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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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Utah representative says congressional support for PCB bill 'is needed to reduce reliance on China'
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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Blinken: 'United States announced critical new support for Ukraine'
The United States announced a $300 million security assistance package for Ukraine in the ongoing fight against Russia's aggression.
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Former DEA supervisor: Chinese organized crime enables cartels to traffic 'fentanyl and other deadly drugs into the United States'
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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Blinken: 'Staff are working tirelessly to help bring Americans to safety' from Sudan
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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Gallagher: 'There is no such thing as a private company in China'
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 on the Common Sense Society: Challenging Elite Opinions and Reviving the Soul in Architecture, Art, and Discourse
Chris Bedford is the executive editor of the Common Sense Society.
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Blinken: ‘Will continue taking actions to disrupt and dismantle every part of the illicit narcotics trade, to stop fentanyl,’ says Blinken
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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Think tank director on Chinese money-laundering organizations: ‘The U.S., as well as the international community, need to take the threat presented by CMLOs very seriously’
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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Burchett: 'Chinese investors own 384K acres of U.S. agricultural land'
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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Presidential candidate Ramaswamy: Americans addicted to Chinese products
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.
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Krishnamoorthi: 'The CCP’s obsession with control and censorship is so desperate'
Chinese authorities have declared chatbots must adhere to strict censorship guidelines imposed by the Chinese Communist Party, something Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., says will only further the propaganda agenda.
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Newhouse: ‘Preventing the CCP from purchasing our agricultural land is crucial’
Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., introduced a House bill that seeks to ban the acquisition of any public or private agricultural land in the United States by individuals with ties to the Chinese government.
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Blinken: U.S. and African Union hope to 'secure unhindered humanitarian access for the Sudanese people'
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat April 25 to discuss an U.S.-AU collaboration toward ending the fighting in Sudan.
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Blinken talks with Armenian, Azerbaijani leaders on peace in South Caucasus
Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently spoke with Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to ensure support for lasting peace in the South Caucasus' region.
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Cha: 'Reestablishing those bilateral relationships was quite important'
Participants in the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) panel, “Allies and Geopolitical Competition in the Indo-Pacific Region” on May 4, stressed the participation of allies in the region.
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Sindelar: 'Mexican government puts the prosperity of the cartels' over its people
Remarks made by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador recently about the U.S. military intervention against Mexican drug cartels raised eyebrows for some in the United States.
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Foreign policy expert: 'U.S. influence in MENA appears to be plummeting while China’s rises'
A Middle East Fellow at the Wilson Center wrote in a commentary that the United States is losing influence in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as China bolsters its relationship with Saudi Arabia.
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Center for Democracy and Technology CEO and president: 'The EARN IT Act remains a fatally flawed approach'
The Center for Democracy and Technology has joined a coalition composed of 132 civil society organizations that are urging lawmakers to oppose Senate Bill 1207, also known as the EARN IT Act of 2023, as opponents say the bill threatens the First Amendment right of free speech.
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Blinken: 'We remain committed to supporting the people of Iran'
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has imposed sanctions on four senior Iranian force officials, in conjunction with the United Kingdom and the European Union.
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