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The House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held its second hearing on March 23, titled "The Chinese Communist Party's Ongoing Uyghur Genocide."
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The anti-gay law passed recently in Uganda represents a significant setback for the LGBTQ+ community in the country and is being condemned by countries and human rights organizations worldwide.
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The U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services recently heard testimony on ongoing recruiting challenges the U.S. military is facing and how to increase recruitment.
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John Moody is the author of "Of Course They Knew, Of Course They…" and "The World We Wish," two fiction books on China and Covid. He is a former senior vice president at Fox News.
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According to Border Patrol data and a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, a record number of migrants are dying at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The U.S. government recently announced additional assistance for Venezuela in response to the country’s regional crisis that displaced more than 7 million people to surrounding countries in search of safety and basic needs.
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U.S. Sec. of State Antony Blinken said the $63.1 billion proposed for the State Department in the Fiscal Year 2024 budget would enable the agency to "lead the world in tackling global challenges."
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona recently wrote a letter to school superintendents to encourage international exchanges.
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Saudi Arabia and Iran announced earlier this month that the countries have agreed to renew diplomatic relations following talks in Beijing.
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Illinois Rep. Mike Quigley, co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, has criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping about the potential effects of a partnership between China and Russia toward Ukraine, saying it poses a danger to U.S. security.
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Seven people were shot and killed March 9 in Hamburg, Germany, at a Jehovah’s Witness meeting hall with the motive still unknown.
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control has imposed sanctions on three people in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for their involvement in corrupt activities and obstructing the implementation of the Dayton Peace Agreement.
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A Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) panel provided analysis and commentary virtually on March 21 on the National People’s Congress, which began meeting on March 5 for the first time in several months and since China ended its zero-Covid policy.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently spoke with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard to discuss the cooperation between the two nations in tackling security issues, specifically the joint effort to stop the production of precursor chemicals use to create fentanyl and other illegal drugs.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently met with the signatories of the Pretoria Cessation of Hostilities Agreement.
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The U.S. State Department unveiled its plans to roll out the CHIPS Act International Technology Security and Innovation Fund (ITSI), which will help develop a stable supply chain for semiconductors, a key component for a number of industries, from healthcare and communications to defense.
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The State Department announced March 14 that Saudi Arabia plans to purchase up to 121 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft equipped with General Electric’s most advanced GEnex engines to anchor its new Riyadh Air fleet.
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Drug overdoses have killed more than 100,000 Americans over the past year, and 66% of those deaths were related to synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
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It is estimated that 2% to 5% of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is laundered money, and a veteran U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officer, who has studied transnational crime, said China is responsible for half of that, or $2 trillion.
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The U.S. State Department observed the first International Day to Combat Islamophobia March 15 by reaffirming the nation's dedication to supporting individual freedom.