Month: August 2022

LIVE 10:30AM ET: FBI Interfered in US Election by Censoring Hunter Biden Story; Exposure Vindicates Trump Lawyers

The FBI is being accused of election interference, as new evidence emerges on its suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story and on its raid on President Trump’s Mar-A-Lago home. Mark Zuckerberg of Meta claimed in a recent interview that the FBI alerted the company of a Russian disinformation campaign ahead of the 2020 elections,…


Powell’s Double Challenge: A Slowing Economy and Vanishing Liquidity

Commentary The hawkish tone of the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday, Aug. 26, was unequivocal. His most important sentence, in my view, was the following: “With inflation running far above 2 percent and the labor market extremely tight, estimates of longer-run neutral are not a place to stop or pause.” What does this…


Mom Empowers Daughter Born With Rare Birthmark, and Shares Her Unique Beauty With the World

The mom of a toddler born with a rare birthmark covering almost half her face has been empowering her little girl. She has also been actively sharing about her daughter’s condition in hopes that the child doesn’t have to explain her whole life to others in the future. Nicole Hall of Macon, Missouri, is a teacher….


Dollar Zooms Higher as Markets Brace for Higher for Longer Rates

LONDON—The dollar shot higher on Monday, briefly scaling fresh 20-year highs against a basket of other currencies, as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled interest rates would be kept higher for longer to bring down uncomfortably high inflation. The dollar index, which measures the currency’s value against a basket of peers, scaled a fresh two-decade…


Michael Taube: Canadian Heritage Should Get Its Own House in Order Before Controlling Canadians’ Free Speech

Commentary Canada’s Liberal government has been focused for some time now on finding ways to regulate the internet. The Department of Canadian Heritage, in particular, has targeted online content and what it believes should be classified as hate speech. Based on the recent controversy surrounding the hiring of an anti-racist consultant who turned out to…


NASA Postpones Launch of Artemis I Moon Rocket

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A fuel leak and then an engine problem during final liftoff preparations led NASA to scrub the launch of its mighty new moon rocket Monday morning on a shakedown flight with three test dummies aboard. The next launch attempt will not take place until Friday at the earliest. As precious minutes ticked away,…


NASA Postpones Artemis I Lunar Mission Launch

Fuel leaks have forced NASA to scrub the launch of its new moon rocket on a no-crew test flight. The next launch attempt will not take place until Friday at the earliest. The 322-foot Space Launch System rocket was set to lift off Monday morning with three test dummies aboard on its first flight, a…


‘Mechanical Issue’ Hits UK’s HMS Prince of Wales as It Heads for Exercises With US Navy

The Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, has broken down as it prepared to cross the Atlantic to join exercises off the U.S. coast. The 65,000-tonne warship left from Portsmouth Naval Base, Hampshire, on Saturday but hadn’t gone far before it was hit with mechanical problems. A Royal Navy spokeswoman said, “HMS…


Biden Faces Criticism From Democrats and Republicans Over Student Loan Relief Plan

One more Democratic lawmaker has voiced concerns about President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive student debt, while Republicans in Congress continue to speak out against the decision. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), who is facing Republican nominee J.D. Vance in the Ohio Senate race in November, told CNN on Aug. 28 that Biden’s decision sent “the…


Hong Kong Immigrant Star Pastry Chef Made Cakes for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebration

Hong Kong star pastry chef Jeffery Koo chose to move to Manchester, England a year and a half ago and opened his own brand cake shop “A Little Sweet,” which has become a favourite among many locals. He was also invited by the local city council earlier to make a platinum jubilee cake for the…