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The United States is implementing several measures to promote the “de-Chinaization” of the global supply chain to address unfair competitive practices by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to Japanese commentator Ji Lin. Another notable development in this regard is the unanimous approval of the “Ending China’s Developing Nation Status Act” by the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on June...

Mitochondria are the microscopic power plants found in nearly all cells in the body and are responsible for producing most of the energy we use on a daily basis. While their energy-producing function is critical for normal cellular activity, it has been recently discovered that they also behave as “first responders” when the cell is exposed to chemicals, viruses, or...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) rejected a House Republican request to disclose information connected to the FBI’s search and raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago last August for alleged classified documents. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) had requested the information in a letter sent to the DOJ, asking for information about the classified materials that were discovered in...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Binance have reached an agreement in court that lets the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange continue to operate in the United States as it battles SEC fraud charges. Under a consent order filed Saturday, the defendants in the June 5 lawsuit agreed to repatriate all assets held for the benefit of Binance’s U.S. trading...

Commentary The Federal Open Market Committee’s unanimous decision on Wednesday not to raise the federal funds rate, which banks charge each other for overnight loans, has champagne corks popping in some quarters, where it is hailed as evidence of the long-in-coming conquest of inflation; while others see Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell turning chicken in the face of a long-term...

VAN NUYS, Calif.—A judge has approved a $3.5 million settlement between the Los Angeles Unified School District and a former special needs student who alleged he was sexually abused and provided alcohol by a teacher’s aide whose job was to assist him in getting to and from class during the 2018–19 school year. The plaintiff is identified only as John...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Beijing on Sunday after months of urging by the Biden administration for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to reestablish normal bilateral communications. Blinken is the highest-level American official to set foot in China since President Joe Biden took office in 2021, and the first secretary of state to visit since 2018, when his predecessor Mike...

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the leading Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, has asked the FBI to make public evidence that would confirm that President Joe Biden is not under federal investigation for bribery. At heart are allegations made by an FBI informant and documented in form FD-1023 claiming that then-Vice President Biden engaged in a $5 million bribery scheme...

Thousands of protestors gathered at the gates of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 16 amid backlashes from religious groups after the baseball team invited an anti-Catholic drag queen group to be honored at the venue for its annual LGBT “Pride Night.” The protest, which was co-sponsored by nonprofits Catholic Vote and Catholics for Catholics, lasted for four hours...

Last Tuesday, former President Donald Trump was arraigned to face 37 federal charges, different from the state charges brought against him in New York under District Attorney Alvin Bragg. This is the first time federal charges have been levied against a former president. Was this a politically motivated move, or is Trump guilty of intentionally and illegally possessing government documents?...

Recent Internal Revenue Service data showing a net loss of more than 425,000 people between 2021 and 2022 indicates California is losing residents to states with lower or no income tax, according to a Chapman University professor. “We are losing more of the high-income earners than the low-income earners, and it’s an increasing proportion of the total loss,” Jim Doti,...

Facebook parent company Meta announced plans to enable children as young as 10 years old to enter virtual reality through its Meta Quest headset later this year, despite a recent advisory warning social media can negatively impact the mental health and well-being of children. “Today we’re announcing changes to give families even more ways to use and enjoy Meta Quest....

News Analysis  A Vatican official has denied a recent whistleblower’s claim that it was involved in a cover-up of extraterrestrial craft. David Grusch, a decorated Air Force veteran and former senior intelligence officer, reported to media outlets The Debrief and NewsNation that classified information about the government’s possession of craft of nonhuman origin has been illegally withheld from Congress. Grusch...

“It’s not uncommon right now for the cartel to push a group of 100 or 200 people across in remote areas like Columbus, New Mexico, and that will wipe out an entire station for an eight-hour shift. What that does is it leaves about 75, 80, up to 100 miles of border completely unpatrolled for that next seven, eight hours....

Commentary Rowan Atkinson or as many of us know him: “The guy who played Mr. Bean,” has more experience with EVs than most. As an avid car owner and enthusiast, an early adopter of electric vehicles, and having previously studied electrical and electronic engineering (before his entirely unrelated career in entertainment), he surely has an informed opinion. He explained in...

Commentary U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is bending over backward to extend a friendly hand to China. He may slip on the ice. Beijing’s proffered handshake, if it can be called one, looks frigid. Blinken spoke to China’s foreign minister a few days before his upcoming visit, and the minister was already publicly shaming the United States for deteriorating...

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) recently signed a new law that limits most car manufacturers from selling vehicles directly to the public, while providing advantages to EV makers such as Tesla, Lucid, Rivian, and Polestar. The legislation, set to be enforced from July 1, imposes obstacles for major car manufacturers, which are prohibited from bypassing independent dealerships and selling vehicles directly to...

ST. PAUL, Minn.—A second man has been found guilty in a shootout at a bar in St. Paul, Minnesota, that left one person dead and more than a dozen people injured. Terry Lorenzo Brown was convicted Wednesday of second-degree murder, four counts of attempted second-degree murder and illegally possessing a firearm, KARE-TV reported. Prosecutors said Brown and Devondre Phillips began...

As mass shootings make headlines, one man who has spent years studying what it takes to get men to kill said it is clear that violent entertainment is a how-to manual for many killers. According to retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, violent media molds the character of its consumers just as military basic training conditions soldiers to kill....

NEW YORK—Wall Street closed out its best week since March with a quiet finish on Friday, and stocks drifted to modest losses. The S&P 500 fell 16.25 points, or 0.4 percent, to 4,409.59 after wobbling through the day. It still closed out a fifth straight winning week for its longest such streak since November 2021, and it remains close to...