Efforts from Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) to ban Chinese-owned TikTok on U.S. soil suffered a setback on March 29 when fellow Republican Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) opposed the move, arguing the ban would limit free speech. On the Senate floor, Paul objected to Hawley’s request for unanimous consent to fast-track a ban on the viral…

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is pressing the Treasury Department to conduct a thorough review of new whistleblower allegations regarding the Chinese-owned short video app TikTok that were recently brought to his attention. Writing to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen on March 8, Hawley said that a TikTok whistleblower has come to him with direct…

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on March. 7 unveiled a bill to block Chinese Communist Party affiliates from owning U.S. farmland, joining a chorus of lawmakers who are sounding the alarm on the issue. “This Land is Our Land Act” will bar corporations and individuals linked to the Chinese regime from buying or leasing U.S. agricultural…

The United States would lose a war against China over the future of Taiwan unless it shifts its defense priorities away from Europe, according to one senior Republican. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said the United States had overextended itself with its support for Ukraine’s defense against the Russian invasion, and that it would not be…

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is introducing legislation to ban social media app TikTok from distribution in the United States. Hawley announced the bill on Twitter early Jan. 24, saying that the app gives China’s communist regime a means of violating the privacy of Americans, including children. “TikTok is China’s backdoor into Americans’ lives,” Hawley said….

President Biden met with Chinese Communist party leader Xi Jinping today in Indonesia. This was their first in-person meeting since Biden became president. About 200 protesters turned out at the Maricopa County tabulation center on Saturday. Republican state Senator Wendy Rogers tweeted for patriots to “rise up to rally.” Residents voiced their concerns about what…

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday responded to calls from U.S. lawmakers urging President Joe Biden to resign after 13 U.S. service members were killed in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan. Psaki told reporters during a press conference that today is “not a day for politics,” but to honor the memory of service members—as…

Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affair Committee are delaying the confirmation of Kiran Ahuja, President Joe Biden’s nominee for director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), citing her support for critical race theory (CRT) training and her stance on abortion. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), has been the most vocal about opposing Ahuja’s nomination because…

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Miss.) on March 9 criticized the Biden administration in response to a report that Customs and Border Protection had shut down three highway checkpoints in Arizona. “How much more will it take for the Biden administration to admit there is a crisis on the border?” Cruz wrote…

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed on Wednesday that some highway checkpoints in Arizona are closed. A CBP spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email on March 10 that the checkpoints were closed in January “due to shifting trafficking patterns … Specifically an increase in single adults in the Tucson and Three Points stations. A…