An illegal immigrant teenager from Mexico was arrested for allegedly setting wildfires in California, said Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials. Agents with the CBP’s El Centro Sector apprehended the illegal alien, who was not identified, and accused him of setting fires in the Jacumba Wilderness last week. When Border Patrol agents responded, “they located an…
Illegal Immigrant Mexican Teen Arrested for Setting Wildfires in California: CBP
September 27, 2021
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‘Checking Under The Hood’: Orange County Cities’ and School Districts’ Finances
Commentary In his 1992 run for United States President, third-party candidate Ross Perot made famous the phrase “to look under the hood.” We’ve done just that by looking at the per capita rankings of Orange County’s cities and school districts by taking their unrestricted net positions and dividing them by the populations they serve, as…
Who Wants the CPTPP?
Commentary To join or be excluded from the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has suddenly become the major question for both Beijing and Taipei. Initially proposed by the U.S. Obama administration, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was meant to be a highly sophisticated, up-to-date free trade agreement that, in addition to the United…
Bipartisan Caucus Opposes Linking Budget, Infrastructure Bills
Members of the Problem Solvers Caucus (PSC) in the House, a bipartisan group of moderates, have long opposed linking the Senate-passed infrastructure bill with the Democratic $3.5 trillion budget. Now, as the time for a vote on these bills is only days away, these moderates are keeping up that pressure. A Democratic coalition of nine…
China’s Problems Are Larger Than Evergrande
Commentary The potential bankruptcy of the Chinese real estate company Evergrande is much more than a “Chinese Lehman.” Lehman Brothers was much more diversified than Evergrande and better capitalized. In fact, the total assets of Evergrande outnumber the entire subprime bubble of the United States. The problem with Evergrande is that it’s not an anecdote, but a symptom…
Strong Quake Hits Greek Island of Crete; 1 Dead, 20 Injured
ATHENS, Greece—A strong, prolonged earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of at least 5.8 struck the Greek island of Crete on Monday, killing one person and injuring 20, while damaging homes and churches and causing rock slides near the country’s fourth-largest city. The quake sent people fleeing into the streets in the city of Heraklion, and…
Canada’s Ambassador to US Says Meng Deal ‘Independent’ of China’s Release of Kovrig and Spavor
September 27, 2021
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Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. says Washington did not make China’s release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor a condition of the resolution of the charges against Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou. “Absolutely not. The DPA [Deferred Prosecution Agreement] and the resolution of the charges against Ms. Meng was a completely independent process,” said…
Gascón to Dismiss Nearly 60,000 Cannabis Convictions
LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Sept. 27 that his office has identified nearly 60,000 cannabis convictions, some going back three decades, that will be dismissed as part of what he calls an effort “to reverse the injustices of drug laws.” “Dismissing these convictions means the possibility of a better future to thousands…
Small Fry: Peru’s Fishermen Battle China’s Overseas Fleet
PUCUSANA, PERU—Aboard the Ocean Warrior in the eastern Pacific Ocean, José López proudly remembers his first catch: he was 13, and a local skipper, pitying his ragamuffin look, hired him as an extra hand. When he returned home, his pockets stuffed with a day’s wages, his mother protested. “She thought I had stolen the money,”…
Belarus Leader Accuses NATO of Building Bases During Annual Drill in Ukraine
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, in a joint response with the Kremlin, has accused the United States of setting up bases while conducting an annual military exercise in Ukraine, involving thousands of troops from NATO member countries. Ukraine, together with service members from more than a dozen nations, launched Rapid Trident 21—an annual Ukrainian-led, American-assisted training…
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