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WASHINGTON — The Central Intelligence Agency is not fully cooperating with an investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and the likelihood that it was caused by a laboratory accident, according to a federal watchdog. In a June letter obtained by The Post, Intelligence Community Inspector General Christopher Fox accused CIA Director John Ratcliffe of failing to provide records critical to determining whether the US government was engaged in what an agency officer recently testified was a “cover up” of the pandemic’s origins. The internal watchdog is reviewing whether a team of analysts dispatched by then-Director of National Intelligence...

The host of the popular 2Way politics channel Mark Halperin described it as the "biggest story of the last 50 years" yet many liberals remain blissfully unaware of it, because most of the media in their comfortable bubble have completely avoided it despite its shocking nature. It was about the release by former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, of numerous files implicating Dr. Anthony Fauci in a massive coverup of his role in the Covid crises including lying to Congress.Although this story was avoided by most (if not all) the liberal media, the New York Post made the revelations...

NEW YORK (AP) — A study on COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness has finally been published after being blocked from a government health journal.The vaccine was found to be about 55% effective against COVID-19-associated hospitalizations, and reduced COVID-19-related trips to emergency departments and urgent care clinics by 50%, according to the study published Tuesday by JAMA Network Open. The findings are not particularly surprising: Researchers have repeatedly found that COVID-19 vaccines work. But the paper drew public attention after Trump administration political appointees decided not to run it in a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publication.They argued that the study’s design...

Despite leading an investigation into alleged efforts by federal officials to downplay COVID-19 vaccine injuries and deaths, Sen. Ron Johnson says he’s running into resistance from much of the media — including Fox Digital — as he tries to publicize his findings. The Wisconsin Republican revealed Wednesday that he had published an op-ed on X accusing federal health agencies of concealing vaccine safety concerns from the public and claiming nearly 40,000 deaths have been reported following COVID-19 vaccinations. Johnson, who chairs the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, later posted the piece on his Senate website under the headline, “The story...

Science has learned that Morens, an influenza researcher who worked at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) until 2022 and was an aide to its former director, Anthony Fauci, was having his morning coffee at his Chester, Maryland, home when he heard loud pounding on the door. He opened it to find a half-dozen federal agents carrying guns and wearing tactical gear, including bulletproof vests, according to two sources who spoke with him but asked not to be identified. Another team of officers stood in the distance and observed, as did neighbors. The agents did not...

New Evidence Fauci Manipulated Intelligence and Lied to CongressWASHINGTON D.C. — Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Anthony Fauci, as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)—work which is now widely viewed as the source of the unintentional lab leak that sparked the pandemic. Today, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is releasing never-before-seen communications and documents exposing how Fauci worked with politicized career leadership in the Intelligence Community (IC) to suppress the truth about his actions,...

🚨HOLY CRAP!!! A former Charlotte NC City Councilmember and BOTH of her daughters have now pleaded GUILTY to stealing over $124,000 in COVID relief money... ...for LAVISH BIRTHDAY PARTIES, HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES, AND A THRONE!!! Prosecutors say she and her daughters, Tijema Brown and Antionette Rouse, filed at least 15 FAKE loan applications for businesses that DID NOT EXIST, using forged tax documents, to drain pandemic relief funds meant for struggling Americans. They got a mind-boggling $124,000. They spent it on Louis Vuitton bags and a $15,000 BIRTHDAY PARTY with horses, thrones, fancy gifts. And this isn't her first time....

Most of the world found itself confined to their homes in March 2020 as Covid-19 spread at a blistering pace. Some countries didn't impose any lockdown restrictions – so was their decision the right one? Sweden, Taiwan, Uruguay, Iceland and a few others never enacted a lockdown that involved severe restrictions on the movement of people Five years later, the scientific studies and data have piled up, offering a detailed, long-term assessment of whether these countries were right to reject this most drastic of public health interventions. Scientists have tried to answer that question. Ingeborg Forthun at the Norwegian Institute...

The COVID-19 vaccine lowered the risk of cardiovascular issues associated with the virus by around 40 percent, according to new research. The study, which was published in JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday, studied the incidence of medical events like strokes and heart attacks in veterans immunized for COVID-19. The study found that the vaccine decreased the risk of cardiovascular death associated with the virus by nearly 60 percent, the risk of heart attack by around 40 percent and the risk of stroke by just over 30 percent. Additionally, it decreased the risk of hospitalization for heart failure by around 40...

FRISCO, Texas - A Texas couple was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years each in federal prison for operating a fraudulent chain-referral pyramid scheme that prosecutors said cheated more than 10,000 people nationwide out of more than $30 million during the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID scheme What we know: LaShonda Moore, 38, and Marlon Moore, 39, of Frisco, were convicted by a jury in January 2026 on conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering charges stemming from their operation of "Blessings in No Time," or BINT, an illegal pyramid scheme that ran from June 2020 to June 2021. According to court documents and...

