Month: February 2023

LIVE NOW: Senate Holds Weekly Press Conference

U.S.  Senate holds weekly press conference at 2:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 28. …


SD Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads Not Guilty to Bringing Cocaine to Jail Facility

SAN DIEGO—A San Diego County sheriff’s deputy who allegedly had cocaine in his car at a county jail pleaded not guilty Feb. 27 to a felony count of bringing drugs onto jail property. Allen Wereski, 48, was booked into jail earlier this month and suspended without pay, according to a statement from the San Diego…


Conservative Supreme Court Justices Question Legal Authority of Biden Administration to Forgive Student Loans

During oral arguments on Feb. 28, conservative members of the Supreme Court seemed skeptical of Biden administration statements that the government’s plan to partially forgive student loans is authorized by federal law. U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar told the High Court that the federal Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act gives the federal secretary of…


Conservative Supreme Court Justices Question Legal Authority of Biden Admin to Forgive Student Loans

During oral arguments on Feb. 28, conservative members of the Supreme Court seemed skeptical of Biden administration statements that the government’s plan to partially forgive student loans is authorized by federal law. U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar told the High Court that the federal Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act gives the federal secretary of…


Chinese Spying: A Huge Effort and a Huge Success

Commentary Chinese spy balloons are one small part of an enormous, “whole of society” decades-long espionage campaign that communist China has been conducting against the United States. And unfortunately, it has been successful. As with most intelligence operations, it’s a mix of technical and human platforms that aim to obtain (by any means) other countries’…


The ‘1619 Project’ Is Wrong About Capitalism, but Not in the Way You May Think

Commentary In 1834, an angry mob descended on a gathering at a New York church. Their target was Lewis and Arthur Tappan, owners of a successful mercantile import business. When the Tappans fled, the mob went to Lewis Tappan’s home and threw his belongings into a fire on the street. The Tappans were the epitome…


Wells Fargo Banker Gets Nearly 3 Years in Prison for Role in Money Laundering Scheme

SAN DIEGO—A former Wells Fargo personal banker, who pleaded guilty to federal charges for his role in an international money laundering scheme, was sentenced Feb. 27 to nearly three years in federal prison. Leopoldo Lora Aguilera, 58, of Chula Vista, admitted to opening bank accounts under false names and wiring millions of dollars to Mexico,…


DeSantis, Pence to Be Absent From CPAC, Trump to Give Keynote Speech

Two of the four people most pegged for Presidential candidacy have declined their invitations to attend the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, which begins tomorrow. It is the first time since COVID struck that America’s largest gathering of conservatives will meet in Washington. A CPAC spokesperson informed ABC that Governor DeSantis, who has…


CPAC Update: DeSantis and Pence Absent, Trump to Give Keynote Speech

Two of the four people most pegged for Presidential candidacy have declined their invitations to attend the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, which begins tomorrow. It is the first time since COVID struck that America’s largest gathering of conservatives will meet in Washington. A CPAC spokesperson informed ABC that Governor DeSantis, who has…


Vermont Officials Investigating After Man Dies Crossing Border From Quebec

Vermont State Police are investigating after a man collapsed and died shortly after crossing the border into the United States from Quebec on foot last week. They say U.S. border patrol agents spotted Jose Leos Cervantes and two other people crossing the border into Holland, Vt., at about 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 19. Police say…