Month: April 2023

IN-DEPTH: Democrats’ Push to Impose Ethics Code on Supreme Court Won’t Work, Legal Experts Say

Senate Democrats’ efforts to impose a code of conduct on the Supreme Court and get Chief Justice John Roberts to testify in Congress about Supreme Court ethics policies are fraught with problems, legal experts told The Epoch Times. Congressional Democrats have responded with anger and indignation to an April 6 article published by ProPublica, a…


Bud Light Sales Crash Amid Boycott Over Pro-Trans Partnership

Retail sales of Bud Light crashed amid calls for a boycott in the weeks following the brand’s partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, according to a beer industry report. Tracking data on Bud Light sold in places like supermarkets and liquor stores—known as scanner volumes—fell by double digit percentages during the first two weeks of…


BRICS Bloc May Expand as 19 Nations Request Membership, Official Reveals

With only weeks until South Africa hosts the annual two-day summit of BRICS nations in June, one official revealed that many countries requested membership to join the bloc of emerging-market states. BRICS comprises five countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—with prominent emerging market economies. Anil Sooklal, South Africa’s ambassador to the organization, confirmed to…


SpaceX Wins Approval to Add 5th US Rocket Launch Site

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Space Force said on Monday that Elon Musk’s SpaceX was granted approval to lease a second rocket launch complex at a military base in California, setting the space company up for its fifth launch site in the United States. Under the lease, SpaceX will launch its workhorse Falcon rockets from Space Launch Complex-6…


‘Superpower in Peril: A Battle Plan to Renew America’—a Book Discussion by Center for a New American Security

David McCormick, Former Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, discusses his new book “Superpower in Peril: A Battle Plan to Renew America” at an event held by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) from 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET on April 25. CNAS Chief Executive Officer Richard Fontaine will sit down with McCormick…


LIVE NOW: ‘Superpower in Peril: A Battle Plan to Renew America’—a Book Discussion by Center for a New American Security

David McCormick, Former Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, discusses his new book “Superpower in Peril: A Battle Plan to Renew America” at an event held by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) from 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET on April 25. CNAS Chief Executive Officer Richard Fontaine will sit down with McCormick…


The Insubordinate Tucker Carlson

Commentary All day following the termination of Tucker Carlson at Fox News, we were flooded with speculations about the motivations of the company and the commentator. The most obvious one concerns Fox’s $750 million settlement with Dominion’s defamation lawsuit. In discovery, counsel found texts from Tucker in which he expressed incredulity about hard claims of…


Indian Tribe Tells Supreme Court It Cannot Be Sued

A defaulting borrower told the Supreme Court on April 24 that he should be able to sue an Indian tribe based in Wisconsin for allegedly aggressive collection efforts he claims drove him to attempt to take his own life. In the case, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin (court file…


Global Retailers Seek New Ways to Lure in Shoppers as Spending Slows

BARCELONA—Europe’s cost of living crisis has benefited discount retailers but mid-market names are being squeezed as shoppers watch their spending, executives and analysts at an industry conference said on Tuesday. Luxury is also continuing to perform well, with hopes that China’s reopening will give fresh impetus as a months-long post-pandemic splurge by Americans starts to…


CCP Wants ‘100% Guarantee of Conviction’ in Hong Kong National Security Law Trials, Re-Interprets, Distorts HK Law

The trial of the 47 primary election democrats, suspected of violating the National Security Law (NSL), is currently being heard at the High Court of Hong Kong. In contrast, the trial of Jimmy Lai Chee-ying, founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily and Next Media Group, is said to begin in September. Following the government’s revision…