This is a 6 1/2 minute clip of Senator Johnson testifying about the covid vaccines. There's a link to the full 3 hours of testimony for anyone interested.

Twin Peaks actor Owain Rhys Davies has died at the age of 44. Owain's brother Rhodri shared the news of his sudden death, writing on social media: 'It is with profound sadness that my father and I share the news that my brother, Owain, has passed away.' Rhodri wrote that 'there are still questions that remain unanswered regarding the circumstances of his death, our understanding at this stage is that Owain passed suddenly, naturally, and peacefully.'

A now-deceased official with President Donald Trump’s National Security Council received a report suggesting that the 2017 Las Vegas shooting may not have been the work of a “lone gunman” with no discernible motive, but rather a terrorist attack perpetrated by at least two men with possible ties to ISIS and/or ANTIFA, according to National File. Testament to how cowed and pathetic American journalists are that no one got to the bottom of Las Vegas shooting— Darren J. Beattie (@DarrenJBeattie) January 3, 2021The “All Source Assessment,” entitled “Attack on the Route 91 Country Music Festival,” was prepared for Rich Higgins,...

One of Hunter Biden’s favorite prostitutes and drug buddies was charged with manslaughter in Nevada this year after allegedly bringing drugs into a jail, leading to another inmate’s death. Cheryl Ann Deboves was arraigned on involuntary manslaughter and drug possession charges in Clark County, Nevada in April, records show. The case was moved to state court, and she pleaded guilty last month to possession of controlled substances by an inmate, with a sentence of between 12 and 30 months. Deboves was a recurring figure on Hunter Biden’s laptop, which shows former President Joe Biden’s son engaging in orgies with her,...

Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson is taking aim at the FDA, accusing the agency of concealing COVID vaccine injuries and calling it 'the largest government scandal in my lifetime.' He joined Fox News host Maria Bartiromo and others to discuss the issue. Thank you @MariaBartiromo for covering what the legacy media refuses to: the largest government scandal in my lifetime. FDA officials were fully aware of COVID injection injuries — including sudden cardiac death, pulmonary infarction, stroke, and Bell’s palsy — but kept them… pic.twitter.com/LrSVSa1w6Q — Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) May 26, 2026 "They were warned by their data-mining analysts, their...

The first time everything changed this decade was on March 11, 2020, the day America's eyes were opened to COVID. More than 4,000 people around the world had died before that date... That all changed on Wednesday, March 11. That day, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the Dow Jones officially entered a bear market, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson announced they had COVID, Donald Trump issued a travel ban on people traveling from Europe, and the NBA suspended its season after star center Rudy Gobert tested positive for the virus. I will never forget the queasy, giddy,...

The person was exposed as part of their work in Congo and developed symptoms over the weekend, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A person from the United States has tested positive for Ebola in connection with the deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday. The person was exposed as part of their work in Congo, developed symptoms over the weekend and tested positive late Sunday, according to Dr. Satish Pillai, the CDC’s Ebola response incident manager. “CDC has been working hand in hand with...

A neo-Nazi who may have interacted with would-be Donald Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks online revealed himself to be Bjorn Leif Hjelmerud of Norway, The Daily Mail reported. Hjelmerud admitted to being in contact with a “Tom Crooks” YouTube account believed by some to be the 2024 Butler, Pennsylvania, shooter who nearly took the president’s life, the outlet reported citing a text exchange with Hjelmerud. A member of the white supremacist Nordic Resistance Movement, a U.S.-designated terrorist group, Hjelmerud egged on violent comments from “Tom Crooks” about overthrowing the government in a 2020 YouTube comments section. “If a gun and...

Beijing's aggression confirms that the Chinese Communist Party is fully committed to fulfill its own great power ambition regardless of the consequences to other states. While nations worldwide were busy dealing with health care and economic crises caused by the Wuhan virus pandemic, Beijing is exploiting the attendant confusion to tighten its control over Hong Kong and the South China Sea.Beijing Tightens Its Grip on Hong Kong Since summer 2019, an extradition bill that would have eroded Hong Kong’s judicial independence ignited the city’s pro-democracy movement. The spread of the coronavirus added a new dimension to the movement in 2020....

History shows totalitarian regimes fall when brave people rise up. As the future of Hong Kong, time is on the side of Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, and Ivan Lam.Three prominent leaders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement were sentenced to prison this week for leading a protest last year. Joshua Wong received 13 and a half months; Agnes Chow, 10 months; and Ivan Lam, seven months. Wong has already been in prison a few times as the result of his activism.They are young. Lam is 26. Wong is 24. Chow turned 24 this past Dec. 3, the day after she received...