Millions of Americans who rely on Social Security could see their monthly benefit checks reduced by an average of around $500 if lawmakers don’t address a looming crisis, according to an analysis. Social Security’s retirement trust fund is projected to become insolvent in 2032, an August 2025 letter from the…
Read walked out of court a free woman about a year ago after more than three years and two trials over the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe.BOSTON (AP) — Karen Read has filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts State Police and the town of Canton, alleging misconduct and…
Reading the headlines lately, it seems like every week a new disease emerges somewhere around the world that threatens the health and safety of Americans. During his first administration, President Trump launched a cost-effective prevention technology at his Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to protect against infectious diseases. This new…
It was filed nearly three and a half years after the 2020 election and levels complicated conspiracy charges against 18 defendants.PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has denied a prosecutor’s appeal of an order that the state’s fake elector case against President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former New…
Senate Republicans on Wednesday voted 49-50 to defeat an amendment that would ban Trump’s weaponization fund. Three Republican Senators voted with the Democrats: Susan Collins (ME), Dan Sullivan (AK) and John Husted (OH). Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche this week said the DOJ is dropping the $1.8 billion weaponization fund…
Though U.S. employers delivered a surprising 115,000 new jobs in April, the Iran war has injected a large degree of uncertainty about the broader U.S. economy and labor market.WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans filing for jobless aid hit their highest level in four months last week, but layoffs remain…
Hours after President Trump unloaded on her Wednesday afternoon as “a corrupt reporter” who “never smiles” and her network as “crooked as hell” and “very corrupt,” CNN chief White House correspondent and The Source host Kaitlan Collins proved the President’s point about her turnabout from “conservative” to liberal media darling by battling Republican Congressman Mike Lawler of New York.…
Researchers taught bumblebees how to push a ball for a sugar reward, suggesting the insects can troubleshoot in new situations.(CN) — Bumblebees may be capable of a level of problem-solving once thought to be reserved for animals with much larger brains.Researchers found that the insects could use a movable ball…
FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a press conference about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, at the Justice Department in Washington on April 27, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesFBI Director Kash Patel on Thursday announced the creation of a “Most Wanted Fraudsters List” that will include the individuals who…
A Boeing 787’s nose gear collapsed Thursday while the plane was at the gate in Frankfurt, Germany, resulting in several injuries to crew. “The aircraft’s nose gear unexpectedly retracted while it was parked,” Lufthansa told the Daily Caller. “Solely crew members and ground staff were on board” when the plane…
(Money Metals News Service) In this episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo, host Mike Maharrey argues that reports of inflation’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Drawing on both recent economic data and historical parallels, he contends that the United States may be entering a second wave of a broader long-term…
A Catholic priest who spent nearly two decades casting out demons in the nation’s capital lost his post this week after he told followers that UFOs might be the devil in disguise. Cardinal Robert McElroy stripped Monsignor Stephen Rossetti of his role as an exorcist for the Archdiocese of Washington…
The National Institutes of Health spending bill in the House bans funding for “research on vertebrate animals for the purpose of studying the effects of drugs, surgery, or other interventions to alter the human body” with the intent that it “no longer correspond[s] to its biological sex,” in language requested…
While June is often associated with LGBT pride, some Republican governors are offering alternative observances focused on traditional family values. Indiana Gov. Mike Braun of Indiana declared that June would be Nuclear Family Month. “As a father of four and grandfather of seven, I have seen firsthand the impact that loving,…
An 87-year-old Canadian man was not properly sedated before his life was ended by euthanasia, as he repeatedly cried out “help me” while dying. The man from Ontario, known only as Mr D, had congestive heart failure and met the eligibility criteria to end his life under Canada’s assisted suicide…
Federal officials announced on Thursday new indictments against 14 defendants accused of Medicaid and COVID-19 relief fraud in Ohio. This comes after investigative reporter Luke Rosiak released a deep dive investigation last month into Somali fraud in Ohio, where he revealed the vast Somali Medicaid fraud ring in Columbus, Ohio, which is estimated…
