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The third stimulus checks could be coming soon. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says the House will take up the Senate’s version of President Joe Biden’s nearly $2 trillion relief package by Wednesday. If the House approves it, it will make its way to Biden’s desk to be signed into law. Tax experts say, once Biden signs […]

About 2,300 National Guard troops will stay in Washington at the U.S. Capitol for another two months, the Department of Defense announced late Tuesday. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved a request by the U.S. Capitol Police for continued National Guard support through May 23, according to a Pentagon statement. There will be nearly 2,300 guardsmen at the

Commentary H.R. 1—the bill for federal takeover of elections that just passed the House of Representatives—is a constitutional nightmare. If the Senate approves it, we almost certainly will need a constitutional amendment to clean up the mess. This has happened before: In 1970, we had to enact the 26th Amendment to cure congressionally caused voting

As voters cast ballots for a vacant Orange County Board of Supervisors (BOS) seat, its former holder is sharing hopes for her replacement. It’s been about two months since U.S. Congresswoman Michelle Steel left her District 2 seat for higher office. During an interview with The Epoch Times, she said she would like the incoming

WASHINGTON—Senator Bob Menendez, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Tuesday he hoped the Senate could vote as soon as April on a sweeping bipartisan package of legislation to address threats from China. “I would hope that we would be looking as soon as April on the floor,” he said on a

Mexican cartels are getting stronger as the Biden administration weakens security at the border, according to several current and former law enforcement officials. Most cartel violence occurs in Mexico as different factions fight for territory along the border into the United States. Smuggling drugs and humans is their primary business, and they control the border.

NSW looks set to beat other states in its COVID recovery plan by “aggressively” targeting local and international business investments through a new agency announced on March 9. The new agency—Investment NSW—aims to drive billions of dollars into the state by focussing on jobs, skills, and investment by directing businesses towards areas where they can

Orange County is on track to graduate to a less-restrictive COVID-19 tier next week, county officials said March 9. Orange County recorded one week of improved metrics, and must improve or maintain its numbers for an additional week before reaching the red tier’s less prohibitive set of guidelines. “Before Orange County can move to the

Since the hotly contested 2020 election, Republican state legislators have been advancing bills to bolster election integrity. Across 50 states, there have been over 1,600 election-related bills introduced by either Republican or Democrat legislators. Only about 200 have made it out of a committee so far. A handful have been enacted, but none in the

Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 1, the Democrats’ sweeping election reform package. While many have focused on how the bill changes voting and voter registration, the bill also has major implications for free speech—which have largely gone unnoticed. Critics of the bill say that the disclosure rules open the door for