The president of Columbia University resigned her post on Wednesday, after just one year at the helm and months after anti-Israel protests shut down the campus.
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Congress Opens Probe into Whether Google Search Misled Americans on Trump Assassination
Already facing a potential breakup from a devastating antitrust court ruling, Google got more bad news Wednesday when the main congressional oversight committee announced it had opened a probe into whether the search engine misled Americans about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump last month.
Read MoreHunter Biden Reportedly Wanted Government to Help with Burisma Project While Joe Was VP
Hunter Biden reportedly asked U.S. officials to help him in connection to an energy deal in Italy while his father was vice president and he worked for the Ukrainian energy company Burisma, according to The New York Times.
Read MoreGlobal Health Emergency Is Declared by World Health Organization over Mpox Outbreak in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Wednesday that the outbreak of mpox, formerly called Monkeypox, is a global public health emergency based on an increase in cases and deaths in recent months.
Read MoreHarris Supporting UAW Files Labor Charges Against Trump and Musk after X Conversation
The United Auto Workers (UAW), which formally endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, announced on Tuesday that it filed federal labor charges against former President Trump and Elon Musk after their Monday evening live conversation on the social platform X.
The UAW argued that Musk and Trump tried to “intimidate and threaten” union workers.
Read MoreScience Journal Buries High Myocarditis Risk from COVID Vax, Claims Shot Reduces Heart Attacks
A science journal published studies last month that alternately claimed COVID-19 vaccines vastly increase the risk of myocarditis, and lower the “incidence of common cardiovascular events” more than raising “known rare cardiovascular complications” such as myocarditis.
The July 23 study of 9.2 million South Koreans in Nature Communications, sibling to the better-known Nature, did not lead with the myocarditis results. The July 31 study of 45.7 million Britons emphasized how much greater the purported vaccine benefit was.
Read MoreSquad Member Ilhan Omar Projected to Win Minnesota Democratic Primary
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is projected to win the Democratic primary for Minnesota’s fifth congressional district, according to the Associated Press.
Read MoreDisinformation Police Officer NewsGuard Goes After Free-Speech Lawyer, Olympics Narratives as Peers Fall to Scrutiny
Two months after the for-profit business NewsGuard came under congressional investigation for whether its business relationships with domestic and foreign governments are tantamount to state-sponsored censorship, the self-described “only apolitical service rating news sources” is taking on new targets like the Olympics and a high-profile free-speech lawyer.
Read MoreElon Musk and Trump Discuss Creating ‘Government Efficiency Commission’ to Cut Down on Spending
Former President Donald Trump and X owner Elon Musk on Monday night discussed the creation of a “government efficiency commission” that would cut down on wasteful government spending.
Read MoreBiden-Harris Failed to Remove 90 Percent of Illegal Immigrants Under New ICE Program: Report
House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, R-Tenn., shared his reaction to a report from the New York Post showing that the Biden-Harris administration has rarely removed illegal immigrants under a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program.
Read MoreHarris Campaign Requires I.D. to Attend Her Rally, Even Though She Opposes Voter I.D.
Vice President Kamala Harris has repeatedly espoused opposition to voter I.D. laws, yet her campaign recently required that attendees present a valid identification to RSVP for one of her rallies.
Read MoreBiden Didn’t Disclose Allegedly Free Vacations, yet Pushes for Supreme Court Reform Following Gifts
President Joe Biden has allegedly taken multiple free vacations at the homes of billionaire donors and wealthy businessmen without disclosing them over the years, yet has called for Supreme Court reform after justices have taken trips without reporting them.
Read MoreBiden Administration Tried to Tax Tips Prior to Harris Following Trump with ‘No Tax on Tips’
The Biden-Harris administration tried improve tax compliance on tips prior to Vice President Kamala Harris’ following Trump with a vow to end tax on tips.
In 2023, the Treasury Department introduced the Service Industry Tip Compliance Agreement (SITCA) program to “take advantage of advancements in point-of-sale, time and attendance systems, and electronic payment settlement methods to improve tip reporting compliance.”
Read MoreResearch Widely Cited to Support Pausing LNG Exports Riddled with Errors, Analysis Says
At the beginning of this year, the Biden administration enacted a pause on liquified natural gas (LNG) permits. The policy created regulatory uncertainty in the industry, impacting jobs and billion-dollar investments.
