Pentagon Can’t Figure Out How Much Money It Spent on Risky Virus Research in China

Inspector general report reveals ‘Washington hasn’t learned any lessons from COVID,’ top GOP Senator says A Wuhan, China, lab technician in Feb. 2020 ( Getty Images) How much taxpayer money has the Pentagon sent to Chinese institutions to research deadly viruses such as the one that causes COVID-19? The answer to that is a mystery—even

Taxpayer-Funded Immigrants’ Rights Group Is Suing the Biden Admin Over Its Asylum Processing App

Al Otro Lado, a ‘bi-national’ nonprofit based in California and Tijuana, has received millions of dollars in government grants (John Moore/Getty Images) An immigrants’ rights group that received $480,000 from the Biden administration last year is suing the administration over its asylum-processing app, which it says violates anti-discrimination laws. Al Otro Lado, which has received

Jamaal Bowman Takes Aim at Jews’ ‘Segregated’ Communities: ‘We Need To Live Together’

Anti-Israel “Squad” member Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D., N.Y.) said Jews in his district intentionally live in “segregated” communities, a state of affairs that must change because “we need to live together,” according to a Politico report on Friday. “In New York City we all live together,” Bowman said in April, Politico reported. “[But] Westchester is

Massive Trump Fundraising Haul Erases Biden’s Cash Advantage

Former president and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump outraised President Joe Biden by $56 million in May, wiping out Biden’s cash advantage. The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee raised a combined $141 million in May, the New York Times reported, compared with just $85 million for the Biden campaign and the Democratic National

Putin Vows To Expand Russia’s Nuclear Arsenal

Russian president Vladimir Putin on Friday pledged to expand Russia’s nuclear arsenal amid tensions with the West and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We plan to further develop the nuclear triad as a guarantee of strategic deterrence and to preserve the balance of power in the world,” Putin said Friday during a ceremony at the Kremlin. Russia’s

‘LMAO’: Dean of Columbia College Mocked Hillel Head in Newly Obtained Text Exchange

Josef Sorett has sought to distance himself from leaked messages that are now the subject of a university investigation. The latest text message shows his participation in the affair. Josef Sorett (college.columbia.edu) The dean of Columbia College, Josef Sorett, sneered at Columbia’s top Hillel official in a new text message obtained by the Washington Free

Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Guns for Domestic Abusers

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law that makes it a crime for people under domestic violence restraining orders to have guns, handing a victory to President Joe Biden’s administration as the justices opted not to further widen firearms rights after a major expansion in 2022. The 8-1 ruling, authored by Chief Justice John Roberts,