Culture
Newsom says California to track residents ‘cradle to career’ after China trip(The Center Square) – After a trip to China, which uses a social credit score system, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the next phase of the state’s “Cradle to Career”… Read More
Health
Governors urge Congress to address prescription drug shortages(The Center Square) – Eleven governors are asking Congress to adopt policies to ease the nation’s prescription drug shortages. The governors said in a letter sent Tuesday to Congressional leaders… Read More
Courts
Biden admin sued after refusing to provide documents about Chinese donations to university ‘Biden Center’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) filed a lawsuit Wednesday against President Joe Biden’s administration for allegedly failing to produce records regarding… Read More
China
Lawmakers: U.S. helped China research weather balloons before balloon spying incident(The Center Square) – Lawmakers are raising the alarm that ongoing U.S. and Chinese research partnerships are developing technology that could be used against the U.S. Members of the Select Committee on… Read More
China
Missouri attorney general probes China ‘service center’ in St. Louis after FBI raid on illegal Chinese ‘police station’ in New YorkThe Missouri attorney general is investigating the actions of an alleged Chinese Communist Party-linked “service center” in St. Louis, The Daily Caller reports. Read More
COVID-19
Lawmakers investigate whether feds, Fauci suppressed Wuhan origins theory(The Center Square) – A U.S. House Committee tasked with delving into the origins of COVID-19 plan a new hearing to discuss an investigation into whether the federal government suppressed… Read More
China, Fentanyl
U.S. charges Chinese companies, executives with illicit fentanyl trafficking(The Center Square) – Top prosecutors filed charges Friday against several Chinese companies and their executives for illicit fentanyl production, a new tactic to stem the flow of the powerful drug… Read More
Courts
Wuhan-partnered school district settles with aide who says she was forced out after saying COVID came from China(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A school district that partnered with the Wuhan School System in China has settled with an aide who sued after alleging she was forced to… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Congressional hearing to focus on illegal southern border entry from hostile powers(The Center Square) – The Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Chairman August Pfluger, R-Texas, will hold a hearing Wednesday to discuss threats to the… Read More
Federal Spending
Feds spent over $1.3 billion in Russia, China on controversial projects(The Center Square) – The U.S. sent over $1.3 billion to China and Russia since 2017, according to a new analysis that details a string of problematic spending projects funded… Read More
President Biden
House Oversight: Foreign nationals paid Biden family $10 million(The Center Square) – Members of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability said Wednesday the panel uncovered evidence of influence peddling and financial deception by the Biden family,… Read More
China
Congress members want answers about Chinese ‘police stations’ in the U.S.(The Center Square) – In a letter to FBI Director Chris Wray, congressional members on the U.S. Select Committee on the Chinese Community Party expressed concerns about the… Read More
Public Education
US high school students wrote gushing letters to Xi Jinping, Chinese state-media reports(Daily Caller) – Students at an Illinois high school were directed by their teacher to write gushing letters to China’s dictator, Chinese state media reported Wednesday. In 2019, students studying… Read More
President Biden, Public Corruption
Hunter Biden scandal plagues president(The Center Square) – The Hunter Biden investigation reached a new level in recent days after lawmakers announced that millions of dollars were transferred from a Chinese energy company with… Read More
Biden administration, COVID-19
Lawmakers demand Biden declassify COVID origins investigations(The Center Square) – Lawmakers are demanding that President Joe Biden declassify documents related to the origins of COVID-19, in particular federal investigations into the matter. The U.S. Senate passed… Read More
COVID-19
FBI confirms COVID-19 likely came from Wuhan lab(The Center Square) – The FBI has confirmed initial reports that the Biden administration is now saying the most likely source of COVID-19 is the virology lab in Wuhan, China. Read More
COVID-19
Wuhan backlash erupts after stunning Biden administration admission(The Center Square) – Republicans erupted in outrage after the Biden administration admitted over the weekend that the Wuhan lab was the most likely source of COVID-19, the same lab… Read More
Biden administration
Hawley: Spy balloon, lack of China in State of Union speech show ‘total weakness on the part of Joe Biden’China has been walking all over Joe Biden and the footprints were in evidence at the State of the Union speech, says Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. Read More
Farmland
Bill would bar Chinese interests from American farmland(The Center Square) – Two members of Congress representing almost the entirety of Washington east of the Cascades want to stop a particular group of foreign nationals from owning, controlling,… Read More
Agriculture
Florida ag commissioner wants to ban land sales to foreign entitities(The Center Square) – Florida's new Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson wants to restrict the sale of The Sunshine State's farmland to foreign countries after increasing concerns about what foreign… Read More