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(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) -- Several journalists at the New York Times are pushing back on their paper's decision to run an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton encouraging military force to control the unrest that followed the death of George Floyd. Hours after the piece was published, staffers took to Twitter to express solidarity, saying, "Running this…

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) -- The United States is seeking to designate at least four Chinese media outlets as embassies of the Chinese Communist Party, which will restrict the outlets from U.S. soil. Reuters reports the State Department's action could come as soon as Thursday and follows President Trump's announcement last week of retaliatory measures against Beijing…

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) -- The number of new workers who applied for unemployment benefits last week was 1.877 million, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists had predicted that the claims would total 1.8 million. Since mid-March, over 42 million workers have become jobless and claimed unemployment benefits. The number of claims has overwhelmed agencies charged with…

Violence being committed amid nationwide unrest has not been perpetrated by “white supremacists,” according to a new analysis. In an assessment of the protests, which have at times turned into all-out riots, the Department of Homeland Security dumped cold water on a narrative that groups of white supremacists have been engaging in widespread disturbances, Reuters…

The World Health Organization and a number of other governments changed COVID-19 policies and treatments based on "flawed" data from a U.S. health care analytics company, according to a report from The Guardian. The Guardian's investigation revealed that U.S. based Surgisphere has provided data for coronavirus studies, but has been unable to adequately explain how…

As protests and riots continue to sweep through the country, the Black Lives Matter movement appears to be at the forefront of the most recent societal upheaval. While the majority of conservatives have been standing on the principle that all lives matter and are equally valued in God's sight, the BLM movement is spurring division…

Some feel as though the Black Lives Matter movement is helping the African American community. According to one black business owner, however, it is instead "tearing it down." In a video posted on Tuesday, one co-owner of The Valentine Deli Corp in the Bronx section of New York City took Black Lives Matter rioters to…

(SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST) -- The US government said on Wednesday that it would bar Chinese airlines from flying passengers to US destinations, starting on June 16, in retaliation for Beijing’s refusal to let American carriers resume service to China. Last month, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) requested permission from the Civil Aviation Authority…

(FOX NEWS) -- Ellen DeGeneres caught backlash on social media after posting, and subsequently deleting, a post about the ongoing protests in the U.S. that users found to be both vague and tone-deaf. The 62-year-old comic, known for ending each episode of her talk show with the phrase "be kind to one another," shared a…

  [Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Policy.] By Arthur Milikh Real Clear Policy As America’s left abandons its working-class roots and embraces identity politics, outlawing “hate speech” will become not merely one among many items on its policy wish-list, but the lynchpin upon which its political success and moral promise…

A former civil-rights activist disputes the claim of the Black Lives Matter movement and Democratic leaders such as Joe Biden that "systemic racism" is at the heart of the problems black people face in America more than a half century after the Civil Rights Act of 1964. "I don't know what systemic racism is. Maybe…

Activist and columnist Star Parker is hosting a virtual conference on Thursday gathering 200 pastors called "Pastoral Prayer for America: The Burden of Race and Rage." Parker, president and CEO of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education, or UrbanCURE, said the event aims "to encourage the broadest possible intervention on behalf of national peace…

On Nov. 4, 2008, I served as a poll watcher at Saint James United Methodist Church in Kansas City, the home base of Rev. Emanuel Cleaver II, my congressman. The workers expected a lot of voters at this overwhelmingly black polling station, and they got them. Like many of us on the right, I found…

There are two key factors contributing to the exaggerated response of some of our citizens following the killing of black Minnesota resident George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis on May 25. By this, I am referring to the widespread riots in cities across America that followed Floyd's tragic death. The first has…

When Gene Sharp first wrote the manual on how to create a revolution, in 1993, he probably did not expect that in 2020 his methods could be used in the attempt to overthrow a democratically elected U.S. president, Donald Trump. The tactics of infiltrating legitimate movements for political purposes follows the Gene Sharp manual "From…

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Policy.] By Elizabeth Sheld Real Clear Policy New data from tobacco company Altria reveals that older vapers are returning to their deadly cigarette habit. The switch follows a months long media ambush driven by well-funded “grassroots” anti-vaping efforts. States began regulating retail e-cigarette outlets, often…

Black lives matter. Black businesses, not so much. Four Minneapolis cops were summarily fired, with one of the four arrested and charged with the murder of a black suspect named George Floyd, who died in police custody. In cellphone video apparently taken by one of the many witnesses, a cop later identified as Derek Chauvin…

Conspiracy theories thrive in chaotic times. Otherwise rational people can become emotional and buy into rumors they might normally dismiss as crazy. The bigger the event, the more stories of hidden agendas and secret plots tend to circulate, especially in our age of social media. You may have friends, for example, who insist the September…

It is unfortunate the New York Times (NYT) editorial board chose Memorial Day – a day revered by the military to honor its fallen warriors – to publish an editorial denigrating those in uniform. Most revealing is the evidence offered in support of its opinion piece, entitled "Why Does the U.S. Military Celebrate White Supremacy?"…

In the rioting and rooting inflicted on many business owners already suffering from the coronavirus lockdown, one deserving target has been missed: the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. That's according to a Georgetown University professor, Kitty Eisele. She lamented on Twitter that protesters in Washington "had not attacked the Trump International Hotel," reported the…