The announcement of the policy followed a coordinated effort by activists at nonprofits and in academia, as well as dozens of Democratic members of congress, to hasten an energy transition away from fossil fuels by blocking exports of America’s abundant natural gas resources to countries abroad.
Read MoreHouse Investigating Whether Foreign Money Flowing into Democrat Coffers
The chairman of the powerful House Administration Committee says his investigation into one of the Democrats’ most successful political action committees has pivoted to whether foreigners may be laundering money into the 2024 election.
Rep. Bryan Steil, W-Wis., said his committee has identified individuals who claim they did not make the donations attributed to them in Federal Election Commission (FEC) reports filed by ActBlue. His committee, which oversees election integrity issues, has “activated a full investigation.”
Read MoreHarris Campaign Requires I.D. to Attend Her Rally, Even Though She Opposes Voter I.D.
Vice President Kamala Harris has repeatedly espoused opposition to voter I.D. laws, yet her campaign recently required that attendees present a valid identification to RSVP for one of her rallies. The event took place Friday at the Desert Diamond Arena near Phoenix, Ariz. Ahead of the event, the campaign distributed an email requiring attendees to RSVP and to present a government-issued I.D.
Read MoreTrump Virginia Presidential Campaign Office Burglarized
A man is wanted in connection to a burglary of former President Donald Trump’s campaign office in Ashburn, Virginia, sources confirmed to Just The News on Monday.
Read MoreTrump Sues Justice Department for $100 Million in Damages over Mar-a-Lago Classified Documents Search
Former President Trump is seeking $100 million in damages from the U.S. Justice Department over its handling of the classified documents search at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
Read MoreBiden Energy Department’s Claim It Replenished Strategic Petroleum Reserve Misleading, Expert Says
When the Department of Energy announced that it had successfully replenished the nation’s stockpile with the total purchased volume of 40 million barrels, the announcement had some people scratching their heads.
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), as the stockpile is called, contained over 630 million barrels of crude oil when President Biden took office in January 2021. Last week, it had less than 376 million barrels. How did the DOE refill the SPR with only 40 million barrels?
Read MorePanama Offers Embattled Venezuela President Maduro Temporary Asylum amid Election Crisis
The Panamanian president on Friday offered Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro political asylum to ensure the peaceful transition of power in Venezuela.
Read MoreTrump Campaign Confirms It Was Hacked, Says Iran Is to Blame: Report
GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign confirmed on Saturday that some of its internal communications were hacked.
Read MoreTrump Blasts Montana Sen. Jon Tester as ‘Radical Left Lunatic’ During Bozeman Rally
Former President Donald Trump on Friday night labeled Montana Sen. Jon Tester, D, as a “radical left lunatic.'”
Read MoreAbortion Numbers Up Since Overturning of Roe v. Wade, According to Report
Abortion occurred more often across the United States in the first three months of this year than prior to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, a new report from the Society of Family Planning released on Wednesday showed.
The organization, which supports abortion rights, attributed the increase in abortions to laws in Democratic-controlled states that protect abortion doctors who use telemedicine to see patients from states with limits on abortion.
Read MoreTrump Pulls into Statistical Tie with Harris: New Poll
A new survey released Friday shows that GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is now in a statistical tie with presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
The Napolitan News Service survey found Harris has 44% of the vote, compared to 43% for Trump.
Read MoreReport Shows Harris and Emhoff Donated to Defund Police and Pro-Sanctuary City Group
Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff donated to a liberal legal group in favor of defunding the police and permanently designating Washington, D.C as a “sanctuary city” that does not report illegal immigrants to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to their joint tax returns.
Harris and Emhoff donated $1,000 in 2021 and 2023 to Legal Aid DC, noted a Washington Examiner report.
Read MoreUnder Walz, Minnesota Bilked Hundreds of Millions Even After Warnings About ‘Pervasive’ Failures
As his administration ramped up its government giveaways in the midst of a pandemic and border crisis, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was warned his team did not have adequate protections for the taxpayer money it was sending out the door to nonprofit groups and workers.
In fact, auditors just last February reported they found “pervasive noncompliance” inside the Walz administration with grant management policies that were “signaling systemic issues regarding grants oversight.”
Read MoreNew Audio-Video From Trump Rally Shows Local Law Enforcement’s Frustration with Secret Service
Newly acquired police body cam video includes audio in which a local police officer moments after the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally complains about the Secret Service not having cover the rooftop from which the sniper shot.
