Month: June 2023

Feds Need to Mandate Universities to Disclose Research Ties With Foreign Actors, Government Committee Hears

A government committee heard from witnesses that universities across Canada have partnered with Chinese agencies and would continue to do so unless Parliament mandates educational institutes to disclose these relationships. Lawyer James Hinton, associate professor at Western University and senior fellow with the Centre for International Governance Innovation of Waterloo, Ontario, who appeared as a…


House Votes to Censure Rep. Adam Schiff

The House of Representatives voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on June 21, a week after an initial resolution to do so was tabled. The measure passed along party lines on a vote of 213–209. Six Republicans voted “present.” The resolution, introduced by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), denounces Schiff, a Democrat, for allegedly…


House Votes to Censure Adam Schiff

The House of Representatives voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on June 21, a week after an initial resolution to do so was tabled. The tally was 213-209. Six voted “present.” The resolution, introduced by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), blasts Schiff for allegedly perpetuating misinformation against former President Donald Trump. With the passing…


Special Counsel Durham Defends FBI, DOJ Amid Defunding Push

Special Counsel John Durham defended the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) amid a push by some Republicans to defund or limit funding for those agencies in response to their alleged “weaponization.” Durham appeared before Congress on June 21 to testify about the results of his report on the investigation into…


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‘Any One of Us Could Be Next’: Judiciary Chairman Jordan Warns of Feds’ Assault on Civil Liberties

Americans’ constitutional civil liberties are being violated with increasingly dangerous frequency by irresponsible government officials who then deprive whistleblowing colleagues of their pay and positions, according to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). “Seven years of attacking Trump is scary enough, but what’s more frightening is any one of us could be next. In…


Dozens Injured in Explosion in Paris

PARIS—A strong explosion rocked a building in Paris’ Left Bank on Wednesday, injuring at least 24 people, igniting a fire that sent smoke soaring over the French capital’s monuments and prompting an evacuation of other properties, authorities said. Police were investigating suspicions that a gas leak caused the blast. The facade of the building in…


24 Injured in Explosion in Paris

PARIS—A strong explosion rocked a building in Paris’ Left Bank on Wednesday, injuring at least 24 people, igniting a fire that sent smoke soaring over the French capital’s monuments and prompting an evacuation of other properties, authorities said. Police were investigating suspicions that a gas leak caused the blast. The facade of the building in…


Aesop’s Fable ‘The Bear and the Bees’: To Bear in Silence

When we fail to restrain our passions or impatience, we cultivate harmful habits that can lead us to act out in detrimental and intractable ways. However, rather than being the slaves of these habits, we can prevent disaster by cultivating the virtues that counter these vices: temperance and patience. In the fable, “The Bear and the…


‘Are There More Than Five Genders?’: Sen. Kennedy Grills LGBT Advocacy Group President

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Wednesday questions Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson on gender issues at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Protecting Pride: Defending the Civil Rights of LGBTQ+ Americans.” …