Month: April 2023

Washington State’s Semiautomatic Weapon Ban Faces Multiple Legal Challenges

A law prohibiting the future sale of so-called “assault weapons” in Washington has drawn multiple lawsuits since the moment Democrat Gov. Jay Inslee inked his approval for the ban on Tuesday. The new law, which passed the Evergreen State’s Democrat-led legislature on largely party-line votes before it was approved by Inslee, bans the sale, manufacture,…


SCOTUS Sympathetic to 94-Year-Old Grandmother in ‘Home Equity Theft’ Dispute

A 94-year-old Minnesota homeowner’s lawyer told a seemingly sympathetic Supreme Court on April 26 that local governments should not be allowed to take the full value of a home as payment for much smaller property tax debts—a practice critics call “home equity theft.” The case comes after the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), which is representing dispossessed…


Schumer Rules Out Recovering Unspent COVID-Relief Funds in Debt-Ceiling Fight

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) doubled down on the Democrats’ approach toward the debt ceiling on April 26, even ruling out recouping unspent COVID-relief funds, considering that President Joe Biden has said that the pandemic is over and the COVID national emergency has ended. “Look, the bottom line is the president did the right…


Elizabeth Holmes Delays Going to Prison With Another Appeal

SAN FRANCISCO—Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has avoided starting her more than 11-year prison sentence on Thursday by deploying the same legal maneuver that enabled her co-conspirator in a blood-testing hoax to remain free for an additional month. Holmes’ lawyers on Wednesday informed U.S. District Judge Edward Davila that she won’t be reporting to prison…


Law Enforcement or Military: My Face Hurts … A LOT

The week had been ramping up to this. All the prior training, all the talk, the boasting, and the detailed descriptions from my shipmates ran in endless loops in my head. I was next in line to get sprayed. The first guy just finished and was doing his best to breathe as they splashed the…


27 Federal Inmates Have Applied for Assisted Suicide Since 2016 Legalization, Say Feds

A total of 27 federal inmates in prisons across Canada have applied for medical assistance in dying (MAID) since it was first legalized by the Liberal government in 2016, says the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). Of those 27 offenders, nine have been authorized to receive MAID, says the CSC, which is the federal government agency responsible…


House Republicans Allege ATF Overstepped Authority With Pistol Brace Rules

Congressional Republicans grilled the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) during an April 26 hearing of the House Judiciary Committee. Director Steven Dettelbach was called to answer questions about the ATF rule on stabilizing pistol braces and its so-called “zero tolerance” policy for federal firearms licensed dealers (FFLs). Dettelbach has steadfastly…


House Republicans Alleged ATF Overstepped Authority With Pistol Brace Rules

Congressional Republicans grilled the Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) during an April 26 hearing of the House Judiciary Committee. Director Steven Dettelbach was called to answer questions about the ATF rule on stabilizing pistol braces and its so-called “zero tolerance” policy for federal firearms licensed dealers (FFLs). Dettelbach has steadfastly…


Leaving California: Residents Say Out-of-Touch Politicians Have Ruined Their State

Commentary In the EpochTV original “Leaving California: The Untold Story,” Siyamak Khorrami takes viewers on a harrowing journey from what was once considered a place of opportunity to what is now, for many, a place of hardship. Khorrami, host of California Insider and editor of The Epoch Times Southern California edition, was born and raised…


Scientist Says China’s Mars Rover Could Remain Dormant

China’s first interplanetary rover, Zhurong, will likely stay dormant on Mars, a Chinese scientist said on state media CCTV on April 25. Zhang Rongqiao, the chief scientist of China’s Mars mission, said that Zhurong has not moved due to a lack of solar power caused by a pile-up of sand and dust since it went…