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February 28, 2023

McMaster warns next two years could be 'dangerous period' for US-China-Taiwan during debut China Cmte hearing

Former National Security Adviser HR McMaster said Tuesday at the House Select Committee on China hearing that the next two years could be a “dangerous period."

February 28, 2023

Republicans call for 'full transparency' after FBI director says COVID 'most likely' originated in Chinese lab

Republicans call for release of intelligence related to the origins of COVID-19 coming from a possible lab leak following FBI Director Wray confirming it was the "most likely" origin.

February 28, 2023

Chaos breaks out after anti-war protestors booted from House China Committee hearing

Two protestors holding sings that read "China is not our enemy" and "Stop Asian hate" disrupted the first House China Select Committee on Tuesday night.

February 28, 2023

Pollster Nate Silver blasts journalists for 'massive error' in lab-leak discussion: 'Drives me up the wall'

Nate Silver slammed journalists who haven't acknowledged the "massive error" made in labeling the lab-leak discussion as "misinformation" on Tuesday in a tweet.

February 28, 2023

Top senator demands answers from Energy Dept on lab leak reversal: 'I was never provided this report'

Sen. John Barrasso sent a letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm demanding answers and a briefing regarding the Energy Department's assessment of the COVID lab leak theory.

February 28, 2023

Stephen Colbert ripped for 'willful rejection of reality' after taunting Energy Department lab leak report

"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert was criticized after he ridiculed an intelligence agency for reportedly finding the coronavirus leaked from a lab in China.

February 28, 2023

'Do you have the pangolin?' Rep. Scott Perry reams State Department for dismissing lab leak theory

Rep. Scott Perry blasted State Department officials for dismissing the COVID-19 lab leak theory on Tuesday, demanding to see what evidence they had to do so.

February 28, 2023

China’s Xi ‘in a panic’ over coming population crisis, will be ‘more provocative, more belligerent’: Chang

Gordon Chang says Xi Jinping must be “in a panic” over China's demographic crisis and warns the leader could act "more provocative, more belligerent" as a result.

February 28, 2023

Police scour Hong Kong landfill for slain model Abby Choi's missing body parts

Roughly 100 Hong Kong police officers scoured a landfill looking for missing body parts of model Abby Choi whose legs and skull were found in her former father-in-law's home.

February 28, 2023

Credibility crisis: Egg on media’s face after dismissing COVID lab leak as 'debunked' conspiracy theory

The COVID lab leak theory is the latest example of journalists dismissing an inconvenient narrative as "debunked" before the facts come in, analysts say.