Commentary Today finally ends the federal state of emergency for COVID. Along with that ends the terrible travel restrictions that have stopped the unvaccinated from visiting the land of the free. It seems incredible that we could ever become used to this. But it happened. And it went on for three years. This should serve…
ANALYSIS: Will Chicago’s New Mayor Be Able to Fix the City’s Crime Problem? Experts Weigh In
News analysis Following his upset win last month, Brandon Johnson, a progressive Democrat, will be sworn in as the 57th mayor of Chicago on May 15 and be faced with increasing crime and below-par public education trends—and it will only get worse, according to experts who spoke with The Epoch Times. Johnson, 47, defeated Paul…
Climate Envoy John Kerry’s Jet-Set Spending Is Getting Plenty of Cloud Cover
News analysis John Kerry leads an international jet-set life that might exhaust a runway model. If President Biden’s special envoy for climate was not in Washington or relaxing at his mansion near Nantucket Harbor, he could be found in Brazil, Panama, the Bahamas, or Germany. And that’s just in February and March. While Kerry trumpets…
ANALYSIS: Can Fox News Recover From the Post-Carlson Ratings Crash?
News Analysis Fox News’ prime-time ratings have crashed since the network parted ways with host Tucker Carlson on April 24. Between April 24 and May 4, an average of about 1.45 million total viewers, with 156,625 viewers in the key 25-54 demographic, tuned in to Fox News’ 8 p.m. ET hour, which Carlson had anchored…
Is the Fed Done Messing Up Everything?
Commentary There is a scene in a Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film in which the boss of a law firm leaves for vacation and puts his intellectually limited Cousin Egbert in charge. The note adds “don’t do anything.” This is exactly the note that the Fed needs now. Just stop doing things. Its record-breaking…
ANALYSIS: NIH Leadership Was Deeply Anxious About Wuhan Lab Funding, New Emails Reveal
News Analysis New National Institutes of Health (NIH) emails released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reveal the stark contrast between the public and private views of top NIH officials on the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. The new batch of FOIA emails, which was obtained by independent journalist James Tobias, shows a pattern…
Trump to Partake in CNN Town Hall
Former President Donald Trump, the current frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination in 2024, is set to participate in a May 10 town hall in New Hampshire hosted by CNN, which he has long railed against as being part of the “fake news” media. However, Trump will apparently cast aside his feud with CNN in…
ANALYSIS: The Potential Implications of Trump’s Legal Team’s Letter to Congress
News Analysis Last week, a lawyer for former President Donald Trump, Timothy Parlatore, along with three additional lawyers, sent a 10-page letter to the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio). The letter seeks Turner’s intervention in special counsel Jack Smith’s criminal investigation regarding Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents. The letter…
ANALYSIS: Chinese Propaganda Mouthpiece Struggling Amid Shrinking Global Market Share
News Analysis For years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has employed its official media to bring China and “the Party’s voice” into the American market. One of its overseas propaganda arms, China Daily, may appear to be a legitimate and successful news organization, but financial records indicate that it is mostly funded by the CCP…
ANALYSIS: Debt Ceiling Crisis Tests Biden’s Leadership
News analysis For weeks, President Joe Biden successfully shifted responsibility for the debt ceiling crisis onto the shoulders of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). By refusing to risk the “full faith and credit” of the United States in negotiating over the debt ceiling, the president was able to portray the speaker as “holding the economy…
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