“Those surveyed were asked what term best described how they felt when they thought about the United States marking its semiquincentennial anniversary, and Dems had almost nothing good to say.” The post New Poll: Fewer Than One in Five Democrats Are Proud to be Americans first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
Blazes in the U.S. and Canada have caused hundreds of deaths every year from surface ozone, according to scientists using AI modeling.(CN) — For more than a decade, ozone in North America had been on a steady decline. That changed in 2015, researchers say in a study published Thursday, because of…
An international team of astronomers measured the mass of a dormant black hole more than 10 billion light years from Earth.(CN) — It does not shine. It does not pulse. But deep inside a galaxy over 10 billion light years from Earth, a black hole roughly 6 billion times the…
Former First Lady Jill Biden couldn’t sleep after watching her husband stumble through his disastrous June 2024 debate against Donald Trump. The early debate, pushed for by both campaigns, left Democrats in a panic and set off weeks of party infighting that ended with Joe Biden’s withdrawal. The former First…
Ashley St. Clair, mother of Musk’s son Romulus, filed a lawsuit in January against xAI, alleging that explicit images of her were generated by AI chatbot Grok, including one in which she was underage.LONDON (AP) — A British lawmaker said Thursday she is suing Elon Musk’s company xAI for invasion of privacy, alleging that…
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is expected to make announcements on three major coal-related actions on Thursday. A White House official confirmed to Breitbart News the Oval Office announcements expected, as first reported by Bloomberg. One announcement Trump is set to make is the allocation of $425 million in Defense Production Act…
India imports about 90% of its oil. Around half of those supplies pass through the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route effectively closed by the Iran war.NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez on Thursday as New Delhi seeks to deepen ties…
America 250 is a momentous occasion that presents Americans with the opportunity to celebrate the greatest country in the world and all that she’s achieved. At least, that’s what’s supposed to happen, right? Not according to America-hating leftists. Rather than come together to express gratitude for the nation they call…
Concerns are mounting among top Republicans that the California Primary Election is hopelessly rigged and what seemed like sure victories are slipping away from key GOP candidates. The final results are delayed because millions of mail-in and vote harvested ballots are still being processed, a procedure that can take weeks…
As Rudyard Kiping once wrote about another tireless and unappreciated water-carrier: You’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din. At least in this instance, Andrew Bates is a better man than the people he served. Advertisement No one would describe Bates as bound in Lazarushian leather, but he faced…
The New York Assembly chamber at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Jan. 16, 2024. Hans Pennink/AP PhotoNew York’s Democratic-majority Legislature on June 3 gave first passage to a constitutional amendment that would let state lawmakers redraw New York’s congressional maps mid-decade, advancing a proposal that has become part…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Do you oppose data centers being built in your town? Well then you’re a lowly “unkempt” rube, in the eyes of Shelbyville, Indiana mayor and aspiring aristocrat Scott Furgeson. In a video seemingly…
NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t the rats. Or the smells. Or the germs.No, the most unpleasant part of descending into New York City’s vast sewer system, according to former urban explorer Steve Duncan, was the cockroaches.“They’re all over the place, crawling on walls, dropping down on you,” Duncan recalled…
Priest (and former exorcist) Stephen Rossetti – Wiki Commons Monsignor Rossetti is accused of undermining church teachings. The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, DC, has removed a well-known priest as an exorcist and cut ties with his nonprofit organization after public comments he made suggesting that UFO sightings were ‘the work…
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The House Committee on Foreign Affairs holds a hearing at 2 p.m. ET on June 4 titled “Beijing’s Poison Pipeline: The CCP’s Role in the Fentanyl Crisis.” Witnesses: David Luckey, director, RAND Rural America Partnership Initiative Steve Yates, senior research fellow for China and nation…
MINNEAPOLIS (CN) — The domestic division of the world’s largest prediction market sued Minnesota over its increasingly polarizing ban on prediction markets in the state.Polymarket filed the suit in Minnesota federal court late Wednesday through its American corporate arm Polymarket US, which operates under the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal…
Six Republicans defied House leadership Wednesday by joining Democrats to vote in favor of advancing a bill that includes additional funding for Ukraine. The House voted for a discharge petition in a 218-204 vote to advance the Ukraine Support Act, which would authorize $8 billion in direct loans to Ukraine…
