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China Secretly Ordered NBA Commissioner To Fire Rockets’ GM Over Hong Kong Tweet [VIDEO]
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver revealed on Thursday that the Chinese government insisted the league fire Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey over a now-deleted October 4 tweet supporting the protesters in Hong Kong, according to Time.
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Beijing Confirms Arrest Of Two Americans As Trade Tensions Rise
In a report that probably sent a chill down the spine of all Americans working or living in mainland China, two Americans who run an English-teaching business in China have been arrested and detained on “bogus” charges, according to a statement published on their company’s Facebook page. Jacob Harlan, a father of five, and Alyssa Petersen, were arrested in Jiangsu province last month, according to Hong Kong Free Press.
Read moreUp To 3 Million Californians To Lose Power As PG&E Begins “Unprecedented” Blackouts
PG&E Corp., California’s largest utility, began shutting off power Wednesday to an unprecedented 3 million people in Northern California in the face of hot, windy weather that raises the risk of wildfires.
Read moreAbortion Rates Fall To Lowest Level Since Procedure Was Legalized In 1973
A new study released on Wednesday shows that abortion rates have fallen to their lowest level since the procedure was legalized in 1973.
Read moreUS Surpassed Saudi Arabia, Russia To Become World’s Top Oil Exporter
The US has once again surpassed Saudi Arabia and Russia to reclaim the No. 1 spot as the world’s largest oil exporter, according to data from the International Energy Agency.
Read moreEpstein’s Own Lawyers Tell Court He Likely Died By “Assault” As Federal Case Dropped
Epstein’s own defense team doesn’t buy the suicide narrative, apparently, as one of his lawyers on Tuesday voiced deep skepticism that he hanged himself while addressing a final hearing in a Manhattan US District Court on Tuesday. Defense lawyer Reid Weingarten told Judge Richard Berman during the hearing that Epstein’s injuries are “far more consistent with assault” than suicide, especially given the broken bones in his neck discovered during the autopsy after he was found dead in his jail cell on Aug. 10.
Read moreSurveillance Video Outside Epstein’s Cell Deemed ‘Unusable’
The Washington Post reports that at least one of the cameras in the hallway outside Epstein’s cell had footage that is “unusable”.
Read moreBorder Patrol Unveils 60 Miles Of New US-Mexico Border Wall In Drone Footage
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection unveiled a stretch of new border wall on the Southern Border and said it completed at least 60 miles in all.
Read moreThe Post Office Is on Pace for Its Worst Year since 2012 Default
The United States Postal Service on Friday reported a net loss of nearly $2.3 billion for the third quarter of fiscal year 2019, putting it on pace to lose nearly $8 billion in 2019.
Read moreFBI Opens Probe After Jeffrey Epstein Dies In Apparent “Suicide”
The FBI is opening an investigation into Epstein’s death according to media reports.
Read moreA Shocked World Reacts To News Of Epstein’s Impossible ‘Suicide’
Americans awoke Saturday to some truly surprising and disturbing news: Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy financier/pimp of underage girls to the world’s rich and famous, had somehow managed to kill himself inside his cell at the Manhattan Correctional Center.
Read moreJudge Dismisses Covington Student’s Washington Post Lawsuit [VIDEO]
Nicholas Sandmann’s defamation lawsuit against the Washington Post was dismissed. According to court documents, Judge William O. Bertelsman ruled that seven Washington Post articles and three tweets about now 17-year-old Sandmann were protected by the First Amendment and deemed opinion.
Read moreU.S. Senate Committee to Hold Hearing on Cannabis Industry’s Banking Challenges [VIDEO]
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs will hold a hearing to discuss the various financial challenges facing the legal cannabis industry. Right now, due to older banking regulations, banks who hold accounts of legal marijuana dispensaries face the possibility of felony charges being brought against them under federal money laundering laws.
Read moreEquifax Will Pay $700 Million To Settle Data Breach Probe
It was the biggest hack of private data in modern history, and now, two years later, Equifax has agreed to pay up to $700 million to resolve U.S. federal and state investigations into the 2017 hack that compromised the most sensitive information of 147 million people.
Read moreWidespread, Dangerous Heat Expected To Roast 200 Million Americans
About 200 million Americans in the eastern two-thirds of the country will be trapped in a monstrous heat dome that will send temperatures over 100°F into the weekend, and with humidity factored in, the real feel could be a scorcher: 110°F, reported AccuWeather.
Read moreTrump Slaps 400% Tariff On Vietnamese Steel
In a series of preliminary rulings, the Commerce Department is slapping 400%+ steel tariffs on Vietnam. In its finding, the Commerce Department listed several steel products initially produced in South Korea and Taiwan that are then shipped to Vietnam for processing before being exported to the US.
Read moreMSM Silent After Google Election Meddling Bombshell; Video Scrubbed From YouTube
In an otherwise slow news-cycle, the mainstream media has somehow failed to report on an undercover exposé by Project Veritas in which a senior Google employee admits that the company is manipulating its algorithms ahead of the 2020 election in order to prevent the “next Trump situation.”
Read moreDo Americans Support Military Action Against Iran?
How does the U.S. public feel about a military clash with Iran? After the two tanker attacks in the Strait of Hormuz last week but before the drone shootdown, YouGov polled Americans about their thoughts on military action.
Read moreDOJ Lost Track Of 62 Crime-Linked Foreigners Brought Into Country To Rat On People
The Justice Department has lost track of 62 foreigners brought into the United States under a special program which allows otherwise inadmissible individuals into the country to assist with criminal investigations, according to an audit performed by the DOJ’s inspector general.
Read moreArmed Mexican Troops Block Migrants At Southern Border After Tariff Talks Tank
One day after US and Mexican negotiators failed to reach a deal to prevent punitive US tariffs from going into effect over border security, Mexican soldiers, armed police and migration officials blocked hundreds of migrants after they crossed into Mexico from Guatemala in a caravan on Wednesday. According to Reuters, the response from Mexico marks a major step in compliance with President Trump’s demands that the country halt the flow of illegal immigration, primarily from Central America, in order to avoid 5% tariffs which are set to begin on Monday.
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