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UNITED STATES—After 23 years at Fox News, Shepard Smith announced on Friday, October 11, that he was leaving the network. Smith has worked for Fox News since its inception in 1996. He has worked as a journalist for 33 years and did not disclose a reason for his departure from the network, where he earned more than $10 million...

UNITED STATES—The United States Department of Justice announced on Tuesday, October 8, the conviction of California real estate developer, James Tong, 74 of Fremont, CA who was found guilty by a jury and his role in using straw donors to send thousands of dollars in two separate campaigns of Congressman Eric Swalwell. After a 10-day trial, Tong was found guilty...

UNITED STATES—The United States State Department has ordered key witness and U.S Ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland to not appear at the deposition in the Ukraine controversy scheduled for Tuesday, October 8. Canyon News wrote to Ambassador Sondland's legal counsel, Robert D. Luskin of Paul Hastings LLP and received the following Press Statement from Public Relations Specialist, Scott...

UNITED STATES—Public records indicate that Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi traveled to Ukraine with her son Paul Pelosi Jr. as part of a business initiative with the U.S. in 2017. Video footage reportedly from March 2013, depicts Pelosi speaking about clean energy and vehicles that are capable of going 100 miles per gallon. Paul Pelosi Jr., Board Member of the...

SAN FRANCISCO—Presidential candidate Joe Biden visited the Bay Area last week to partack in campaign fundraisers. The former Vice President's first event was a luncheon at Evviva-Estiatorio in Palo Alto and the second event was held at Senator Diane Feinstein's home in for a fundraising dinner. Both event were held on Thursday, October 3. Biden did not host any...

UNITED STATES—Actor and comedian, and political commentator, Terrence Williams was publicly recognized by President Trump. Williams was reprimanded the same day for what Twitter considers hateful comments. The letter from Twitter’s legal team to Terrence Williams is posted to his Twitter page with the Livestream video of the comedian explaining what transpired. https://twitter.com/w_terrence/status/1180211956055248896?s=03 Twitter listed the four offending tweets that could possibly...

SAN FRANCISCO—A man from the United States was accused of spying on the country on behalf of the Chinese government on Monday, September 30.  Government officials announced charges against 56-year-old Xuehua Edward Peng, who works as a tour operator for Chinese visitors.  In a press conference on Monday, U.S. Attorney David L. Anderson said, “The charges announced today provide a rare...

WASHINGTON, DC—The hearing to address the most recent attacks on President Donald Trump regarding his phone call to Ukraine and the anonymous Whistle-blower complaints were held Thursday, September 26, on Capitol Hill. Transcripts of the phone call were released on Wednesday, September 25. House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff presented his opening statements including a conversation between President Trump and the Ukrainian...

UNITED STATES—The White House released transcripts of the phone conversation between President Donald Trump with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from July 25. White House Press Secretary, Stephanie Grisham uploaded the conversation in its entirety. In the course of the conversation, a memorandum that was five pages long were released to the public. Starting with small talk, the two spoke of...

UNITED STATES—New polls have indicated that President Donald Trump’s approval rating has reached 51 percent. According to Rasmussen polling, the most accurate polls taken during the 2016 election show President Trump’s approval rating in April 2019 was sitting at 51 percent compared to President Barack Obama's approval rating of 45 percent in April 2011. The enclosed chart shows job approval...