Category: United States

US Intelligence Agency Warns Companies on China’s ‘Comprehensive’ Efforts to Acquire Critical Technologies

The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) launched an outreach campaign on Oct. 22 to warn and instruct U.S. organizations engaged in critical and emerging technologies about the dangers posed by foreign states’ counterintelligence operations. “In recent months, NCSC has begun engagements with various entities in these sectors to provide information on nation-state threats to…


Billions Worth of American Tech Licenses Approved for Blacklisted Chinese Companies

Suppliers to two blacklisted Chinese companies—telecom giant Huawei and China’s top chipmaker SMIC—were approved to receive billions of dollars worth of licenses for U.S. technologies shipments between November and April, documents released by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Oct. 21 detail. Some 301 licenses worth a total of $103 billion were approved for…


Garland Tells Lawmakers He Missed Leftist Demonstrators Attack on Interior Department

Attorney General Merrick Garland was caught flat-footed when Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) held up two large photographs, one showing Jan. 6 demonstrators breaking into the Capitol and the other demonstrators assaulting the Department of Interior on Oct. 14. When the Florida congressman asked Garland during a House Judiciary Committee hearing if the October event was…


US Has ‘Lost Operational Control’ of Southwest Border, Senate GOP Panel Told

Federal officials “have lost complete control” of the southwest border under President Joe Biden and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, three former high-ranking immigration enforcement officials told a panel of Republican senators Wednesday. “We have lost complete control of the border. I’ve talked to several Border Patrol chiefs who tell me they…


Modesto Audience Loves Shen Yun

MODESTO, Calif.—“The beauty of divine being dancing,” is the meaning behind the name, Shen Yun Performing Arts. Harley Baker, a professor, was struck by the emotions and sincerity of Shen Yun’s dancers. “Their movements were well choreographed … synchronized, well-articulated with the music. It moved me emotionally,” Prof. Baker said. He also felt the sincerity…


New Index Highlights China’s Expanding Military Capabilities, US Decline

The Heritage Foundation released its 2022 Index of U.S. Military Strength on Oct. 20, which found that the United States military was declining in its ability to perform its missions, largely due to aging resources and a lack of investment. It also found that China presented a major challenge to the continued military effective of…


Fauci, Washington’s Highest-Paid Fed, Got Big Break Under George W. Bush

Dr. Anthony Fauci drew a salary of $434,312 in 2020, making him the federal government’s highest-paid employee for the second year in a row, and the top earner among dozens of Medical Officers getting big bucks throughout the executive branch. Fauci, director of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious…


Senate Democrats’ Bill Shifts Border Patrol Funds to Remove Border Wall

President Joe Biden pledged during the 2020 campaign that he “would not build another foot” of the wall his predecessor began on the U.S. border with Mexico, but Senate Democrats appear to be setting the stage to tear it down, at least in places. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) made public Oct. 18…


New York #1 Best-Selling Author Finds Inspiration in Shen Yun

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Dr. David West Reynolds holds a Ph.D. in archeology specializing in ancient Rome and Egypt. He’s also the New York Times #1 best-selling author of Star Wars guide books. His books have been translated into a dozen languages and have sold over 2 million copies around the world. He has also written books on…


Shen Yun ‘Will Be in History Books Someday,’ Says Best-Selling Author

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Archeologist and best-selling author Dr. David West Reynolds is elated to have had the chance to see a live performance of Shen Yun. “I’m glad that I lived at a time where I could see his productions instead of just reading about them in a history book because they will be in history books someday,”…