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[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.] By Susan Crabtree Real Clear Politics Mark Kelly, the former NASA astronaut who commanded the second-to-last space shuttle mission and spent 25 years in the Navy, readily acknowledges the myriad threats China poses to the U.S. Earlier this month, he told an Arizona TV…

The Center for Medical Progress and its founder, David Daleiden, are suing Planned Parenthood, former California Attorney General Kamala Harris and current AG Xavier Becerra for prosecuting them for an undercover investigation exposing the abortion industry's profiting from the sale of baby body parts. CMP charged the defendants conspired to violate the First and Fourteenth…

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.] By John Lott Real Clear Politics “No Californian should be forced to risk their health in order to exercise their right to vote,” warns California Gov. Gavin Newsom. Last Friday, he signed an executive order mandating every registered voter in California receive a mail-in…

(BBC NEWS) -- A church has turned to Minecraft to teach its youngsters about Christianity during the lockdown. Leicester's St John the Baptist Church has been recreated on a server so the youth club have somewhere for Bible lessons. Josh Young, the organiser, said it was a way of meeting younger people "where they are"…

(STUDY FINDS) -- NEW YORK — What day is it again? If you’ve been feeling like all days blur together lately, you’re definitely not alone. As millions of Americans continue to spend 24 hours per day at home during the coronavirus pandemic, it’s become worryingly common for people to forget what day it is. According…

By Chris White Daily Caller News Foundation White House adviser Peter Navarro panned former President Barack Obama on Sunday for criticizing federal officials for botching the coronavirus pandemic response. Navarro criticized the former president during an interview on “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos, telling the ABC host that Obama has become a member of former…

(STUDY FINDS) -- NEW YORK — Think you spend a lot of time staring at your computer screen? A new survey may surprise even the most screen-addicted tech user. Researchers say over the span of one’s life, the average adult will spend not months, not years, but decades gazing at their digital devices. A poll…

Declassified documents will show the purported whistleblower who triggered the impeachment of President Trump helped facilitate the Obama-Biden administration's interactions with the Ukrainian government related to Hunter Biden and the natural gas firm Burisma Holdings, according to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. Jordan, the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, asked Secretary of State Mike…

(FOX NEWS) -- Before they were shot and killed May 8 in what authorities say seemed to be a random attack, Maryland couple Paul and Lidia Marino spent part of almost every day visiting the Delaware grave of their son Anthony, who died in 2017. “It was like a regimen,” their son Ray Marino, 60,…

(STUDY FINDS) -- CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — The coronavirus lockdown has caused an economic crisis that’s taking a toll on many Americans. Not only are their wallets getting thinner but a new survey shows that three in ten Americans have dipped into their retirement savings to help cover their expenses. MagnifyMoney commissioned a survey of…

By Peter Hasson Daily Caller News Foundation A senior Chinese government official confirmed Friday that authorities ordered laboratories to destroy samples of coronavirus in early January. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had accused Chinese officials of ordering the samples’ destruction as part of the regime’s cover-up of the coronavirus outbreak in its early stages. Pompeo…

(NBC NEWS) A young cow was slaughtered in a Home Depot parking lot in public view, and NBC Connecticut Investigates has learned the business that owned the livestock is closed, and in hot water with multiple local, state and federal agencies. This involved the Saba meat store in Bloomfield, which had multiple live animals on…

(CAMPUS REFORM) A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine professor and former Cleveland Clinic employee was arrested Wednesday over his alleged ties to China. The Justice Department announced that Qing Wang was arrested at his Shaker Heights, Ohio home as part of a joint operation conducted by the FBI and the Department of Health…

(COLLEGE FIX) If an attendee of a virtual meeting has an image of their heterosexual wedding as his or her virtual background, they are committing a microaggression. So says a pair of researchers in a Michigan State University press release. According to MSU’s Amy Bonomi, director of the university’s Children and Youth Institute, and Neila…

(FAITHWIRE) The audiobook version of theologian John Piper’s latest book, “Coronavirus and Christ,” has been removed from YouTube for “violating community guidelines.” Piper’s book, intended to help Christians navigate the theology of crises like the one we’re currently facing, was released for free April 8 and offers readers “six biblical answers to the question, What…

(BUSINESS KOREA) Institut Pasteur Korea announced on May 14 that nafamostat, an acute pancreatitis treatment and a blood anticoagulant component, has antiviral effects against the new coronavirus. Institut Pasteur Korea has been conducting drug recreation research since February to discover candidates for COVID-19 treatments among drugs already licensed or under development. According to the institute,…

(WORLD ISRAEL NEWS) An ancient horned Israelite altar dating back 3,000 years that was in danger of being destroyed will now be protected after having been damaged by recent building activity at the site, Makor Rishon reported. The altar, hewn from stone, is one of only three discovered in Israel to date and the most…

(BUSINESS INSIDER) There are Nazi troops buried in US national cemeteries with headstones adorned with swastikas, and Veterans Affairs is taking heat for preserving the grave markers. At Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in Texas and Fort Doublas Post Cemetery in Utah, there are three headstones featuring a swastika in the center of iron cross.…

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) A central California city has declared itself a “sanctuary city” for businesses and will open up in defiance of the state’s stay-at-home order. The city council in Atwater passed a resolution Friday allowing businesses to open despite Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order for businesses to remain closed, according to ABC30's Vanessa Vasconcelos. “A…

If you're developing something that'll put China's best missiles to shame, what do you dub it? The "super-duper missile," of course. The media's going to seize upon that moniker bestowed upon a new missile tipped by President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday. It's made it into pretty much every headline I've seen…