Month: June 2023

Supreme Court Rules States Can’t Challenge Biden Deportation Policy

The Supreme Court ruled 8–1 on June 23 that Texas and Louisiana lack the legal standing needed to challenge the Biden administration’s 2021 decision to focus its deportation efforts on individuals deemed to be a threat to public safety. Texas and Louisiana sued the Biden administration over a policy announced in a Sept. 30, 2021, memorandum (pdf)…


Looking Back, Sub Tourist Calls Himself ‘Naive’ for Taking 2021 Dive to the Titanic

BERLIN—As an international search determined the implosion of a vessel setting out for the underwater wreckage of the Titanic, a man who was one of the submersible company’s first customers characterized a dive he made to the site two years ago as a suicide mission. “You have to be a little bit crazy to do…


China in Cuba: Nuclear-Armed Communists on the Warpath

Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary China, according to “fragmentary” U.S. intelligence reports, is about to establish a “joint military training facility” with Cuba on that island. Chinese military personnel are already listening in on American communications from the Lourdes base near Havana and three other Cuban locations. Two of those locations have been known for some time: Bejucal…


Charity Thanks Victims’ Families for Food, Clothing After Deadly Manitoba Bus Crash

The legacies of some of the 16 seniors killed in a bus crash are living on in a western Manitoba community, as their clothing and leftover food are donated to those in need. “It’s a huge benefit from the loss that has happened to the help that it brings other people,” said Wayne Olson, a…


CDC Panel Meets on COVID-19 Vaccines

A panel of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meets on COVID-19 vaccines at 12:30 p.m. ET on June 23. Dr. Fiona Havers (CDC/NCIRD), Dr. Romeo Galang (CDC/NCCDPHP), and Dr. Ruth Link-Gelles (CDC/NCIRD) will give updates on COVID-19 epidemiology and vaccine effectiveness. Dr. Jefferson Jones (CDC/NCIRD)…


LIVE NOW: CDC Panel Meets on COVID-19 Vaccines

A panel of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meets on COVID-19 vaccines at 12:30 p.m. ET on June 23. Dr. Fiona Havers (CDC/NCIRD), Dr. Romeo Galang (CDC/NCCDPHP), and Dr. Ruth Link-Gelles (CDC/NCIRD) will give updates on COVID-19 epidemiology and vaccine effectiveness. Dr. Jefferson Jones (CDC/NCIRD)…


LIVE 12:30 PM ET: CDC Panel Meets on COVID-19 Vaccines

A panel of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meets on COVID-19 vaccines at 12:30 p.m. ET on June 23. Dr. Fiona Havers (CDC/NCIRD), Dr. Romeo Galang (CDC/NCCDPHP), and Dr. Ruth Link-Gelles (CDC/NCIRD) will give updates on COVID-19 epidemiology and vaccine effectiveness. Dr. Jefferson Jones (CDC/NCIRD)…


Family Member of 19-Year-Old on Doomed Missing Submarine Breaks Silence

A family member of one of the passengers on board the doomed Titanic exploration submersible vehicle said that he didn’t want to go on the trip due to fears for his safety. Azmeh Dawood said her nephew, 19-year-old Suleman Dawood, told a relative that he “wasn’t very up for it” but went anyway to make his father, Shazada…


Musk, Zuckerberg ‘Dead Serious’ About Cage Fight in UFC Octagon: Dana White

Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg and billionaire businessman Elon Musk are “absolutely dead serious” about a cage match in a UFC Octagon, according to UFC President Dana White. White told TMZ Sports in a June 22 interview that he has been communicating with the two social media execs in recent days and both have indicated that they plan to fight…


Death Threats and Bomb Scares

Commentary China’s transnational repression is hitting New Yorkers. On June 21, a former New York City cop, Michael McMahon, was convicted of acting as an illegal Chinese agent and stalking and intimidating a New Jersey resident. The victim, Xu Jin, was a former official from Wuhan, China. McMahon was hired as a private investigator to…