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Millions of Americans spend a lot of time on their feet in their day-to-day lives. While minor aches and pains often call for nothing more extreme than a foot rub or a hot bath, there are some signs of discomfort that should never be ignored. Here are seven of the most common causes of foot pain to be aware of. ...

The Texas Legislature passed a bill on May 28 that could pave the way for locally elected prosecutors to be removed from office for misconduct if they fail to enforce certain laws. House Bill 17 (pdf) was introduced by Republican state Sen. Joan Huffman earlier this year and it passed the Senate Sunday in a 20–11 vote after passing both legislative houses in April. It ...

Commentary China’s tech startup and venture capital boom over the last decade has produced some household names while stoking concerns that it would one day surpass innovation out of Silicon Valley. But that momentum has waned recently. Various reasons have dampened international funding into Chinese tech startups, including pandemic restrictions, the communist authority’s crackdown on tech, macroeconomic reasons such as ...

Mining magnate and former CEO of Fortescue Metals, Andrew Forrest, believes an overreliance on fossil fuels is to blame for Australia’s record-high energy prices. In an interview with 2GB’s radio last week, Forrest declared that to combat high levels of inflation, Australia must swiftly transition to what he believes to be the cheapest form of energy available. “The reason why ...

The Texas legislature has given final approval to a new bill seeking to prohibit diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at publicly funded universities in the state. The legislation, known as Senate Bill 17, received final approval from both chambers of the Texas legislature on Sunday. The bill received a vote of 82 to 61 in favor of the final ...

The Epoch Times presents the second part of an exclusive edited extract from the forthcoming book “Swiftboating America” by Hans Mahncke, co-host of “Truth over News” on EpochTV. Sign up at SwiftboatingAmerica.com to get a notification once the book is out. On May 20, 2022, Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, Robby Mook, finally admitted that it was Hillary Clinton herself who ...

POMONA, Calif.—An 18-year-old man who police believe triggered a violent hit-and-run crash in Pomona, killing two people and critically injuring another, was arrested after he checked himself into a hospital in neighboring Montclair, authorities said May 29. “Our officers responded and were awaiting his medical clearance so we could process the booking at our jail facility,” according to spokeswoman Aly ...

In this episode of “American Thought Leaders:NOW,” we sit down with Shen Yun Performing Arts principal dancer Steven Wang. His mother was recently sentenced to four years in prison in China for practicing the spiritual discipline of Falun Gong. Since the Chinese Communist Party first launched a nationwide persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, Wang’s parents have gone in and ...

Former President Trump wished a happy Memorial Day to Americans but warned that the United States is in great “peril” due to individuals he said are working from within the government to destroy the country. Trump said via his social media platform, Truth Social, that the country “has never been in greater peril than it is right now” and called ...

The United States will still be “careening towards bankruptcy” after President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reached an agreement to raise the debt ceiling by $4 trillion, says Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fl.) in a new interview. The 2024 presidential candidate appeared on “Fox & Friends” on Memorial Day and was asked about the potential fracture in the ...

Commentary When mindless environmental zealotry turns into environmental vandalism and economic destruction something is badly wrong. What turns the wrong into an inexcusable outrage is when the government allows it to occur, ignoring the common good which is at stake. This is exactly the state of play in the state of Victoria where the debt-ridden government has been able to ...

Commentary Numbers recently released indicate that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the most commonly used indicator of inflationary pressures, fell to a one-year annualized rate of 4.9 percent in the United States. The Biden administration heralded this as a major triumph as Twitter shills sang the praises of the Democrats’ economic stewardship. (In Canada, the government said the CPI fell ...

LONDON—The dollar nudged lower on Monday, pulling back from six-month peaks against the yen as a U.S. debt ceiling deal lifted risk appetite across world markets and dented the greenback’s safe-haven appeal. U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday finalized a budget agreement with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to suspend the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling until Jan. 1, 2025, and said ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) warned House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) that China would be the beneficiary of the U.S. defense budget proposed in the tentative debt ceiling deal. “I respect Kevin McCarthy. I want to raise the debt ceiling. It would be irresponsible not to do it. I want to control spending. I’d like to have a smaller IRS. I’d ...

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Virginia—Republican-aligned candidates running for positions on Loudoun County’s school board gathered to share their vision for the county on Thursday, in the wake of the “Loudoun Love Warrior” (LLW) controversy, where a group affiliated with some of Loudoun’s elected officials targeted and allegedly harassed and doxed parents after they spoke out against the school board’s policies. These candidates say ...

Commentary Signed bits of paper abound at international conferences. Serious-looking leaders signing their names to documents that would never pass the examination of a first-year law student abound. Statements of intent, flowing phrases, and wonderful words, which at the end of the day are neither enforceable nor meaningful, tend to go from headline to dustbin with great rapidity. Time will ...

President Joe Biden championed the new bipartisan budget agreement to avoid a default on the national debt, saying it “prevents the worst possible crisis.” The administration and House Republican leaders looked to garner support for a tentative deal to increase the country’s borrowing limit amid ballooning government debt following weeks of intense negotiations. Following the announcement that both sides reached ...

News Analysis The lesson of Russia’s war in Ukraine has forced the Group of Seven (G-7) countries to confront Beijing head-on this year, and the unified statement from the Hiroshima summit represents a big step that, according to some experts, was “unthinkable” two years ago. The big question, though, is whether the G-7 countries can stay united and strong when ...

With Memorial Day approaching, Americans will be purchasing ketchup, mustard, and other condiments en masse—and inflation will play a role. A 32-ounce bottle of ketchup went from an average of $4.08 for the week of May 16, 2022, to $5.22 for the week of May 15, 2023, according to data that was compiled by Datasembly, which measures grocery price changes in stores ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) was noncommittal on whether Democrats would support a debt ceiling deal negotiated between Republicans and the White House. On the evening of May 27, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced during a press conference that he and President Joe Biden had reached what he called “an agreement in principle that’s worthy of ...