year has fallen sharply over the past two decades. Public prosecutors now prosecute significantly fewer cases. Those that are convicted can generally expect shorter sentences….

The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles (ABPP) has confirmed to The Epoch Times that it will be processing up to 400 inmates discharged from the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) on Tuesday in accordance with state law. AL.com reported that it obtained a notice that had been sent to law enforcement throughout the state but…

The Pennsylvania Legislature has ended the state’s prohibition on automatic knives. Also known as switchblades, these knives are tucked into the handle until the user presses a button and the blade snaps out. Just four states now ban the use of switchblades: Washington, Minnesota, Hawaii, and New Mexico. Pennsylvania law prohibits repairing, selling, dealing, using,…

Commentary After decades of falling crime rates, violence is spiking again in America’s streets. According to FBI data, violent crime increased by nearly 30 percent in 2020 compared to 2019, and while national data for 2021 is not yet complete, data from major cities such as Los Angeles, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. show further increases…

Commentary The long and disturbing rap sheet of Frank James, the black nationalist New York City subway shooter arrested on Wednesday and charged by federal prosecutors with one count of committing a terrorist act against a mass transportation system, ought to serve as a national wake-up call. The 24 hour-plus nerve-racking manhunt ended in anticlimactic…

Commentary There is so much said these days about the need to reform our justice system. But where does that start and what exactly do these changes look like? Should prosecutors be allowed to buck the law and decide not to prosecute certain offenses? Should the system of cash bail be scrapped because poor defendants…

Commentary Are there are any other issues confronting our fractious republic that matter if Americans themselves are too scared to walk outside, lest they be mugged by a “bail reform”-freed perp or shot by a gangbanger in a drive-by shooting? As we get ready to close the chapter on this bloody year of 2021, that…

Commentary In an increasingly polarized United States, it can often be tempting to let states you feel have made poor decisions, depending on what side of the political spectrum you fall, to live with the mess they’ve created. This is especially true of California, a state that many outsiders—and residents—would describe as a hot mess….

Los Angeles and San Francisco have embraced a “reform” in their criminal justice system by having fewer sentences and punishments for certain crimes. But does the result match the intention? My guest is Kathleen Cady, a former prosecutor with the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Bureau of Victim Services. She talks about the reform in the…