Month: January 2023

What Does President Biden’s New Student Loan Repayment Plan Involve?

College graduates hope that a new student loan repayment plan recently proposed by President Joe Biden will be passed. The plan, proposed on Jan. 10, 2023, will bring considerable relief for many graduates by reducing their payments and possibly offering some form of debt forgiveness after so many years of payments. The new proposal was…


Jay Leno Breaks Multiple Bones in Accident Months After Recovering From Burn Injuries

Comedian Jay Leno revealed in an interview on Thursday that he sustained multiple broken bones in a motorcycle accident that happened earlier this month. The 72-year-old former host of “The Tonight Show” told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he “got knocked off [his] motorcycle” on Jan. 17 and suffered a broken collarbone, two broken ribs, and…


Ronna McDaniel Wins Reelection as RNC Chair After Contentious Race

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel will retain her position for a fourth term after defeating her two challengers in the party’s Jan. 27 election. Of the RNC’s 168 voting members, McDaniel garnered the support of 111, beating out California attorney Harmeet Dhillon and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who received 51 votes and four…


Federal Appeal Filed in Case of Health Care Workers Fired Over Vaccine Mandate

The State of Maine is accused of “having its cake and eating it too” in a federal appeal filed in Boston this week that could have national implications for health care workers fired after being denied religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The appeal, filed on Jan. 24, sits with the First Circuit of Appeals….


£14.9 Billion of UK Spending on Unused COVID-19 Supplies Written Off in 2 Years

The UK government has written off £14.9 billion ($18.5 billion) of spending on COVID-19 medical supplies which remain unused, Britain’s public spending watchdog has revealed. In its report into the accounts of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), published on Jan. 26, the National Audit Office (NAO) said that the UK government’s losses…


US Consumer Sentiment Improves in January, but Two-Thirds Think the Economy Will Get Much Worse by 2024

American consumer sentiment improved this month, but two-thirds believe that the economy will get much worse by next year due to signs of a pending recession, according to a recent study. The University of Michigan’s closely watched Consumer Sentiment Index measured 64.9 for this month, up from the preliminary 64.6 reading, according to data released…


United States’ Reliance on China for 90 Percent of its Medicine Could Prove Disastrous: Sebastian Gorka

The United States has not managed its military resources well, said Sebastian Gorka in an interview, which aired on Newsmakers by NTD and The Epoch Times on Jan. 25. But a more significant concern is the United States’ reliance on China for 90 percent of its medicine. “There are far broader issues than how many bullets and bombs…


EXCLUSIVE: US Sen. Ron Johnson Tells FAA: Answer Questions About Pilots’ Health, Possible Effects of COVID-19 Shots

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is pressing a federal agency to answer questions about pilots’ health following COVID-19 vaccinations. In a Jan. 27 letter shared exclusively with The Epoch Times, Johnson revealed that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told him that a controversial change in a heart-test standard had “nothing to do with COVID vaccinations.” The…


Explosion at USC Science Building Prompts Evacuation

LOS ANGELES—An explosion of unknown size and origin occurred Jan. 26 in a three-story science building on the USC campus, and one person was taken to a hospital for unspecified injuries. The blast was reported at about 4 p.m. in the Neely Petroleum Building at 923 Bloom Walk, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department…


New Gun Regulation Handicaps the Disabled

Commentary The Biden administration’s newly released regulations regarding “pistol-stabilizing braces” will instantly turn tens of thousands of law-abiding Americans into felons and create a national rifle registry. But the Biden administration and the media exaggerate the costs and ignore the benefits these braces produce. Few seem to realize that stabilizing braces for pistols were originally designed to allow wounded and…