China is extending its control and influence beyond its borders through “fear, censorship, and coercion,” according to a new report by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.Released on June 4, the report documents cases of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) transnational repression and malign influence operations in 2025. It notes that…
A Democrat seeking an Arizona congressional seat once backed decriminalizing prostitution so transgender people could earn a paycheck, according to footage. JoAnna Mendoza voiced that position during a 2020 Zoom interview with Michael Soto, president of Equality Arizona, according to the New York Post (NYP). The nonprofit’s leader asked Mendoza…
The board highlighted that policies on account restrictions or bans in response to misbehavior are scattered across multiple pages and sometimes contradict one another.PARIS (AFP) — Social networking platforms should provide clear, consistent rules for when they will ban accounts permanently and provide affected users with information and avenues for…
A priest subdued a suspected car thief outside a shrine on Tuesday. Rev. Jean-Baptiste Commins tackled a man suspected of stealing and crashing a car outside of the St. Joseph Shine in Detroit last Monday, Fox 2 Detroit reported on June 2. The 18-year old suspect and three others were…
Thirty-seven years ago today, Chinese protesters took to the streets of Beijing, demanding basic human rights. The protests ended with a brutal communist crackdown against their own citizens. Tiananmen Square Beginning in April 1989, one million Chinese people gathered in the center of the capital, Beijing, frustrated by decades of…
New reports say former Rep. George Santos, a Republican from New York, is under investigation for alleged hijinks on prediction markets. According to CNN, which cited sources it did not name, the Justice Department and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are taking a look at activity by Santos on the…
Wall Street in New York City on April 4, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch TimesInvestors are taking a break from the artificial intelligence (AI) trade and rotating into more conventional bank and retail stocks.The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average rose more than 900 points, or 1.8 percent, to above 51,600—a fresh…
Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to the media following his meetings with foreign delegations at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 9, 2026. Ramil Sitdikov/POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesA delegation from the United States is attending Russia’s version of ‘Davos’ for the first time in eight years.The St. Petersburg International Economic…
Police told AFP last week they would allow this year’s Budapest Pride to take place on June 27 as they found “no grounds for prohibiting” the event.BUDAPEST, Hungary (AFP) — Hungarian prosecutors said Thursday they had dropped charges against organizers of last year’s Pride marches, citing a landmark ruling from…
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced a major, coordinated federal and state crackdown on massive fraud schemes across Ohio. AAG Blanche detailed a 32-count indictment involving state employees, a scheme to defraud Medicare, Medicaid, the COVID-19 relief program PPP, and emphasized the administration’s relentless pursuit of law and order to…
(CN) — Europe’s new migrant-sharing system got a boost Thursday when a top EU court adviser rejected a French-led effort to tear it apart.Advocate General Tamara Ćapeta advised the Court of Justice of the European Union to reject a challenge brought by France’s National Assembly against the EU’s new asylum…
The high court’s ruling broke from a trend of previous decisions cutting against the government’s power to strip wrongdoers of ill-gotten gains.WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Securities and Exchange Commission can force securities law violators to surrender unlawful profits without proving investors suffered financial losses.Under…
House Approves Resolution to End U.S. Involvement in Iran Conflict The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution Wednesday evening, June 3, directing President Donald Trump to withdraw American forces from hostilities with Iran unless Congress authorizes the operations. The measure, which invokes the 1973 War Powers Resolution, passed by…
Two NIH researchers charged with smuggling deactivated mpox virus into U.S. Two NIH researchers allegedly smuggled 113 vials of deactivated mpox and other biological materials on a commercial flight from the Republic of Congo to Detroit. The scientists initially lied to customs, claiming the vials were diagnostic equipment, before FBI…
Florida filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging the company knowingly concealed “serious risks” posed by ChatGPT, particularly for children and seeking to hold them accountable under Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. The lawsuit cites specific cases of teenagers who died by suicide after…
Drone war escalates as Ukraine strikes Crimea, killing four civilians in Simferopol attack At least four people were killed and ten wounded in Ukrainian drone strikes on Crimea, including attacks on a train and nonresidential facilities. Russia reported intercepting 272 drones across multiple regions, while a Ukrainian strike on a…