Month: April 2022

Trump-backed Candidates Win Key Races at Michigan GOP Convention

The grassroots muscle displayed by supporters of former president Donald Trump last weekend shocked the traditional Michigan Republican establishment. Going into the April 23 GOP Spring Endorsement Convention, party regular Tom Leonard—a former speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives—was widely favored to win the party’s endorsement to take on Democrat incumbent Attorney General Dana…


Attack on Senior US Official’s Brother May Have China Link

News Analysis Nury Turkel, one of the world’s most prominent Uyghurs, is under pressure from Beijing. The Washington-based American lawyer was instrumental in legislative and executive actions by the U.S. government to support Uyghur human rights in China. In the context of rising transnational repression by Beijing, including violent attacks linked to the Chinese Communist…


Putin: Quick Response If West Intervenes; US Economic Growth Shrank in First Quarter | NTD News Today

The subject of election integrity has become a topic of hot debate. Find out what Florida is doing to increase voter confidence. White House visitor logs show that one of Hunter Biden’s close business partners visited the White House multiple times during the Obama years. These include a meeting with the then-Vice President Joe Biden….


First Shipment of Russian Coal Paid for in Yuan on its Way to China

The first shipments of Russian coal and crude oil, paid for in yuan, will arrive in China in April and May, respectively. Chinese state media used the opportunity to denigrate the United States, claiming that the international status of the U.S. dollar is “at risk.” However, financial expert Albert Song believes that it will not…


UK Drug Dealer Set On Fire ‘Was Already Dead,’ Trial Told

A killer recruited his 70-year-old mother, his brother, and two friends to move the body of a London drug dealer and set it on fire after he was beaten to death in a row over £40,000 ($49,800) worth of missing cocaine, a court has heard. Home Office pathologist Dr. Robert Chapman told a trial at the…


Fort Worth, Texas, Becomes First American City to Mine Bitcoin

The city of Fort Worth, Texas, has become the first city government in the United States to mine bitcoin, advancing its goal of becoming a leading center of tech and innovation, city authorities announced on April 26. The bitcoin mining pilot program was launched by the Office of Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker and the…


Nearly 1,000 Canadian Armed Forces Members Denied COVID-19 Vaccine Exemptions

The Canadian military says nearly 1,000 members have been denied exemptions from the military’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement. Vice-chief of the defence staff Lt.-Gen. Frances Allen says more than 1,300 members of the Canadian Armed Forces requested exemptions for medical or religious reasons. Allen says only 158 of those requests have been approved, while about the…


American Treasures: Richard Rodgers: Finding the Music Inside

Consider the following bits of text: “Doe, a deer, a female deer,” “Oh, what a beautiful morning!”, “We’ll have Manhattan,” “Some enchanted evening.” Unless you are wholly ignorant of popular music before the Beatles, you will not be able to read those words without hearing in your head the music that drapes them as perfectly…


BBC Funding Model Is ‘Completely Outdated’: UK Culture Secretary

The BBC’s funding model is “completely outdated” and the UK government is ready to implement a new way of funding the public service broadcaster, Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has said. The BBC is primarily funded by licence fees, which is paid by every UK household which owns a television set or consumes BBC content on…


Texas Sues Biden’s Homeland Security Department Over Rule Allowing More Asylum-Seekers

The Texas Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit to block the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from allowing more asylum-seekers to remain in the United States. The lawsuit (pdf), filed April 28, seeks a permanent ruling against an interim Biden administration rule that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says will “release even more illegal aliens…