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A police officer in Washington was disciplined after violating rules guiding the conduct of undercover law enforcement, according to Washington’s police department.The investigator “was disciplined for violating general orders relating to undercover operations” during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a spokesperson with the Metropolitan Police Department told The Epoch Times via email.“The member violated policies and procedures specific to working in an undercover capacity,” the spokesperson added.In documents the department gave to the Council of the District of Columbia earlier this year, the agency said that an investigator was disciplined because he had “participated in...

Heating oil suppliers in the Northeast and New England have begun rationing the key fuel ahead of winter, after stockpiles dropped to a third of their normal levels. Concerns are rising that supply shortages and soaring prices will leave families in the cold this winter... This year, New England's inventories of stockpiled heating oil are about 70 percent lower than their average level since 1993... Supplies are lower this year due to the same factors impacting world oil markets, including the failure to rebuild production capacity following the pandemic, and disruptions from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The rationing measures, intended...

🚨BREAKING: Despite public outcry, and world-renowned experts warning of risks outweighing benefits and their pleas for more long term safety data—the CDC Committee UNANIMOUSLY voted to approve the C•19 mRNA doses to the annual Childhood Vaccination Schedule.

Dr, Anthony Fauci tried to crack a joke mocking his critics, as the White House chief medical adviser said he was the one who developed the ancestral strain of the Chinese coronavirus. Fauci made the remarks during an appearance at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle this week to receive the Hutch Award, which is typically reserved for “an active MLB player who ‘best exemplifies the fighting spirit and competitive desire'” of former MLB pitcher Fred Hutchinson, who died of lung cancer, according to MLB. During the discussion, Dr. Larry Corey, former president of Fred Hutch, remarked, “We’re at...

Pennsylvania Democrat U.S. Senate nominee John Fetterman’s “blue collar” image is being called into question after reports revealed he lived off of his parents’ money well into his mid-40s. Although Fetterman runs ads that purport him to be a “blue collar tough guy,” his parents reportedly financially supported him while he served as mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, for 13 years. Fetterman, who has acknowledged his “cushy” suburban childhood, has openly admitted to the financial contributions his parents gave him as an adult. For example, in 2015, his parents gave him $54,000, which he disclosed during his failed 2016 Senate candidacy,...

- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference at West Miami Middle School in Miami on May 4 2021. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via AP) The Governor of Florida is reported to make a ‘major announcement’ on Thursday. Ron DeSantis‘ Press Secretary Christina Pushaw teased the news in a tweet Wednesday evening. “Prepare for the liberal media meltdown of the year,” Pushaw wrote. “Everyone get some rest tonight.” The Republican Governor is a front-runner in the polls – along with former President Donald Trump — for a possible 2024 White House run. “All I can say about the...

Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood as communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original “Star Trek” television series, has died at the age of 89. Her son Kyle Johnson said Nichols died Saturday in Silver City, New Mexico. “Last night, my mother, Nichelle Nichols, succumbed to natural causes and passed away. Her light however, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for the first time, will remain for us and future generations to enjoy, learn from, and draw inspiration,” Johnson wrote on her official Facebook page Sunday. “Hers was a life well lived and as such...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday enacted its second consecutive 0.75 percentage point interest rate increase as it seeks to tamp down runaway inflation without creating a recession.In taking the benchmark overnight borrowing rate up to a range of 2.25%-2.5%, the moves in June and July represent the most stringent consecutive action since the Fed began using the overnight funds rate as the principal tool of monetary policy in the early 1990s.

by Samantha Foster | 24NewsA federal judge has blocked the Biden administration’s recent rules giving "transgender" people extended rights in schools and the workplace, including forcing schools to accept biological males into female sports competitions.The judge acted because Biden’s regulators illegally bypassed a critical requirement of federal law that must be satisfied before issuing such a regulation: giving the public notice of the regulation, time to file comments, and forcing the agency to respond to those comments - a lengthy process.U.S. District Judge Charles Atchley Jr. agreed with 20 state attorneys general that the regulations may infringe on states’ rights...

Pro-abortion rioters attempted to storm the Arizona capitol building in Phoenix while the state’s senate was in session. Pro-life Republican state Senator Kelly Townsend, who was inside the senate building, tweeted members of the Senate were “being held hostage inside the Senate building.” Townsend said during one period the senators could “smell teargas and the children of one of the members are in the office sobbing with fear.” “I expect a J24 committee to be created immediately,” she added.

