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Wed, 03/15/2023 - 09:57
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If there were any doubt that the religious vision of sexuality, as represented by the pope, and the secular vision, as represented by Hollywood, were dissimilar, they were wiped away over the weekend.
On March 10, an Argentine daily newspaper, La Nación, published an interview that Pope Francis gave on the subject of transgenderism. "Gender ideology, today, is one…
Wed, 03/15/2023 - 09:40National
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is viewed by many Republicans as the leading alternative to White House candidate Donald Trump. (Photo by CHENEY ORR/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently described the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a "territorial dispute" that does not involve America’s “vital national interests.”
Former President Donald Trump warned this month…
Wed, 03/15/2023 - 09:22
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President Ronald Reagan once said, "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.'"
Shock waves are rippling through the country after the announcement of the second largest bank failure in the country's history last week -- Silicon Valley Bank.
This just 15 years after the largest bank failure…
Wed, 03/15/2023 - 07:59Washington
Four Russian Su-27 jets take part in an air show in Iran on November 16, 2016. (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - The U.S. drone forced down by two Russian fighter jets on Tuesday lies deep in the Black Sea and may be unrecoverable, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told CNN Wednesday morning.
Kirby said it's "not uncommon" for U.S. drones to conduct…
Wed, 03/15/2023 - 06:56Washington
A General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle drone. (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - Some Republicans are pointing an accusing finger at President Joe Biden, after two Russian fighter jets caused the crash of an unmanned drone that was flying in international airspace over the Black Sea on Tuesday.
According to a Defense Department spokesman:
"One of the…
Wed, 03/15/2023 - 05:35Washington
Then-Vice President Joe Biden and his granddaughter Naomi Biden arrive in Chengdu, China on August 20, 2011. (Photo by NG HAN GUAN/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - As subpoenaed financial records start rolling in to the House Oversight Committee, Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) says he may be about to uncover "public corruption at the highest levels we've ever seen in the history of America…
Wed, 03/15/2023 - 04:20International
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at an event marking Defender of the Fatherland Day in Moscow on February 23. (Photo by Pavel Bednyakov / Sputnik / AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – Claims that a “pro-Ukrainian group” was behind the sabotage of the Nord Stream undersea gas pipelines last fall were “utter nonsense,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said on…
Tue, 03/14/2023 - 20:27International
A U.S.-made MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle. (Photo by Dominique Faget/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – Russia is disputing the Pentagon’s account of how a large U.S. military drone was downed over the Black Sea on Tuesday, denying the U.S. assertion that a Russian fighter jet being flown in a “reckless and unprofessional” manner clipped the unmanned aerial vehicle.
U.S. Europe…
Tue, 03/14/2023 - 20:21International
A nuclear power plant in southwestern France. (Photo by Matthieu Rondel / AFP via Getty Images)
Paris (CNSNews.com) – French lawmakers are discussing a bill to speed up the construction of new nuclear energy reactors, at a time when public support here for nuclear energy appears to be on the rise – even among younger people who tend to be more environmentally conscious.
First presented by…
Tue, 03/14/2023 - 16:50
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There are many signs of malaise in our country at present. For instance, in the post-COVID period, some 2 million people still haven’t returned to active employment. Many have chosen to drift along on what remains of the compensation provided during the pandemic lockdowns and business closings.
Others get by on “gig jobs,” temporary assignments, or parttime, short-term projects…
Tue, 03/14/2023 - 16:20Washington
Former US President Donald Trump speaks about education policy at the Adler Theatre in Davenport, Iowa on March 13, 2023. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – Former President Donald Trump said Monday that he’s the only presidential candidate that can make good on the promise that he will prevent a world war, and he will have the war between Russia and Ukraine…
Tue, 03/14/2023 - 16:14
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Economist Stephen Moore, a co-founder of the Club for Growth and former adviser to President Donald Trump, said the reason the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed is because of the "massive inflation" fueled by the Biden administration's spending and the "trillions and trillions of dollars of borrowing that the federal government has done."
Moore made his remarks on the Fox…
Tue, 03/14/2023 - 14:47
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The primary concern of the people who ran the Silicon Valley Bank—the bank that just went bust—was not banking. Nor was it making money for the bank’s shareholders or safeguarding the funds of its depositors.
Their primary concern was social activism—LGBTQIA+; diversity, equity, and inclusion; environmental, social, and governance; and climate change.
In fact, for nine months—…
Tue, 03/14/2023 - 14:32Washington
Representative Maxine Waters with Vice President Kamala Harris (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, said Monday that the federal government should be commended for how it protected both insured and uninsured depositors of the failed Silicon Valley Bank.
“Let me tell you, in examining…
Tue, 03/14/2023 - 13:12
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As a country critical to U.S. national and international security, Turkey’s slide towards authoritarianism is most disturbing.
Though currently mired in deep political economic problems on the home front it remains an emerging power, especially given the tectonic geopolitical shifts underway in Eurasia.
It is a vital American foreign policy interest that the Turkish republic…
Tue, 03/14/2023 - 13:08
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). (Getty Images)
When asked about his view on the Ukraine-Russia conflict, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), a potential 2024 presidential candiate, said "getting further entangled in the territorial dispute" is not among the "vital national interests" of the United States.
DeSantis expanded on this view in response to questions from the Tucker Carlson Tonight program…
Tue, 03/14/2023 - 12:13
US Capitol police and rioters are displayed on a screen during the final US House Select Committee hearing to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on December 19, 2022. (Photo by Al Drago / POOL / AFP) (Photo by AL DRAGO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Tucker Carlson played some of the video footage viewed by the House of Representatives’…
Tue, 03/14/2023 - 11:00Washington
A pedestrian speaks on a mobile telephone as he walks past Silicon Valley Banks headquarters in Santa Clara, California on March 10, 2023. (Photo by NOAH BERGER/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.), who serves on the House Financial Services Committee, said Tuesday that the failed Silicon Valley Bank was not because of a failure of banking regulations, and more…
Tue, 03/14/2023 - 10:29National
An officer speaks to migrants as they arrive at the Roxham Road border crossing in Roxham, Quebec, Canada, on March 3, 2023. (Photo by SEBASTIEN ST-JEAN/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – As illegal immigration breaks records at the nation’s southern border, the numbers are escalating at the U.S. northern border as well.
Customs and Border Protection agents encountered 13,137 undocumented…
Tue, 03/14/2023 - 10:26
Venezuela: Derricks in Maracaibo oil fields of Santa Maria. Undated photograph. (Getty Images).
Back in 2011, I shared a chart comparing economic growth in Chile, Argentina, and Venezuela between 1980 and 2008.
My simple goal was to show that market-oriented nations enjoy very fast growth compared to nations with “mixed economies or socialist economies.
Over the past dozen years, I’ve…