Month: September 2022

Tri-State Task Force Disrupted Major Drug Trafficking in Port Jervis

A total of 36 defendants were charged following a major drug raid in Port Jervis and surrounding areas, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler at a Sept. 28 press conference. The raid was a climax of a months-long investigation by several law enforcement agencies to disrupt Port Jervis-based illegal drug operations. On Sept….


China Is Laughing at Us

Commentary Europe is rapidly de-industrializing. German factories are going dark. French and Dutch farmers can’t afford to heat greenhouses. Millions of Brits are facing energy poverty. And Americans are still struggling to put food on the table or pay their energy bills. These disasters largely all stem from Western leaders’ devotion to the cult of climate extremism, and the calamitous decisions to replace fossil…


Trump Factor May Decide Arizona US Senate Election

With just over a month before the November elections, all eyes are turning to four key races that could decide U.S. Senate control in 2023. In Arizona, one of the four “toss-up” races, Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat, is hoping to fend off his challenger, Republican political newcomer Blake Masters. The two could not be…


Toyota Motor Lowers October Output Target by 6.3 Percent

TOKYO—Toyota Motor Corp. on Friday lowered its October production target by 6.3 percent to about 750,000 vehicles because of a shortage of semiconductors. The announcement comes about a week after the world’s largest automaker by sales released its production target of about 800,000 vehicles globally for the next month, deepening worries that the chip shortage…


Republicans Express Alarm After Biden’s ‘Where’s Jackie’ Comment

Republicans are calling for President Joe Biden to take a cognitive test after he called for the name of a House lawmaker who died last month during an event this week. During a White House event, Biden asked, “Where’s Jackie,” referring to Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.). Walorski and several other people died in a car crash…


America’s Seafood Industry Getting ‘Crushed’ by High Tariffs and Inflation

Fishermen are catching a lot more than seafood in their nets this year due to ongoing tariffs resulting from the U.S.-China trade war and sky-high inflation. The resultant effect has crippled the majority of America’s seafood industry by making it less competitive. Much of this is due to the amount of offshore processing done in…


All-Electric Passenger Plane ‘Electrified the Skies’ During Inaugural 8-Minute Flight: Company

An all-electric airplane developed by Eviation Aircraft achieved a major milestone in electric aviation as it flew for 8 minutes at an altitude of 3,500 feet, the company announced. The flight took off on Tuesday at 7:10 a.m. from the Grant County International Airport in Washington. The zero-emission aircraft, named Alice, cuts down on noise…


Newsom Compromises on Union Bill to Maintain Path to White House

Commentary Potomac Fever strikes politicians seeking the White House. It makes them do anything necessary to win. In that light, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s spate of bill signings this past week confirms a year-long series of signs he’s obviously running for the prize. The most prominent was Assembly Bill 2183, which ends secret ballots for farmworker…


As Putin Claims Parts of Ukraine, Canada Imposes New Sanctions on Russia

Canada announced today it is imposing new sanctions on Russia in retaliation for its “unprovoked and unjustifiable” invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions affect 43 Russian oligarchs, financial elites and their families and 35 Russia-backed senior officials in four occupied regions of Ukraine. They also target a so-called governing body in Kherson, a Ukrainian port city…


Biden Signs Temporary Budget Into Law, Averting Government Shutdown

President Joe Biden on Sept. 30 signed into law a continuing resolution (CR), likely averting the nation from a government shutdown with just hours to spare. The legislation passed the House of Representatives earlier in the day by a mostly party-line vote of 230–201, but with the support of 10 Republicans. The evening before, the Senate…