Month: January 2023

White House: ‘No Reason’ for US-China War in 2025

The White House is responding to a reported memo from a top Air Force general which asserted that the United States and China would be at war by 2025. There is no need for such a war to ever emerge and conflict between communist China and the United States can still be avoided, according to…


DeSantis Responds to Trump’s Criticism Over Florida’s COVID-19 Restrictions

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Jan. 31 responded for the first time since former President Donald Trump criticized his fellow Republican for how he handled the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. DeSantis, speaking at an unrelated press briefing after being asked about the criticism, said that he faces attacks as soon as he wakes…


DeSantis Responds to Trump’s Criticism Over Florida’s COVID-19 Response

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Jan. 31 responded for the first time since former President Donald Trump criticized his fellow Republican for how he handled the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. DeSantis, speaking at an unrelated press briefing after being asked about the criticism, said that he faces attacks as soon as he wakes…


US Ranking Drops on World Corruption Index

Transparency International has released its 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index on Jan. 31 and the results were sobering. It showed little improvement for democratic institutions in 95 percent of the 180 countries and territories observed since 2017. The index both scores and ranks perceived levels of corruption in the public sector on a zero to 100…


Sunshine Might Be Free but Solar Power Is Not Cheap

Commentary Mississippi residents are consistently told that renewable energy sources, like solar panels, are now the lowest-cost ways to generate electricity, but these claims are based on creative accounting gimmicks that only examine a small portion of the expenses incurred to integrate solar onto the grid while excluding many others. When these hidden expenses are…


2 Nebraska Officers Wounded, Suspect Killed in Shootout

OMAHA, Neb—Two Nebraska police officers were wounded, and a suspect was killed in a shootout during an attempted burglary, police said. Omaha police Chief Todd R. Schmaderer said the two officers responded to a report of a burglary at a storage business around 10:30 p.m. Monday, the Omaha World-Herald reported. Employees let the officers into…


Kidnap Suspect Released Day He Arrived at Nevada Prison

LAS VEGAS—A man at the center of an intense police search in Oregon after a violent kidnapping last week was released from custody in October 2021 by Nevada prison officials on the same day he was transferred to the state’s custody to serve a kidnapping sentence, authorities said Monday. Benjamin Obadiah Foster, 36, faced decades…


Former Twitter Execs Set to Testify Before Congress on Hunter Biden Laptop Case

Former executives of Twitter are scheduled to testify before Congress about the company’s decision, ahead of the 2020 election, to suppress reporting about a laptop that reportedly belonged to Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden. In an emailed statement to NTD News, House Oversight Committee Communications Director Jessica Collins confirmed that former Twitter executives Vijaya Gadde, James…


Boeing Bids Farewell to an Icon, Delivers Last 747 Jumbo Jet

SEATTLE—Boeing bids farewell to an icon on Tuesday: It’s delivering its final 747 jumbo jet. Since its first flight in 1969, the giant yet graceful 747 has served as a cargo plane, a commercial aircraft capable of carrying nearly 500 passengers, a transport for NASA’s space shuttles, and the Air Force One presidential aircraft. It…


Homeopathy—An Effective Therapy for Fast Recovery From COVID-19

Homeopathy is a form of healing developed by German physician and chemist Samuel Hahnemann in the late 1790s. Its application significantly reduced the mortality rate of cholera patients during the cholera epidemic in London between the years 1848 and 1854. Studies have also shown that homeopathy can help patients infected with COVID-19 have a fast recovery….