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Several groups are working on a coronavirus vaccine, but there's no guarantee that it will be ready before the end of the current outbreak. One group says they may have an experimental vaccine ready for initial testing within a month. But experts caution this expedited timeline doesn't always allow for careful evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines.

Among the ongoing mysteries surrounding last week's [Jan 29] arrest of Harvard University nanoscientist Charles Lieber is the precise nature of the research program Lieber was conducting in his cooperation with Chinese researchers.

The conduct of a Soros-backed Democrat prosecutor is under review for potential prosecutorial misconduct regarding her role in forcing former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, a Republican, out of office two years ago.

A preliminary report from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) shows that abortions in Missouri dramatically dropped over 2018 as the state's only abortion facility, Reproductive health Services in Saint Louis, struggled to maintain its abortion license after a series of botched abortions.

A coalition of mostly left-wing groups Monday rejected a bipartisan call for the immediate nomination and confirmation of six new members of the Federal Election Commission. The FEC has only three active members on its six member board, rendering it unable to meet its four member quorum to enforce campaign finance laws.

This week Jonathan Maren interviewed Dr. Matthew Harrison, who along with Dr. George Delgado, pioneered the (abortion pill reversal) technique... Explains that while a direct study would not be ethical, more than 400 women have successfully reversed the RU486 chemical abortion in progress, for a 67% success rate.

The man who threw the infamous Pachamama statue into the Tiber River has revealed his identity today in a video explaining why he removed the "pagan idol" from Santa Maria in Transpontina church near the Vatican last month. Alexander Tschugguel [pronounced Choo-goo-el], 26, of Vienna Austria spoke to Lifesite co-founder John Henry Westen, telling him, "for me it was really bad, because I saw in those statues... a break of the First Commandment."

A former associate of slain Islamic State (ISIS) chief Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi told Saudi Arabia's al-Arabiya news network that the group lost $25 million dollars by hiding it in the desert in an interview published on Monday. Mohamed ali-Sajet, currently under Iraqi custody and reportedly cooperating with authorities, told the network that al-Baghdadi had excellent hiding tactics.

Judge Myron H. Thompson found that the definitions of "hate group" vary so widely that the slam is protected by the First Amendment, even if it causes harm. The ruling came in a case brought by D. James Kennedy Ministries, against SPLC [Southern Poverty Law Canter], which routinely labels anyone who disagrees with its pro-transgender, pro-homosexual, pro-abortion agenda as a hater or "hate group." In fact, the ministry, which is appealing the ruling, had been prevented from participating in an online donation program because of the label.

New evacuations were ordered for at least 50,000 people living in Sonoma County near a huge wildfire and millions of Californians will have their power cut again as the state's largest utility said it would cut power again for the third time in as many weeks because of looming strong winds and high fire danger....PG&E said it would begin blackouts in the afternoon for about 940,000 homes and businesses in 36 counties for 48 hours or longer throughout the San Francisco Bay area, wine country and Sierra foothills. The blackouts are expected to last until Monday

Maya Rockeymoore, widow of Elijah Cummings (D-MD), and chairwoman of the Maryland Democratic Party, is expected to run for her late husband's House seat, according to a report. Rockeymoore has not yet said whether she plans to run, the Washington Examiner reported.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) will fill in as acting chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee following the death of Elijah Cummings (D-MD). [A legislative leadership aide said]...the Democratic caucus process to elect a permanent chair will be announced at a later time.

National Public Radio (NPR) regrets a live interview with a Republican lawmaker who called out Democrats and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, which is overseeing investigations against President Donald Trump, for what he called a "political impeachment." NPR sent out its public editor, Elizabeth Jensen, to defend the taxpayer-funded, left-wing media outlet for it[s] "journalistically strong" coverage of the impeachment effort after its supporters criticized an interview with Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN): [The interview] "raised journalistic concerns that I don't think are explained away as pure partisan posturing..."

Thousands of children attending "affirmative" gender health clinics globally, including in the United States and the United Kingdom, are being given powerful, puberty-blocking drugs with a litany of serious side effects-including death-according to Food and Drug Administration data. And the National Health Service (NHS) in England is currently investigating issues surrounding use of the drugs since it registered a 4,500% increase last fall in the number of youths seeking treatments to alter their biological sex in the previous nine years.

It would astonish most people to learn that many news stories are connected in some way. Such is the case with two seemingly disparate major stories that dominate the news: the effort to tag President Donald J, Trump as having colluded with Russia and the matter of abortion-in particular the Center for Medical Progress' 2015 undercover videos that showed Planned Parenthood's involvement in the illegal trafficking of aborted baby tissues and organs. Those two stories are intertwined in surprising ways.

Sen. Kamala Harris' debate performance on Thursday fails to impress many of her party's big money donors and fails to win over some financiers who were on the fence about her candidacy... One source said Friday they had been having trouble persuading their donors to back her candidacy before the debate. The negative opinion didn't change after the debate. "I don't think anything has changed, and it's been grim," this person said.

Obama Attorney General Loretta Lynch requested the investigation of pro-life undercover journalists who exposed Planned Parenthood's trafficking in baby body parts, a California Department of Justice official testified Tuesday. Special Agent Brian Cardwell said Lynch sent a letter to California Attorney General Kamala Harris requesting that David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt of the Center for Medical Progress be investigated.

"Epstein travelled to Cuba at Castro's invitation...former Colombian President [Andres Pastrana] says..." [Quoting from Miami Herald.] "In Cuba, the link between tourism and prostitution is perhaps more direct than in any other country that hosts sex tourists," reported the End Child Prostitution in Asian Tourism Network..." In fairness, Epstein visited the Castro-family-fiefdom before the sex-abuse allegations against him surfaced. And the chances are the going rates of desperate child prostitutes per hour (extremely low in Cuba) weren't a major consideration for this multi-millionaire...but still.

Rep. Ilhan Omar's strange personal life keeps getting stranger...[summarizes Daily Mail article on the impending divorce] They've got a house with presumably a mortgage, presumably a DC apartment and now another $2,800 a month luxury apartment. And [Omar's husband, Ahmed] Hirsi's driving a BMW. While having three kids. That's some interesting financial management.

Michael Voris now reveals a trove of revelations from a secret vault in the Archdiocese of Chicago which extensively exposes the homosexual network. Caught in a trail of evidence, Cardinal Bernardin was accused of homosexual rape in a case that was never investigated, and in other misconduct. Despite his claims to be fully cooperating with the Illinois Attorney General, Cardinal Blaise Cupich is further exposed for having hidden accusations against more than 500 priests. Illinois is investigating, but if only a few of the elements of the expose are proven, not only is Cupich finished, but the whole gay mafia...