Tag: US News

DOJ Excluded IRS Investigative Team from Briefing on Biden Bribery Allegations: Sen. Grassley

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) says the Department of Justice (DOJ) briefed federal prosecutors and FBI investigators on the contents of a scheme alleging that then-Vice President Joe Biden took a criminal bribe from a foreign national but left IRS investigators out of the loop on the allegations. In an Oct. 23, 2020, meeting, Grassley alleged…


LIVE 6 PM ET: NTD Evening News (July 10): Turkey Agrees to Admit Sweden Into NATO; Judge Rejects DOJ Request in Social Media Censorship Case

Sweden is set to join NATO as the military alliance’s 32nd member following its acceptance by Turkey. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on July 10 that a meeting between Turkish President Recep Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson resulted in an understanding being reached between the two powers. Meanwhile, President Biden has kicked…


NTD Evening News (July 10): Turkey Agrees to Admit Sweden Into NATO; Judge Rejects DOJ Request in Social Media Censorship Case

Sweden is set to join NATO as the military alliance’s 32nd member following its acceptance by Turkey. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on July 10 that a meeting between Turkish President Recep Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson resulted in an understanding being reached between the two powers. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden has…


Warren Raises Conflict of Interest Concerns About Pentagon Division, Private Investment

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has raised questions about whether parts of the Department of Defense (DOD) could be “too cozy” with private investment firms. Ms. Warren, who serves as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, broached her concerns in a July 9 letter (pdf) to Heidi Shyu, under secretary of defense for research and…


Officials Respond to Reports of TikTok Boat Jumping Challenge Causing Deaths

An Alabama law enforcement agency said on July 10 that it is not aware of any deaths linked to a TikTok challenge that encourages people to flip off the rear of a boat while moving at a high rate of speed, despite a slew of news reports quoting an Alabama official as saying otherwise. In…


Paper on Post-Vax Autopsies Swiftly Removed After Attracting ‘Special Attention’: Dr. Peter McCullough

A Lancet review of autopsy data of over 300 post-COVID-19 vaccination deaths would challenge the mainstream narrative on the safety of the shots, but was removed within 24 hours of the initial submission, said cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough, the paper’s leading author and prominent COVID vaccine skeptic. “The government narrative is still that people do…


Fed Official Proposes Increased Capital Requirements for Big Banks

Michael S. Barr, the Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision, outlined a sweeping initiative to bolster capital requirements for the nation’s largest banks to enhance the resilience of the U.S. banking system. The main proposal is mandating the largest banks to hold an extra two percentage points of capital, or an additional $2 of capital…


ANALYSIS: CCP Poised to Expand Security Footprint in Latin America With New Port in Argentina

China’s rapidly expanding military and surveillance initiatives across Latin America have become more than just a thorn in the side of Washington. In Argentina’s southern tip, Tierra del Fuego, on June 5, Governor Gustavo Melella greenlit a”multi-purpose” Chinese-operated port facility through decree  3312/22, which entered the provincial legislature the same day. The country currently houses a Chinese…


Waiting for ‘Buyers to Come’: Unsold Electric Vehicles Piling Up in Car Dealerships, Says Report

The number of unsold electric vehicles at dealers in the second quarter tripled compared to the past year, signaling a weakened demand for the segment, said a recent report by leading auto-dealer data company Cox Automotive. In second quarter 2023, the average inventory for electric vehicles (EVs) topped more than 92,000 units on the ground…


Vivek Ramaswamy to Let Volunteer Fundraisers Keep 10 Percent of Money They Raise

Presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy told The Epoch Times in late June that his campaign was “decentralizing the process of getting people to support us.” “What does that mean? Actually make volunteers accountable for bringing more people into the movement,” said the biotech entrepreneur and anti-ESG investor. A July 10 announcement from his campaign makes it…