Month: June 2023

Defense Budget Focuses on Growing China Threat

The proposed United States’ $886.3 billion Fiscal Year 2024 defense budget features a $9.1 billion program designed to beef up allied operational efficiencies and fortify installations to counter aggression in the Western Pacific by China’s growing military. Both Senate and House armed services committees last week adopted the Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) within their Fiscal…


Defense Bill’s ‘Pacific Deterrence Initiative’ Puts Focus on Growing China Threat

The proposed United States’ $886.3 billion Fiscal Year 2024 defense budget features a $9.1 billion program designed to beef up allied operational efficiencies and fortify installations to counter aggression in the Western Pacific by China’s growing military. Both Senate and House armed services committees last week adopted the Pacific Deterrence Initiative (PDI) within their Fiscal…


DeSantis Outlines Plans for Federal Government at New Hampshire Event

Talking to New Hampshire voters on June 27, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis outlined his plans to “reconstitutionalize” the federal government, including constitutional amendments he’d like to see passed. DeSantis, a Republican seeking his party’s nomination in the 2024 presidential race, took probing questions from the state’s famously independent-minded voters, including from some wanting to know…


Hackers Claim Attack on Texas City Website, Citing State’s Ban on Transgender Procedures for Children

A group of hackers said it attacked a Texas city government website due to the state’s recently-enacted law on transgender procedures and said it is planning more attacks. The group, SiegedSec, took to Telegram on June 23 around 4:00 p.m. to post what it says are about roughly 500 thousand files leaked from the Texas Fort Worth…


Trump Says He ‘Did Nothing Wrong’ After Audio Recording Emerges in Documents Case

Former President Donald Trump is saying he behaved appropriately and had not shown a classified document after CNN aired a July 2021 audio recording of him talking about an attack plan against Iran. CNN aired an audio recording on Monday night in which it sounds as though Trump is describing military planning for an attack…


Wednesday, June 28, 2023: Epoch Crossword


Federal Judge Denies Santa Ana’s Bid to Dismiss Lawsuit by Christian Group Helping Homeless Through ‘Religious Exercise’

A federal judge earlier this month rejected the city of Santa Ana’s request to dismiss a lawsuit against them by a Christian nonprofit organization, which claims the city is blocking religious exercise by preventing them from providing food to the homeless. At issue is the city’s denial of an occupancy certificate to the nonprofit—called Micah’s…


Canada’s Western Leaders Find ‘Broad Areas of Agreement and Shared Priority’ During Conference: BC Premier

Canada’s Western premiers met in Whistler, B.C., Tuesday to discuss the economy, affordability, and future prosperity. Premiers from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nunavut, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories attended the conference and issued a joint press release on June 27. During a news conference following the group meeting, B.C. Premier David Eby, the conference’s host, said…


Lightning Strikes Oilfield Battery, Starts Fire With Thick Black Smoke in Saskatchewan

Lightning struck an oilfield battery about 12 miles from the town of Sloughton, Saskatchewan, resulting in thick plumes of black smoke for a number of hours. Photos posted on social media show flickering flames on the ground and near buildings and tanks, plus dark black and grey smoke filling the sky in a field after…


Democrat Lawmaker Arrested for Vandalizing Car With ‘Biden Sucks’ Sticker: Police

Rhode Island state Sen. Joshua Miller was arrested last week after he was allegedly seen on a surveillance camera vandalizing a car with a “Biden Sucks” bumper sticker affixed to it, saying he was “daring” him to do it, according to authorities. The Cranston Police Department said in a press release on June 23 that…