Tag: Policies & Impacts

TikTok: Should the CCP-Controlled App Track and Influence Millions of Americans?

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew recently faced a barrage of questioning from lawmakers on Capitol Hill regarding the safety, privacy, and security threat of the Chinese Communist Party-controlled app. There are reportedly 150 million TikTok users in the United States. Should the CCP have a direct line to influencing the minds and behavior of 45…


Pro-Transgender Protesters Arrested at Kentucky Capitol as State Lawmakers Outlaw Gender Transitions for Minors

Nineteen protesters were arrested at the Kentucky Capitol on March 29 as lawmakers voted to override Democrat Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of a bill prohibiting the use of gender transition procedures on children. According to the Louisville Courier Journal, the individuals were arrested by Kentucky State Police and charged with criminal trespassing after refusing to…


China’s Iran-Saudi Deal a Tool to Avoid Any Wave of Democratic Regime Change: Experts

China’s brokering a deal between arch rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia on March 10 was the result of converging economic interests, according to experts on the Middle East. The deal also helps each of the totalitarian nations to avoid any potential wave of democratic regime change. “China, diplomatically, has always been at ease with unrepresentative,…


Florida Sues Far-Left Groups for Attacks on Pregnancy Centers

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and a pregnancy crisis center are suing members of direct-action group Jane’s Revenge in federal court for violent attacks against pro-life counseling agencies. The two lawsuits, which were filed March 29 in federal court in Tampa, Florida, came a week after a federal grand jury in Tampa issued a superseding…


[PREMIERING TOMORROW at 10AM ET] Dr. Scott Atlas: What American Leadership Looks Like

Lives were at stake, so Dr. Scott Atlas was just doing what he thought was right when he joined the White House COVID response team. Little did he know he was jumping into a viper’s pit where public health officials were willing to sacrifice American lives for political gain. But Atlas’s struggle for the truth…


[PREMIERING 3/31 at 10AM ET] Dr. Scott Atlas: What American Leadership Looks Like

Lives were at stake, so Dr. Scott Atlas was just doing what he thought was right when he joined the White House COVID response team. Little did he know he was jumping into a viper’s pit where public health officials were willing to sacrifice American lives for political gain. But Atlas’s struggle for the truth…


US to Prioritize Regional Partners in Asia Over Communication with China: WH Official

The Biden administration is seeking to defend the rules-based international order in Asia by working closely with regional allies and partners rather than prioritizing communication with China, an administration official said. The United States will work with partners to shape the operating environment of the Indo-Pacific, according to National Security Council Coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs…


Experts Advocate Eventual End to Single-Use Plastics, but Composites May Be Safe

A Senate hearing on March 30 underscored the widespread concern about single-use plastics, as experts and lawmakers discussed plastics pollution, plastic recycling, and the potential hazards of outsourcing plastics production to China. Hota GangaRao, a composites specialist and professor at West Virginia University, and Chelsea Rochman, an ecologist and professor at the University of Toronto,…


White House Won’t Say Whether Biden Supports Gun Confiscation

In a press briefing on March 29, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre would neither confirm nor deny that President Joe Biden’s proposed “assault weapons” ban could involve gun confiscation. The comments came two days after a 28-year-old woman shot and killed three children and three adults at The Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville,…


US Not Ready to ‘Go Green,’ China Would Be Main Beneficiary: Expert

The United States is not ready to go for green policies, and the push for it will mainly benefit China, according to Kelly Sloan, senior fellow in energy and environment at Centennial Institute, the Colorado Christian University’s think tank. Sloan said that legislators’ push for green energies to try and encourage the market to go to…