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Project HOPE is a global health and humanitarian aid organization.
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A free and open Indo-Pacific region is a central objective of U.S. foreign policy, which is reflected in President Joe Biden’s Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) budget which calls for major expenditures in the region.
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The United States and Turkey are working together to combat terrorist financing in the region, with the U.S. imposing sanctions on two financial facilitators for designated terrorist groups.
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The United Nations' high commissioner on human rights has reiterated his call for the international community to intervene in Haiti to end the spiraling rise of gang violence in the poverty-stricken Caribbean nation.
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China's evaluation of the effects economic sanctions have had on Russia and its own strategies should it be the target of broad-based sanctions was discussed recently by experts on the subject.
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President Joe Biden issued an executive order authorizing sanctions in response to the ongoing violence in Sudan.
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The United States government has designated three former Colombian officials and their family members for their involvement in human rights violations during Colombia's decades-long internal armed conflict.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed legislation aimed at countering the negative impact of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the state.
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In recent weeks, as Title 42 ended, President Biden signed an executive order to authorize the U.S. armed forces to address international drug trafficking and sent troops down to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Congressman Jim Banks (R-IN), a member of the Select Committee on China, has sent a letter to Disney executives, slamming them for dropping out of a scheduled meeting with victims of the ongoing genocide against ethnic minorities in China.
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Reps. Blake Moore (R-UT) and Anna Eshoo (D-CA) have reintroduced the Protecting Circuit Boards and Substrates Act, which aims to encourage domestic printed circuit board (PCB) production to help decrease American reliance on China.
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The United States announced a $300 million security assistance package for Ukraine in the ongoing fight against Russia's aggression.
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Christopher Urben, a former group supervisor with the Drug Enforcement Administration, testified before the Congressional House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services on April 26.
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The United States recently announced the successful evacuation of U.S. citizens, along with locally employed staff and nationals from allied countries, from Sudan to Saudi Arabia amid ongoing violence and unrest in the region.
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Chairman of the Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., commented on China's updated counter-espionage law.
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Chris Bedford is the executive editor of the Common Sense Society.
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A member of the notorious "Los Chapitos" group has been sanctioned by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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In testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, Channing Mavrellis, illicit trade director of Washington think tank Global Financial Integrity, warned heavily of how Chinese money-laundering organizations (CMLOs) are benefiting drug cartels.
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A survey by the U.S. Department of Agriculture revealed China owns more than 380,000 acres of farmland in the U.S.
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Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy contends Americans have become addicted to Chinese products like fentanyl, TikTok, and even the national debt, and maintains it is time for America to become independent from China and the Chinese Communist Party.