Month: June 2023

LIVE June 30, 9 AM ET: Florida Gov. DeSantis Speaks at Parents’ Rights Group National Summit

GOP presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers a speech at 9:00 a.m. ET on June 30, on the second-day of the Joyful Warriors National Summit, held by Moms for Liberty in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. …


Corruption Watchdog Finds Former Premier Guilty of ‘Corrupt Conduct,’ No Criminal Charges Pressed

New South Wales (NSW) state corruption watchdog found that former Premier Gladys Berejiklian and former Member of Parliament Daryl Maguire engaged in “serious corrupt conduct” after a nearly three-year investigation. In a report published on June 29, the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) found that Berejiklian had substantially broken the ministerial code in 2017-18…


Biden Says Packing Supreme Court Could ‘Politicize’ It Forever

President Joe Biden stated in an interview with MSNBC on Thursday that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent rulings went too far, but he remained opposed to court-packing, contending that it could permanently politicize the institution. Biden’s interview was his first on television since May, and he expressed concern that the conservative justices “may do too…


What Your Dreams May Say About Your Overall Health

Dreams can—and often do—feature the most random assortment of people doing the most random things: You, a childhood friend, and a celebrity you’ve never met are all fighting an enemy in a parallel universe or playing hide-and-seek in Paris. You wake up confused, happy, or scared, knowing that the adventure you just experienced was only…


Haley Joins 2024 GOP Candidates Who’ve Said They Would Fire FBI Director

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley has said that she would fire FBI Director Christopher Wray were she to be elected. During a June 28 interview with The Epoch Times in New Hampshire, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said that, while she would oust the FBI leader, it would not stop there. “I…


Bipartisan Lawmakers Visit Taiwan Amid Heightened China Threat

Only days after adopting a proposed $886 billion Fiscal Year 2024 defense budget focused on countering China’s growing military threat in the Western Pacific, key House Armed Services Committee members are returning to the United States after completing three days of unannounced conferencing with officials in Guam, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Committee chair Rep. Mike…


Every City in the Inland Empire Ranked According to Financial Health

Commentary Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in Southern California have 52 cities. A number of their residents work in Orange County and make their commute using the Riverside Freeway, its express lanes, or the Metrolink rail. As housing costs tend to be higher the closer one comes to the coast, moving to the Inland Empire…


1956’s ‘The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit’

NR | 2 h 33 min | Drama | 1956 Tom Rath (Gregory Peck), wife Betsy (Jennifer Jones), and their three children get by on his barely adequate mid-20th-century salary. Betsy’s hankering after a higher quality of life, and his brief but decisive wartime extramarital affair claw at him, triggering a spiral of regret and…


Community Is Central to Recovery in Nation’s Addiction Crisis, Says Treatment Center Founder

International treatment ministry leader Andy Partington grew up in a rehabilitation center, where his parents worked, and witnessed both the destruction wrought by addiction and the hope born out of recovery. This led Partington to spend a year as a missionary after high school before continuing his education and eventually pursuing his doctorate at the London…


NTD Evening News (June 29): SCOTUS Rejects Race-Based Admissions at Colleges; House GOP Demands DOJ Interviews on Hunter Biden

The Supreme Court struck down on a 6–3 vote the use of racially discriminatory admissions policies at U.S. colleges. The decision issued on June 29 ends the use of so-called affirmative action in higher education, a longtime goal of conservatives. The court also unanimously ruled that a lower court applied the wrong standard in a…