Tag: US Features

GOP Congresswoman Wants to Know Why Feds Haven’t Promoted Nasal Sprays to Treat COVID-19

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) is demanding answers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) about why the federal agency hasn’t promoted the use of nasal sprays to treat or prevent COVID-19. In a four-page letter released to The Epoch Times, Mace asks HHS Secretary Xavier Beccera why the agency has ignored studies that…


Drop in Public School Enrollment Adds to Portland’s Woes

Nearly two years after the pandemic began, Portland, Oregon’s reputation for violence, homelessness, drug use, and riots continues to hamper the city’s recovery. Now, Portland Public Schools are experiencing an 8 percent decline in enrollment as well. Enrollment in Portland Public Schools (PPS), the largest district in the state, dropped nearly 7,000 students, or 8…


Organized Shoplifting Spurs High-Tech Security Measures

Spurred in part by inflation and supply chain disruptions during the pandemic, the increasing volume of retail shoplifting since 2019 has prompted stores across the country to adopt stronger methods to deter shoplifters. One measure involved the use of “spider wire” with an electronic security tag on a $20.83 package of ribeye steak at a…


American-Ukrainians Watch and Worry About Homeland Tensions

At American-Ukrainian gatherings in recent weeks, the conversations always turn serious. Even at the usually jovial pre-Lenten dinner dance in Bridgeville, hosted last weekend by the Ukrainian community of western Pennsylvania, faces carried signs of worry for their homeland. At the more than 30 Ukrainian churches in the region, many held vigils praying for peace in…


CDC Grant Program Spends $5,000 Per Shot to Convince Minorities to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Fleets of specially equipped, federally funded buses are rolling into targeted areas with the mission of convincing people to get the COVID-19 vaccine and giving the jabs on the spot to the newly persuaded. Under a $6 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), teams in six states have worked…


Theory Touting State Legislature Supremacy in Elections Administration Gains Traction in Court Cases

An arcane theory resuscitated during legal challenges before the U.S. Supreme Court in the wake of Florida’s disputed 2000 election is finding traction in post-2020 election integrity lawsuits. Proponents are espousing “Independent State Legislatures Doctrine” in legal arguments seeking to cuff state courts from “acting like ‘super legislators’” and assert state legislatures’ right as “necessary…


Doctrine Touting State Legislature Supremacy in Elections Administration Gains Traction in Court Cases

A constitutional doctrine resuscitated during legal challenges before the U.S. Supreme Court in the wake of Florida’s disputed 2000 election is finding traction in post-2020 election integrity lawsuits. Proponents are espousing “Independent State Legislatures Doctrine” in legal arguments seeking to cuff state courts from “acting like ‘super legislators’” and assert state legislatures’ right as “necessary…


Cuba Is Intelligence Service Hub for Worldwide Totalitarian Movement: Exiled Cuban Activist

Cuba is a major hub for a worldwide totalitarian movement and its intelligence network has spread its influence throughout the Western hemisphere, said Orlando Gutierrez-Boronat, coordinator of the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance. The communist Cubans have provided the intelligence structure and the organizational structure  for the Chinese regime to expand their power in the…


Muckrakers Needed to Uncover Truth That ‘Those in Power Want Kept Hidden’: James O’Keefe

In a world where independent voices that question authority are canceled and the media relays to people what they were told to by those in power, there is a need for a new type of journalist–muckrakers who will make public the information that the powerful want to keep hidden, said James O’Keefe, founder of Project…


US Agencies Quietly Studying Reports of Post-Vaccination Neurological Issues

Two U.S. agencies have been quietly studying neurological problems that have appeared in people who have had COVID-19 vaccines, The Epoch Times has found. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) have been conducting separate research projects into post-vaccination neurological issues, which have manifested with symptoms like facial paralysis and brain…