The congressional committee investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol January 6, 2021 is claiming nearly unlimited power to obtain information on private citizens, ignoring limits defined by the Constitution and a pair of McCarthy-era Supreme Court rulings.Continue Reading

New study from Hong Kong found omicron variant of SARS-2 multiplies 70x faster than delta in bronchial tissue but 10 times slower than the original virus in lung tissue. This means omicron, while being more infectious, is less severe.Continue Reading

UK PM Boris Johnson is catching heat for announcing his Plan B response to the omicron variant, which came as news broke of three alleged parties at 10 Downing Street last Christmas in violation of COVID restrictions.Continue Reading

Outgoing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced new COVID mandates effective Dec. 27, including vaccine requirements for private employers and for people age 5 and over to enter most businesses in the city.Continue Reading

A new book, appropriately titled Laptop from Hell, claims that the former chairman of the defunct Chinese energy firm CEFC offered Hunter Biden $10 million a year for at least three years for “introductions alone”–presumably to his father.Continue Reading