Month: March 2022

Watchdog Says Rep. Schrader Violating Ban on Campaign Use of Official Tax-Paid Resources

House Ethics Committee members should investigate whether Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) violated congressional rules against using tax-paid official resources in his re-election campaign, according to a private watchdog group. The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) filed a complaint Friday with the committee alleging that at least two of Schrader’s recent campaign advertisements use…


Democrats Push Tough-on-Crime Bills at Statehouses Ahead of Elections

Some Democratic governors and state lawmakers are resorting to tough-on-crime legislation, often against the will of the party’s progressive camp, as elections draw closer and violent crime emerges as a top issue on voters’ minds. Most want to take more violent offenders off the street, either by rolling back bail reforms or through tougher sentencing…


Democrats Push Tough-on-crime Bills at Statehouses Ahead of Reelections

As reelections near and violent crime emerges as a top issue on voters’ minds, some Democratic governors and state lawmakers are resorting to tough-on-crime legislation, often against the will of the party’s progressive camp. Most want to take more violent offenders off the street, either by rolling back bail reform or with tougher sentencing guidelines….


Supreme Court to Hear Case About California’s Tough New Rules on Pork Production

The Supreme Court agreed on March 28 to review a voter-approved law in California banning the sale of pork in the state from hogs raised anywhere in the world, unless the animals were raised in a space that exceeds industry norms–a rule U.S. pork producers say imposes massive new costs on out-of-state farmers. The case…


Fade the Post Rate Hike Rally

Commentary  The recent stock market rally is a trap. This is because Wall Street is vastly underestimating how hawkish the Federal Reserve will have to get in order to fight inflation, and how much weaker earnings and GDP growth will become as a result. The fact is Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has finally become…


Why California Has to Change Its Way of Addressing Homelessness | Mary Theroux

My guest is Mary Theroux, senior vice president at the Independent Institute and advisory director at The Salvation Army. She discusses why California hasn’t solved the homelessness issue after spending billions of dollars and what her organization is doing to help relieve this crisis.   Follow Epoch TV on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EpochTVus Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/EpochTV Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/epochtv…


Kentucky Man Indicted in Mayoral Candidate Shooting Case

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—A Kentucky man who police said fired a handgun at a Louisville mayoral candidate has been indicted on attempted murder and endangerment charges. Quintez Brown, 21, was arrested shortly after the Feb. 14 shooting. The mayoral candidate, Craig Greenberg, was not hit by the gunfire at his campaign office but said a bullet grazed…


Playoff Victory for LPGA Rookie With 8-under Round at Aviara

CARLSBAD, Calif.—Atthaya Thitikul, a 19-year-old rookie, won her first LPGA Tour title, shooting the tournament low score in the final round Sunday to eventually win in a play-off over Nanna Koerstz Madsen in the 2022 JTBC Classic at Park Hyatt Aviara Resort & Spa in north San Diego. With a field full of the world’s top…


2022 Oscars See Second-Lowest Ratings in History Despite Will Smith Incident

Sunday night’s 94th Academy Awards drew higher numbers of viewers than last year’s Oscars, but it still drew the second-lowest ratings in its history. The 2022 Oscars, which was aired on Disney-owned ABC, is estimated to have drawn 15.4 million viewers and had a rating of 2.9 among adults 18 to 49, according to Deadline…


Pompeo: US Should Label China as ‘Adversary’ Rather Than ‘Competitor’ in Recognition of Growing CCP Threats

The next U.S. national security strategy should focus on the challenges of curbing authoritarianism and formally recognize the sovereignty of Taiwan to deter Chinese communist aggression, according to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “Being in an ambiguous place is really, really dangerous,” Pompeo said during a March 28 interview with the Hudson Institute, a…