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DHS To Vet Immigrants For 'Extremist Views' Authored by Guy Birchall via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of Homeland ​Security (DHS) said on April 27 that past statements expressing what it labeled extremist views from immigrants applying ‌for green cards and naturalization would warrant closer scrutiny. The DHS statement was in response to a New York Times report over the weekend that, citing internal DHS training materials, said that under new guidance introduced by the Trump administration, immigrants can now be denied a green card for expressing political opinions. A spokesman for...

Japan Bankruptcies Surge To All-Time High As A Result Of Plunging Yen In recent months one of the more frequent questions in FX trading has been the relentless collapse in the yen, which recently sank below a 40 year low despite rate differentials stubbornly headed in the opposite direction, and is increasingly flirting with levels which on previous occasions always prompted BOJ intervention. Among the reasons cited for the chronic weakness of the Japanese currency have been the following three: Real short-term rates in Japan are negative, which is why Ueda has...

CIA Investigated Officers For Espionage Over Not Taking COVID-19 Vaccine: Lawsuit Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The CIA has investigated thousands of personnel and contractors for not receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new lawsuit. In 2021, then-President Joe Biden imposed COVID-19 vaccine mandates for federal employees and contractors. Shortly after, the CIA’s chief operating officer directed the CIA’s Counter Espionage Department to investigate all unvaccinated contractors and workers within the agency, plaintiffs said in the suit, which was filed on June 30 in federal court in Virginia. “Any...