POLITICS

Dimming the Torch: Lousy Law Student Joe Biden Passed Bar Exam on First Try, Unlike Kamala Harris

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As law grad in 1989, Harris turned in ‘half-assed performance’ matched only by her failed primary campaign decades later (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) President Joe Biden was a notoriously bad law student. He failed a torts class after he was caught plagiarizing a paper, and graduated near the bottom of his class—76th of 85—at Syracuse University

A Child Tax Credit Expansion Is Stuck in the Senate—Here’s Why

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A proposal to expand the popular Child Tax Credit is being opposed by Senate Republicans, who claim it will discourage work and reward illegal immigrants. WASHINGTON—Legislation to expand the Child Tax Credit is currently stalled in the Senate amid deep disagreements about its passage before the 2024 election. The federal Child Tax Credit was first

Child Tax Credit Expansion Is Stuck in the Senate—Here’s Why

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A proposal to expand the popular Child Tax Credit is being opposed by Senate Republicans, who claim it will discourage work and reward illegal immigrants. WASHINGTON—Legislation to expand the Child Tax Credit is currently stalled in the Senate amid deep disagreements about its passage before the 2024 election. The federal Child Tax Credit was first

The Most Terrifying Assignment of My 30-year Journalism Career

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Among the 35 Trump speeches I covered, this one stood out before it began. Editor’s note: This is a first-person account by an Epoch Times reporter who covered the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13. BUTLER, Pa.–Trembling beneath a wooden table, I was alone, trapped, and bewildered—even though thousands of spectators