Read MoreFBI Let Suspect in Plot to Kill Trump into U.S. on Parole Despite Terror Ties, Iran Trip, Memos Show
The FBI allowed Asif Raza Merchant, the Pakistani man charged with plotting with Tehran to assassinate Donald Trump and others, to enter the U.S. in April with special permission known as “significant public benefit parole” even though he was flagged on a terrorism watchlist and recently traveled to Iran, according to government documents reviewed by Just the News.
Read MoreBipartisan Bill Introduced to Better Monitor Terror Threats on Foreign Mobile Apps Like TikTok
Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence, and Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., introduced a bill to “conduct annual assessments on terrorism threats to the United States posed by terrorist organizations utilizing foreign cloud-based mobile or desktop messaging applications, and for other purposes.”
Pfluger said that cloud-based technology has given “terrorist groups even more tools to use in their pursuit of deadly chaos” more than 20 years since the 9/11 attacks.
Read MoreTrump Says He Will Be Debating Harris: ‘It’s Going to Be Announced Fairly Soon’
Former President Trump, the 2024 GOP presidential nominee, said Wednesday he will debate Vice President Harris, the Democratic nominee, in the “pretty near future.”
Read MoreElectric Vehicle Owners Getting Hit with Negative Equity as Depreciation Crushes Used Electric Vehicle Values
Between safety and reliability issues, as well as a dearth of charging stations, electric vehicle owners have been having quite a bit of buyer’s remorse, and now they may have another reason to go back to gas cars — EVs are rapidly depreciating.
Rental company Hertz announced in 2021 it would buy 100,000 EVs from Tesla, only to find lackluster interest from renters. In January, the Hertz announced it was selling off 20,000 of the vehicles, with prices as low as $25,000. Vehicle depreciation cost the company $588 million in the first quarter of this year compared to the last quarter of 2023.
Read MoreWalz’s History on Born-Alive Abortions Opens Door for Trump, GOP to Flip Extremism Argument
In summer 2022 as Tim Walz was steaming toward reelection as Minnesota governor, his state health agency published a required abortion-statistics report with little fanfare.
Read MorePakistani Man with Alleged Ties to Iran Arrested in Political Assassination Plots Including Trump
The U.S. Justice Department charged Asif Merchant, 46, a Pakistani man with alleged ties to the Iranian government with plotting to carry out political assassinations, according to an indictment revealed on Tuesday.
Read MoreRural Areas in 20 States Can Receive Zuckerbucks-Style Private Election Funding for 2024
The Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) is pouring new election grant funding into rural areas in 20 states, after “Zuckerbucks” in the 2020 election sparked backlash across the country.
Read MoreKamala Harris Taps Far-Left Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for VP: Reports
Vice President Kamala Harris has tapped Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., to serve as her running mate, multiple news outlets have reported.
Read MoreInfluential Media Groups are Encouraging Climate Reporters to Ignore Dissenting Voices, Experts Say
The Society for Environmental Journalists (SEJ) partnered up with the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education for a webinar Tuesday to provide data and information to journalists on the connection between gun violence and “extreme heat” in 100 of the largest cities in the U.S.
Read MoreHouse Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil Expands Probe of Donations Through ActBlue
House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., expanded his investigation into online political donations through ActBlue on Monday.
“Illegal and malicious conduct have no place in our elections. Ensuring all parties are complying with federal election law as we approach a presidential election is of utmost importance. By launching a new phase of our investigation into ActBlue, the Committee on House Administration has begun robust oversight of ActBlue’s lenient donor verification standards,” he said in a statement. “I’m committed to ensuring Americans can have confidence in our elections and to preventing foreign or malicious actors from influencing American elections.”
Read MoreDespite High Costs and Questionable Benefits, Proponents of EV Mandates Continue to Defend Policy
Though the Biden administration’s emissions standards – often referred to as an electric vehicle mandate – don’t kick into 2032, the policy is already running into problems with charging station availability, declining consumer interest and automakers losing billions of dollars on their EV sales.
Read MoreSupreme Court Won’t Delay Trump’s Sentencing in D.A. Bragg Case Until After Election
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to delay former President Donald Trump’s sentencing or lift a gag order in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s hush money case until after the election, Reuters reported.
Read MoreJapan’s Nikkei Index Has Worst Day in Decades as U.S. Recession Fears Grow Among Investors
According to the Associated Press, the Nikkei closed down 4,451.28 points at 31,458.42 on Monday after it went down 5.8 percent on Friday, marking the worst two-day decline ever.
