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Bass Advances To Runoff In LA Mayor's Race; Pratt Leads Contenders Authored by Jackson Richman and Beige Luciano-Adams via The Epoch Times, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass advanced to the November runoff election for Los Angeles mayor. The Associated Press called Bass’s advancement after 1:30 a.m. ET on June 3. Reality TV star Spencer Pratt and Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman lead 11 other candidates in the race for runner-up. The runner-up will face Bass in the runoff election on Nov. 3. Bass campaigned on issues including affordability, public safety, and homelessness. Pratt...

Brussels Eyes Wealth Taxes As Europe’s Fiscal Crisis Spirals Submitted by Thomas Kolbe A fatal fiscal dynamic has become entrenched across the European Union. In nearly every member state, public spending is accelerating at all levels — from municipalities and social insurance systems all the way up to the European Commission — while the private economy at best stagnates and its industrial core sectors visibly erode. This dangerous economic imbalance, in which a shrinking private sector is forced to finance a continuously expanding state apparatus, is already producing fiscal consequences visible in...

US Universities Had Extensive Ties With Chinese Defense Research Labs, Air Force Study Finds Authored by Arthur Zhang via The Epoch Times, Thirty U.S. academic institutions have until Aug. 31 to examine specified foreign research ties or risk losing eligibility for future federal research funding. A model of a Chinese-made J-35A stealth fighter is displayed at an AVIC (China Aviation Industry Corporation) stand during the 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, in southern China's Guangdong province on Nov. 14, 2024. Hector Retamal / AFP via Getty Images Seven days after...