March 9 2023
 

Good morning from Washington, where House Republicans are getting some startling answers about China as they probe how the pandemic started. Fred Lucas reports. The testimony of intelligence officials shows that America is more vulnerable to foreign and domestic threats, Peter Brookes writes. On the podcast, Tyler O’Neil interviews the co-authors of a book exposing the transgender money machine’s targeting of children. Plus: a conservative icon turns 100; a China expert sounds a warning; Americans defend a cop’s faith; and “Problematic Women” explores the legality of an abortion pill. On this date in 1841, the Supreme Court rules, with one dissent, that Africans who seized control of the slave ship Amistad had been illegally enslaved and so are free under U.S. law.

 
 
 
NEWS
6 Takeaways as House COVID-19 Panel Investigates Chinese Lab Leak
By Fred Lucas

“I think there is no doubt [National Institutes of Health] was funding gain-of-function research,” says Dr. Robert Redfield, who was CDC chief during the Trump administration.
COMMENTARY
The ‘Sainted Junior Senator From New York’ Turns 100
By Richard M. Reinsch II

Jim Buckley took on campus radicals, anti-Vietnam War protesters, and what can only be described as the rank anti-Americanism of the New Left.
COMMENTARY
America Is Less Safe Under Biden Administration
By Peter Brookes

Here are just a few frightening highlights of testimony from the national intelligence director and the CIA, FBI, Defense Intelligence Agency, and National Security Agency directors.
NEWS
New Book Follows Money Trail Behind 'Insane' Lie That 'Splits Families' and Causes 'Permanent Medical Damage,' Authors Say
By Tyler O'Neil

A new book exposes the "lie" of transgender identity, the damage it does to children and families, and the money trail propping it up, the authors say.
COMMENTARY
FDA's Procedure for Approving Abortion Pill Was Unlawful, Lawsuit Claims
By Kristen Eichamer

A lawsuit contends the FDA’s accelerated approval of an abortion pill was unlawful because it failed to abide by its legal obligations.
NEWS
America Must Not Underestimate China Threat, Pentagon Adviser Says
By Elizabeth Troutman

America gives secrets away to the Chinese Communist Party while expecting nothing in return, says Michael Pillsbury, author of the bestseller “The Hundred-Year Marathon.”
NEWS
Over 30,000 Petition in Defense of Former Police Officer’s Free Speech Rights
By Dan Hart

Over 30,000 signatures will be delivered Friday to the mayor and city council of Port Wentworth, Georgia, calling on them to apologize for infringing on Jacob Kersey’s First Amendment rights.
COMMENTARY
ICYMI: Judge Forces USA Powerlifting to Let Biological Men Compete Against Women
By Nicole Russell

A state court judge rules that USA Powerlifting discriminated against a biological male athlete who identifies as a woman when it banned him from competing in its women’s division.
 
     
 
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