Flashback: John Kerry Defends His Private Jet Travels

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.”

Biden Trade Nominee Faces Headwinds Over Consulting for China and ‘Putin’s Pipeline’

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

The Biden Administration Let Migrants Apply for Asylum on an App. They Still Crossed the Border Illegally.

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

Chinese Lab Experiments on Highly Lethal COVID Variant

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

FBI Found Cocaine on Hunter Biden’s Gun Pouch, Prosecutors Say

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

American University Hit With Federal Complaint Over ‘Rampant and Pervasive Anti-Semitism’

American University was hit with a federal complaint on Wednesday alleging a “rampant and pervasive” anti-Semitic environment on campus that includes Jewish students being spit upon, subjected to chants of “Zionist pig,” and graffiti proclaiming, “Hitler was right.” The complaint, filed with the Education Department by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under

Gazan ‘Civilians’ Involved in Every Stage of Hamas Hostage Scheme, Freed Israelis Say

TEL AVIV, Israel—Israeli women and children have in recent weeks begun speaking publicly about what they experienced during nearly two months in Hamas captivity late last year. In primetime Hebrew TV interviews, the released hostages have confirmed that ordinary Gazans were deeply complicit in every stage of the hostage scheme. Unarmed teens helped to abduct