The Biden administration moved to reapply sanctions this week on the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, but did so under a weaker federal statute that will not criminalize support for the terrorist group or force American banks to seize their assets, current and former U.S. officials told the Washington Free Beacon. After months of Houthi attacks on
More than 800 people died of accidental drug overdoses in San Francisco in 2023, making last year the deadliest on record, according to a Wednesday report from the city’s medical examiner. Fentanyl accounted for most of the 806 deaths, followed by meth and cocaine. Thirty-seven people died from Xylazine, an adulterant known as “tranq” that
The Biden administration’s climate envoy John Kerry was gruff with a reporter on Tuesday when questioned about the “carbon footprint” caused by his attendance at the World Economic Forum’s Davos conference. When the reporter asked Kerry why he thought his carbon footprint didn’t matter, Kerry replied, “Nobody ever suggested that. Don’t make up stupid questions.”
President Joe Biden’s pick for a top international trade post is the cofounder of a Beltway consulting firm that took millions from the companies behind “Putin’s pipeline” and helped find investment opportunities for Chinese tycoons. Biden last week nominated his former Senate aide, Nelson Cunningham, to serve as deputy trade representative, a post that handles
For months, the Biden administration blew past its self-imposed cap on asylum applications through the CBP One app. And then in December, applications plummeted. That’s because migrants are finding it easier to enter the country illegally, internal memos obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show. “Why wait to be scheduled for an interview to come over when
A Chinese lab released a study earlier this year documenting its experiments on a particularly lethal coronavirus variant, with a 100 percent mortality rate on mice modified to mimic human viral reception. The mice exposed to the strain, known as GX_P2V, all died within seven or eight days after the introduction of the virus, likely
Federal prosecutors said in a Tuesday court filing that the FBI in 2018 found cocaine on the leather pouch Hunter Biden used to store his gun. The filing was a response to a motion that Biden’s attorneys filed last month to dismiss gun charges against him, arguing that authorities were selectively prosecuting him on exaggerated