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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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U.N. human rights official renews call for global assistance in Haiti
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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CSIS panelists discuss China's views on how it would withstand economic sanctions
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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Biden: 'The violence taking place in Sudan is a tragedy'
President Joe Biden issued an executive order authorizing sanctions in response to the ongoing violence in Sudan.
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Blinken: 'I designated three former Colombian officials'
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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DeSantis on bill signing: 'the Chinese Communist party is the United States’ greatest geopolitical threat'
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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Biden sends armed forces to border, authorizes armed forces to address drug trafficking: ‘They're there to free up the border agents that need to be on the border’
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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Banks: 'Disney publicly praised Chinese Communist Party agencies committing genocide and then privately scorned their victims'
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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