In Singapore on Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris scolded China for trying to bully its neighbors in the South China Sea region. The vice president said that China “continues to coerce, to intimidate, and to make claims to the vast majority of the South China Sea.” “Beijing’s actions continue to undermine the rules-based order and
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Oregon Governor Kate Brown In Oregon, Masks will be mandated in “all public outdoor settings where physical distancing is not possible, regardless of vaccination status”, effective Friday. Kate Brown: In addition, the Oregon Health Authority strongly recommends masking in outdoor gatherings at private residences, where people from different households do not maintain physical distance. Here
The Supreme Court Building in Washington D.C., August 5, 2021 (Brent Buterbaugh/National Review) The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to block a lower-court ruling that will require the Biden administration to reinstate the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy for asylum seekers at the U.S. border. The court’s three liberal justices dissented, saying they would have
The Biden administration needs to expand operations allowing for the safe passage of American citizens and allies in Afghanistan, a veteran and national security council staff member under former President George W. Bush said on Tuesday. U.S. officials should work to expand the perimeter around the Kabul airport so that Afghan allies and stranded Americans
The Washington Post Company headquarters in Washington, March 30, 2012 (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) David’s piece on the home page rightly points out that the backlash against humor columnist Gene Weingarten — for dissing all Indian food in a sweeping, misinformed, and rather silly statement — was more than a little overheated. The dust-up followed a familiar
Talk show host Alex Jones bashed former President Donald Trump after he advocated that everyone should go out and get vaccinated. Jones voiced his disappointment on his “Infowars” talk show on Sunday after Trump told supporters at his rally in Alabama to get vaccinated. “Shame on you, Trump. Seriously. Hey, if you don’t have the
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are set to become a major player in China’s commercial truck market, predicts JPMorgan’s Elaine Wu. “Currently, the fuel cell vehicles account for less than 5% of the commercial truck market in China and that could grow to about one-third of total market share in 2050,” Wu, head of Asia ex-Japan
The G7 group of nations has agreed a “roadmap” for future engagement with the Taliban and will insist on the “safe passage” of people who want to leave Afghanistan beyond 31 August, Boris Johnson has said. The prime minister was speaking after a virtual G7 summit about the evacuation of people from Afghanistan. Mr Johnson
Apparently, the end of a tribe that pulled out still-beating human hearts from living victims as human sacrifice is a real bummer. At least, it is according to the CW’s comic book show DC’s Stargirl. In the episode, ‘Summer School: Chapter Three,’ on Tuesday, August 24, Stargirl Courtney Whitmore (Brec Bassinger) mourns the fact that the Aztec
In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, seven Republican senators have underscored the importance of resuming the negotiation of a bilateral U.S.-Kenya trade agreement. The Aug. 20 letter highlighted that a free trade pact with Kenya would be “the appropriate next step in recognizing and strengthening relations, economic opportunities, and a security partnership
Shoppers leave a Nordstrom store on May 26, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in after hours trading. Nordstrom — Shares of the retailer slid more than 3% in extended trading despite Nordstrom beating top- and bottom-line estimates during the second quarter. The company earned 49
A grieving father has said he feels like he “failed” his family after his twin babies died in the devastating flooding in Tennessee. At least 22 people were killed and dozens are still missing after record-breaking rainfall and floodwater caused severe damage to homes, buildings, roads and power cables as it rushed through the southeastern
The Washington Post has accused The Daily Wire of spreading misinformation about the COVID vaccine by posting real news. The Post accused The Daily Wire, TMZ, the Epoch Times, and Breitbart of sharing news to “misleadingly” attract views to its platform. The Post cited an article in which The Daily Wire reported on NFL star
Joe Biden evacuated our military from Afghanistan before he evacuated American citizens. Biden left millions and millions of dollars in military weapons, equipment, and aircraft behind. Biden is poised to leave thousands of Americans behind, too. But according to the Democratic Party, Biden is doing a fantastic job. In fact, Biden has “defied expectations” and