Some 80 pro-abortion protesters descended on Washington on June 13 to block streets and make known their opposition to the court’s looming decision on Roe v. Wade. “Whose courts? Our courts!” some of the protesters chanted, as they held a sign saying “Our Home Is On Fire.” “We are not your incubator. [expletive] the court and the legislature,” another chant went. Metropolitan Police Department officers and U.S. Capitol Police officers were standing on Monday outside the Supreme Court, which is situated near the U.S. Capitol, and walls were erected around the building in May. Protesters blocked several streets outside the...

Fertilizer prices have skyrocketed in recent months... prepare yourselves for food shortages... A derailment in Alberta, Canada has destroyed several tons of fertilizer. Coincidence?

Dictator Mary Poppins and head of the “Disinformation Governance Board,” Nina Jankowicz, has proven herself to be something of a nutcase and the more that comes out about her, the worse she looks.As posted by the Post Millennial, a clip of Jankowicz was released where she spoke about her power as a verified person on Twitter and how she should be able to use that as a way to edit the tweets of the non-verified peasantry.Jancowikz starts off by telling her fellows in a Zoom call she’s in that she’s verified and while others are verified they shouldn’t be, not...

A North Miami Beach, Fla., apartment complex near the Surfside condo building that collapsed last year was evacuated after engineers determined that the structure was not safe. On Monday, the city of North Miami Beach received a letter from Bronislaus P. Taurinski Structural Engineers saying that the five-story building, known as Bayview 60 Homes, was “structurally unsafe” and called for an immediate evacuation, the city said in a statement. Specifically, the structural engineers cited “a deflection in the elevation of the building’s floor slabs” as the reason for the evacuation, according to the city. The building was constructed in 1972...

Rep. Madison Cawthorn says his fellow lawmakers have invited him to take part in orgies in Washington and snorted lines of cocaine right in front of him. Cawthorn, a 26-year-old Republican from North Carolina, was asked in an interview last Thursday about whether the former Netflix series “House of Cards,” which chronicles a corrupt representative from South Carolina in DC played by Kevin Spacey, was fiction or more like a documentary. “The only thing that’s not accurate in that show is that you could never get a piece of legislation about education passed that quickly,” Cawthorn said on the Warrior...

Did The Beatles rip off Nat King Cole for ‘Yesterday’?The origin story of ‘Yesterday’ is one of the most well-known in music. McCartney woke up with the melody after a dream and ad-libbed the words “scrambled eggs” so that he that it wouldn’t slip his mind. It would seem he was simply fortunate that his breakfast fit the rhyming meter. Owing to the fact it arrived as effortlessly as the posted next day delivery of a drunken order, he was convinced that it came so naturally it must have been lifted from one of his dad’s old jazz records. When...

A federal judge has announced that he will dismiss Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, saying the former Alaska governor failed to meet the high standard of proof in a libel case. NBC News legal analyst Danny Cevallos explains why the judge made the decision to throw out the case and what could be next for Sarah Palin.

VP Kamala Harris said Wednesday that it was Congress's fault President Biden could not fulfill his promise on immigration reform. In an interview with Noticias Telemundo, Biden's 'root causes' immigration czar was asked: "Elections are in a couple months' time. I'm sure you are aware the border is going to be an issue, also President Biden promised immigration reform he hasn't been able to deliver. Why would you say Latinos should vote for the Democrats this November?" Harris sidestepped the question, instead saying, "Congress is not acting on immigration. The first piece of legislation that was sent to congress was...

The anti-cop 'Defund the Police' rhetoric pushing Democrat Rep. Cori Bush announced on social media that her car was hit by bullets and then she got wrecked in the comment section. This happened back in June of 2020, but we're just seeing it now because we had no idea how we missed it. Cori Bush is a mouthy Democrat who couldn't make the cut of AOC's "The Squad" and it's hilarious in a hypocritical way that the one person talking so much trash about police is about to need the cops in a major way. Her stinking car was SHOT,...

The State Department on Thursday unequivocally warned that if Russia invades Ukraine the Nord Stream 2 pipeline will sit unused at the bottom of the ocean.The controversial pipeline has become the U.S. and NATO’s biggest bargaining chip in its attempts to preserve Kyiv’s sovereignty.But reporters questioned the diplomatic agency on whether Germany, which would profit from the functioning pipeline, is on the same page when it comes to countering a Russian incursion."We continue to have strong, clear communication with our German allies," Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland said. "If Russia invades Ukraine, one way or another, Nord Stream...