Giorno: 21 Luglio 2023

Texas AG Paxton to Newsmax: Hunter IRS Whistleblower ‘A Hero’

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told Newsmax Friday that the newly identified Internal Revenue Service whistleblower who testified in front of Congress this week about the Department of Justice’s efforts to interfere with his agency’s investigation into Hunter Biden was…

Critics unleash on Kamala Harris’ ‘evil,’ ‘astonishing lie’ about Florida’s school curriculum on slavery

Vice President Kamala Harris faced a wave of criticism Friday following her speech in Jacksonville, Florida, blasting what she said was the state’s new history curriculum teaching students that slaves in the U.S. actually “benefited from slavery.” “Just yesterday in the state of Florida they decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people […]

Wray defends FISA, says law used to ‘detect and thwart’ Chinese hacking of US critical infrastructure

The FBI was able to “detect and thwart” Chinese hackers attempting to access U.S. critical infrastructure, as well as malign threats from other adversaries, under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Friday in a letter to Congress defending the law. Fox News Digital obtained letters Wray sent to […]

Democrats sue to reinstate absentee drop boxes in Wisconsin

A new lawsuit filed in Wisconsin by a national Democratic law firm seeks to once again allow voters to return absentee ballots in drop boxes, a practice that was barred by the state Supreme Court last year following criticism by former President Donald Trump. The lawsuit filed Thursday by the Elias Law Group comes less […]

Former Maine legislative candidate arrested on Jan. 6-related charges

A former Republican legislative candidate who traveled to Washington for former President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally was arrested Friday and charged with federal crimes for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot, officials said. Matthew Brackley, 39, of Waldoboro, Maine, entered the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and asked for the location of […]

Burma’s military government unveils giant sitting Buddha statue amid ongoing civil war and turmoil

The military-controlled government of strife-torn Myanmar on Friday showed off a new giant statue of a sitting Buddha that is scheduled to be consecrated on Aug. 1, a powerful symbol of nationalism in a very devout nation. Journalists were given a preview of the 228-acre site in the capital, Naypyitaw, which includes small pagodas, ordination […]

Retired Canadian Mountie accused of helping China to identify, intimidate target

A former member of Canada’s national police force has been charged with conspiracy over allegations that he helped China’s government intimidate a person, police said Friday. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a news release that retired Mountie William Majcher is accused of helping the Chinese government identify the person targeted in the intimidation. […]

Local World Food Program head shot, killed in Yemen

Gunmen shot and killed the head of one of the World Food Program’s offices in Yemen on Friday, the humanitarian organization said. In a statement, the program said that Moayad Hameidi, a Jordanian, was shot by gunmen not long after he arrived in the country to assume the role as head of its office in […]

Repatriation of tragic shipwreck victims: Bodies of 4 Pakistani migrants returned home after disaster

The bodies of four Pakistanis who were among the hundreds who perished when a migrant vessel sank last month in one of the deadliest shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean Sea were brought home on Friday, officials said. The four were the first Pakistani casualties to be identified through DNA testing from the June 14 sinking […]

Report criticizes London police’s misuse of counter-terrorism powers during detention of French publisher

London police should not have used counter-terrorism powers to question and detain a French publisher at a train station in April on suspicion he might have been involved in violent protests, a report released Friday concluded. Ernest Moret was on his way to the London Book Fair on April 17 when he was stopped by […]