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Many retirees in communist China have had their pensions suspended for upholding their faith in Falun Gong, a spiritual practice based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. The CCP has no legal basis to deprive any citizen of their pensions, aiming to eradicate the group, a former lawyer commented. In 2020, at least […]

House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Republican Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania believes he and four colleagues aren’t getting copies of monthly nursing home data because state and federal officials have something to hide. “I don’t know how many times you have to send letters and make requests for data and get no response at all,”

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security chief on Wednesday condemned human smugglers after a series of incidents that left one girl dead and three others in perilous situations. “The inhumane way smugglers abuse children while profiting off parents’ desperation is criminal and morally reprehensible,” Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement. “Just this month, a

WASHINGTON—The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose by 61,000 last week to 719,000, signaling that many employers are still cutting jobs even as more businesses reopen, vaccines are increasingly administered, and federal aid spreads through the economy. The Labor Department said on April 1 that the number of claims increased from 658,000 the

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a ruling stipulated that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can relax media ownership rules and reversed a court decision handed down by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. The lower court ruling had blocked the FCC’s repeal of some media ownership regulations in 2017 for failing to consider the

Often at the end of the week, I have a few leftover ingredients in the fridge that I like to turn into soup: soup that I either freeze or keep in the fridge for the following week’s lunches. This particular soup reminds me of the soups my grandmother used to make on the farm. Most

A former vice president and member of the San Francisco School Board has filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing the school district and five board members of violating her First Amendment rights in the form of silencing her free speech. Alison Collins is seeking $12 million in damages from the school district, along with $3 million

Top Senate Republicans on Thursday called for Democrats to hold a public hearing on the border crisis and question Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “While we may not agree on the causes of or the solutions to this crisis, we believe it is vitally important for the Senate Judiciary Committee to exercise its oversight authority

A group of House Democrats has asked President Joe Biden to take executive action on “concealable assault-style firearms,” citing two mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, Colorado, last month. “Concealable assault-style firearms that fire rifle rounds pose an unreasonable threat to our communities and should be fully regulated under the National Firearms Act consistent with the

Requiring vaccine passports for social activities would be against the “British instinct,” the leader of the UK’s main opposition Labour party has said. In an interview with The Telegraph published on Thursday, Sir Keir Starmer said vaccine passports is an “extremely difficult” issue and there is no “clear black and white, yes-no easy answer” on