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A new study by the Manhattan Institute is casting doubt on the degree to which electric vehicles (EVs) are reducing carbon emissions and the economic viability of rapidly adopting such vehicles. The report (pdf), published on July 12 by Manhattan Institute senior fellow Mark Mills, states no one knows how much carbon emissions will decline […]

A senior Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) executive was unable to tell a congressional oversight subcommittee when a briefing requested four months ago will be scheduled on how the government processes placement of unaccompanied minors who cross into the U.S. at the Southern border. “On March 2, 2023, the [House Judiciary] Committee requested

After signing deals committing over $31 billion in funding for large automakers, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s department says Canada is confident that its large subsidies for electric-vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing plants will create an overall benefit for the country’s economy. “Canada is in the driver seat with investments that have been secured across the electric

Despite the Federal Reserve’s supervisory work related to the financial risks of climate change, the U.S. central bank is not a climate policymaker, says a supervisory and regulatory director at the institution. Dr. Michael Gibson reiterated Chair Jerome Powell’s remarks earlier this year that the Fed is not crafting climate policy. However, the central bank

The Biden administration has agreed to settle lawsuits related to former President Donald Trump’s construction of the border wall and will fund environmental protection measures to compensate for the alleged harm to nature caused by such construction activities. A coalition of 18 states, led by California, had sued the Trump administration in 2019 and 2020,

Chardonnay continues to be the most popular white wine in the United States, representing roughly one out of every five bottles of white wine sold in this country, and it’s been this popular for decades. At its best, from some of the top purveyors in California, it can be expensive, cost a lot of money

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 24-year-old Santa Ana man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison July 17 for dealing a deadly dose of fentanyl to an 18-year-old Tustin woman. Isai Hernandez Higinio pleaded guilty Jan. 30 to possession with the intent to distribute fentanyl. The defendant agreed to sell oxycodone pills to Adriana Davies in

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said on July 17 that she is open to designating communist China as a currency manipulator. When asked by The Epoch Times during a press gaggle shortly before taking the stage at Christians United for Israel’s annual summit in Arlington, Virginia, why the only condition of China’s normal trade status

With wildfires raging out of control across Canada, experts warn the United States may be facing a summer of intense heat and hazardous smoke. But just how dangerous is this smoke to our health, and when should we be masking up outdoors? “If you are healthy, you’re usually not at major risk from short-term exposure

A recently retired FBI special agent backed up recent IRS whistleblower claims of interference and special treatment in a criminal tax probe into Hunter Biden. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer says the matter reveals a two-tiered system of justice. Cosmetics brand Maybelline is the latest company to face backlash over its ads. Some commentators