Russia has steadily decreased the supply of natural gas delivered to Europe over the last few weeks without explanation, according to an industry analysis reviewed by CNBC. The decreased natural gas exports occurred shortly after the U.S. and Germany agreed to the completion of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which will transport gas from
Justin Trudeau gestures to a crowd in front of his campaign bus in Cornwall, Prince Edward Island, Canada, August 22, 2021. (John Morris/Reuters) In Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal, Rondi Adamson humorously wrote about Justin Trudeau’s penchant for gendering innocuous phrases, in this case turning “recession” into “she-cession.” Not for the first time, Trudeau appears to
The American Medical Association is calling for the public and private sectors to impose COVID-19 vaccination mandates. “With the highly transmissible and more virulent Delta variant wreaking havoc and emergency departments once again overwhelmed, physicians and all frontline health care workers need help. The way to regain the upper hand in this fight is requiring
A harrowing surveillance video captured the moment a car flew into the air and crashed into a Wendy’s fast food restaurant just feet away from where a family was eating outside. The incident unfolded at the Wendy’s in South Brunswick, New Jersey. The video shows the car fly across the parking lot and hit another
Leftist journalists appear to be setting their sights on Facebook after the platform allegedly shelved a controversial report from 2021’s first-quarter. Facebook was accused of deliberately hiding its first-quarter report from the public, apparently after finding that its top story of the quarter centered on COVID “misinformation.” The story in question was an article from
A high school in Washington is forcing unvaccinated student athletes to wear ankle monitors in order to participate in sports, according to an outraged parent. A 15-year-old student at Eatonville High School says that she was forced to wear an ankle tracking monitor to be able to participate in volleyball practice. According to a report
Benito Skinner in his White House vaccination TikTok video. (bennydrama7/TikTok) The underlying vaccination message is good, but the medium is cringe. Earlier this month, the White House put out a TikTok video by comedian Benito Skinner (a.k.a. Benny Drama) that was intended to serve as a public-service announcement encouraging people to get vaccinated. In the
The House Rules Committee voted Monday on rules governing debate on election legislation known as HR 4, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The controversial bill now goes to the House for a vote. After Democrats failed to pass HR 1, a partisan piece of election legislation, they crafted HR 4, which Heritage Foundation
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, gives an opening statement during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss the on-going federal response to COVID-19, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., May 11, 2021. Greg Nash | Pool | Reuters White House chief medical
Nearly 43,000 Californians are under evacuation orders as a dozen large wildfires continue to rage across the state. The wildfires have already destroyed hundreds of homes and more than 500 households are in shelters, Mark Ghilarducci, director of the California Office of Emergency Services, said. Governor Gavin Newsom has requested a presidential major disaster declaration
This might be a surprise — if you want traditional “hard news” served up in an efficient 30-minute package, the best place to find it may still be one of the Big Three evening newscasts, where more than 70 percent of the typical broadcast fits the definition of old-fashioned reporting. And, compared to cable news,
The former leader of three American spy agencies thinks it’s perfectly appropriate to joke (heh, heh) about sending President Trump’s supporters to Taliban overrun Afghanistan because some don’t want the Covid shot. That’s a real knee slapper, General Michael Hayden. The left-leaning former head of the National Security Agency, former CIA director, and former deputy
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Crowds outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 23, 2021 (Asvaka News via Reuters) My reader who works for a contractor in Afghanistan, and who is desperately trying to help his former employees dodge Taliban death squads and get out of the country, offers another update. (See here and here for background.) He reports some
Uttar Pradesh might sound obscure to most Americans, but it is the most populated state in India, with urban areas that rival the most densely populated cities in the U.S. Yet, miraculously, despite housing a population of 240 million people, this northern state has been averaging only 24 cases and 0-2 deaths per day in
A lot of what the political left supports is satanic. I said that Monday evening on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News program. Some people loved the comment. Some hated it. Others were confused. Tucker got it and agreed. It’s difficult to unpack such a provocative and complex thought inside a short television segment. Let me unpack