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May 19, 2021

Biden appears to quote Mao Zedong in Coast Guard commencement address: 'Women hold up half the world'

During an address to the graduating class at the United States Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut, President Biden appeared to quote the late Chinese Communist Chairman Mao Zedong in remarks about gender equality

May 19, 2021

Will Cain accuses the liberal media of using terms like 'conspiracy' as a weapon to destroy the opposition

Fox News Primetime host Will Cain slammed the mainstream media Monday for lying about the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and for using words like "disinformation" to censor facts.

May 19, 2021

Republicans seek to toughen anti-China bill, focus spending on countering CCP amid price tag concerns

The Endless Frontier Act is being welcomed by many in both parties in Congress as a long overdue effort to combat China in technology, manufacturing and on other fronts. But a pair of concerns are forcing some Republicans to make a tough choice on whether to support the bill, the current version of which costs about $130 billion but will soon be subject to a litany of potential amendments on the Senate floor.

May 19, 2021

Israel accuses Chinese state TV of 'blatant anti-Semitism'

Israel’s Embassy in China is protesting what it describes as “blatant anti-Semitism” on a program run by the overseas channel of state broadcaster CCTV discussing the ongoing violence in Gaza and elsewhere.

May 18, 2021

Missouri AG serves Chinese Communist Party in lawsuit over ‘unleashing’ COVID-19 pandemic

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Tuesday said he officially served the Chinese Communist Party and several other groups over the role they allegedly played in the COVID-19 outbreak.

May 18, 2021

Sen. Ben Sasse presses ODNI nominee over his work for Huawei

At a Senate Intelligence hearing Tuesday for Christopher Fonzone’s nomination as general counsel at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Senator Ben Sasse raised concerns over the nominee’s brief work with Chinese telecoms company Huawei.

May 18, 2021

Pompeo calls on China to release evidence disproving Wuhan lab leak theory: 'Come on, bring it'

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on China Tuesday to release evidence that disproves the theory that COVID-19 originated at a lab in Wuhan.

May 17, 2021

Pope taps fellow Jesuit to lead sensitive Hong Kong church

Pope Francis on Monday named a new bishop for Hong Kong, tapping the head of his own Jesuit order in the region, the Rev. P. Stephen Chow Sau-Yan, for the politically sensitive position.

May 17, 2021

Mike Pence: Biden's China-first tax plan – Americans come last in president's jobs plan

Americans have never looked forward to Tax Day – but if President Biden and congressional Democrats get their way, the economic struggles of a punitive tax system are sure to make it worse. 

May 17, 2021

Full-blown boycott pushed for Beijing Olympics

Groups alleging human-rights abuses against minorities in China are calling for a full-blown boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a move likely to ratchet up pressure on the International Olympic Committee, athletes, sponsors and sports federations.