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November 5, 2021

US colleges report fewer foreign gifts after Biden takes office, sparking concern from Rep. Gallagher

Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., is questioning a nearly $1.5 billion decrease in reported foreign gifts to U.S. colleges and universities since President Biden took office.

November 5, 2021

Josh Hawley: Milley, Austin need to prepare US troops for real wars, not culture wars

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., reacted Thursday night on "The Ingraham Angle" to news that U.S. troops had been badly beaten by their British counterparts while both groups underwent a training exercise in California.

November 4, 2021

China mocks 'powerless' Biden over climate summit 'apology'

China has taken President Biden’s comments in Glasgow climate summit as a chance to mock the president as "powerless," despite the absence of President Xi Jinping from the conference.  

November 4, 2021

Sen. Cotton: ‘It’s imperative’ Biden modernizes US nuclear forces while China grows nuclear arsenal

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., told "America Reports" on Thursday that "it’s imperative" for the Biden administration to modernize U.S. nuclear forces as China grows its nuclear arsenal in what the Senator calls a ‘race to reach a nuclear parity’ with America.

November 4, 2021

Biden projecting 'weakness and not strength' on China in wake of Afghanistan withdrawal: McCaul

EXCLUSIVE: The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee is publicly pushing back on the Biden administration's assessment of the imminent threat China poses to the U.S. and its allies, saying that the Biden administration's weakness on foreign policy in wake of the Afghanistan withdrawal is "empowering and emboldening" America's enemies.

November 4, 2021

Sen. Rand Paul, MD: NIH lied and continues to lie about 'gain of function' research and COVID

Dr. Anthony Fauci says that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) did not fund 'gain-of-function’ research in Wuhan and even if they did, the newly created superviruses are genetically too dissimilar to COVID to have caused the pandemic. 

November 4, 2021

Tennis, sex and politics combine in Chinese #MeToo scandal

Chinese authorities have squelched virtually all online discussion of sexual assault accusations apparently made by a Chinese professional tennis star against a former top government official, showing how sensitive the ruling Communist Party is to such charges.

November 3, 2021

Milley says it's unlikely China will try to move on Taiwan in next two years

It's unlikely that China will make some kind of move on Taiwan within the next two years, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley said on Wednesday.

November 3, 2021

China's nuclear stockpile growing at 'accelerating pace,' will have 1,000 warheads by 2030: Pentagon

China is building nuclear warheads at an "accelerating pace" and will have 1,000 by the end of the decade, according to the Pentagon's new China report released Wednesday after a two-month delay.

November 3, 2021

Pandemic and politics drive China's Xi Jinping's decision to avoid climate summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping has been absent from the Group of 20 summit in Rome and this week's global climate talks in Scotland, drawing criticism from U.S. President Biden and questions about China’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.