Screenshot During a congressional hearing this week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was subjected to a barrage of rude interruptions and gotcha questions from Rep. John Larson (D-CT), who seemed more interested in scoring cheap political points than actually helping American families struggling with high gas prices. The Democrat lawmaker repeatedly…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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