Read MoreVP Harris’ Tie-Breaking Vote Approved Appointment of Federal Judge Tied to Earlier Trump-Carroll Defamation Lawsuit
Vice President Kamala Harris’s tie-breaking vote confirmed Judge Loren AliKhan to the federal bench for life after AliKhan helped along a defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump. Ironically, according to Politico, Harris has expressed support for President Biden’s plans to impose term limits on Supreme Court justices who at the moment, like AliKahn, enjoy lifetime tenure.
Read MoreHouse Judiciary Requests Evidence from over 40 Advertisers Accused of ‘Collusive’ Activities
The House Judiciary Committee has sent letters to over 40 American and foreign companies asking for documents related to what it claims are “collusive” activities as part of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM).
Read MorePennsylvania Gov. Shapiro on Defensive After College Paper Skeptical of Mid East Peace Resurfaces
Pennsylvania Gov. and Democratic vice president short-lister Josh Shapiro is defending his record on the Israel-Palestine conflict after an op-ed he wrote in college resurfaced. Shapiro says the op-ed no longer represents his beliefs.
Read MoreElection Red Flag: Postal Service Watchdog Warns Some Mailed Ballots May Be Delayed, Not Counted
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) failed to deliver political and election mail on time between 2% and 3% of the time during the 2024 primaries and the mail service’s chief watchdog warns in a new audit that some mailed ballots might be delayed or not counted in the November election because workers aren’t following required procedures.
“We found that Postal Service personnel did not always comply with policy and procedures regarding all clear certifications, Election and Political Mail logs, and audit checklists,” the Postal Service Inspector General warned in a report made public this week. “In addition, we identified processes and policies that could pose a risk of delays in the processing and delivery of Election and Political Mail.
Read MoreFDA Knew ‘Gender Affirming’ Puberty Blockers Increase ‘Suicidality’ in 2017, Promotes Them Today
Five months before the Food and Drug Administration issued a health warning on puberty blockers widely used off-label to treat minors with gender confusion, undermining a Department of Health and Human Services office that claimed “early gender affirming care is crucial to overall health and well-being,” an FDA leader acknowledged other health concerns.
Pediatric patients exposed to “gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists,” most with central precocious puberty (CPP) and “a handful … transgender kids using the drugs off-label,” had an “increased risk of depression and suicidality, as well as increased seizure risk,” Division of General Endocrinology clinical team leader Shannon Sullivan told colleagues.
Read MoreDiabolical 9/11 Plotter with Plea Deal from Pentagon Planned Even More Carnage for United States
As the passage of 23 years fades the nation’s memory, the terrorist who has now received a plea deal from the Biden administration was a diabolical plotter who planned even more insidious carnage than what the terrorists achieved in the September 11 attacks on the United States.
The U.S. Department of Defense announced Wednesday that it had reached a plea deal with notorious 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two of his accomplices after more than 16 years after they were first prosecuted.
Read MoreJanuary 6 Bombshell: Secret Service Got Intel on ‘High Potential’ for Violence but Didn’t Tell Agents
The Secret Service developed intelligence that there was a “high potential for violence” before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot but failed to share that information with its agents guarding Donald Trump, Mike Pence or Kamala Harris that fateful day, according to a bombshell report delivered to Congress on Thursday that exposed a fresh round of failures by the presidential protection agency.
Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Cuffari’s report was forced into the public by pressure from House Administration Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., and it confirmed earlier Just the News reporting, including that the Secret Service whisked Harris, then the Vice President-elect, within 20 feet of an undetected pipe bomb at Democrat National Committee (DNC) headquarters in Washington because it failed to employ its normal explosive detection tools.
Read MoreNew Scott Rasmussen Poll Shows Harris Up by Five Points
A new poll from Scott Rasmussen’s RMG Research shows Vice President Kamala Harris leading former President Trump by 5 points nationally 47% to 42%.
Independent Presidential Candidate Robert Kennedy, Jr. received 6% in the poll, which was released on Friday.
Read MoreHomeland Suspends Illegal Immigrant Parole Program over Fraud Concerns
House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green on Friday celebrated the Biden administration’s pause on a mass parole program for migrants, claiming the decision “vindicates every warning we have issued.”
Read MoreHarris Earns Enough Votes in Virtual Roll Call to Clinch Nomination: DNC Chair
Vice President Kamala Harris has earned the support of a majority of delegates in the Democratic National Committee’s virtual roll call and will be the party’s nominee in November.
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