A new congressional committee dedicated to gaining strategic advantage over China’s communist regime will hold its debut hearing on Feb. 28. The House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will convene in the evening for a hearing titled “The Chinese Communist Party’s Threat to America.” Committee…
China Select Committee to Hold First Hearing on ‘Existential Struggle’ With CCP
Russians Claim to Have Encircled Bakhmut, Kyiv Calls Situation ‘Extremely Tense’
All roads leading into the strategic town of Bakhmut are now under Russian control, Moscow’s military officials asserted this week. The scene of fierce fighting for the past several months, Bakhmut is a key transport hub for Ukrainian forces deployed in the eastern Donetsk region. “Bakhmut [Artyomovsk in Russian] has been encircled,” Yan Gagin, an…
19 State Attorneys General Warn Grocers, Big-Box Retailers Against Mailing Abortion Pills
The attorneys general of 19 different states have sent a letter to Costco and Kroger warning the retail brands against sending abortion pills through the mail. Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced updated rules that allow stores with pharmacies, such as Costco and Kroger, to dispense the abortion drug mifepristone through…
No Clear Alternative to Jet Fuel to Support Present Demand Under UK’s Net Zero Plans: Report
The UK would have to give up half its farmland to make enough alternative aviation fuel to meet its net zero ambitions, according to a new report from the Royal Society. The report warns there is no single, clear alternative to jet fuel able to support flying on a scale equivalent to present-day use. The UK…
Time to Defeat China’s Proxies in Mexico
Commentary Communist China has been conducting a hybrid war against its main enemy, the United States of America, for years. There are multiple fronts in that war, including economic warfare, diplomatic intimidation (“wolf warriors”), espionage, elite capture, suborning international institutions (the World Health Organization), social media (TikTok cultural warfare), etc. A key front that’s frequently…
Massive Forest Fires Rage on in Eastern Cuba
HAVANA—Forest fires raged on in Cuba’s eastern region on Monday, inching toward more populated ground more than a week after sparking near a national park. More than 2,000 hectares of forest, including plantations and coffee crops, have been devoured by the flames, authorities said, as firefighters, park employees, and soldiers battled the blaze. The fires…
US Should Not Let WHO ‘Usurp’ Its Pandemic Response Authority, Says Sen. Roger Marshall
Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kans.) is urging restraint and skepticism before the United States accepts a recently proposed World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic response agreement, known as WHO CA+. The WHO recently introduced an early-stage draft proposal for a convention, agreement, or “other international instrument” for coordinating global pandemic responses. The draft document states that the…
Pesticide Ban Could Lead to Crop Failure, Higher Food Prices: Alberta Ag Minister
Farmers in the prairie provinces “are at severe risk of crop failure” this coming season, “potentially exacerbating the food affordability crisis,” says Alberta’s agriculture minister in reaction to new federal restrictions on a widely used pesticide. If grasshoppers are bad this year due to drought, as expected, farmers have no effective alternative to combat them,…
UK Won’t Be Deterred by Putin’s Nuclear Threats, National Security Adviser Says
The UK will not be deterred from supporting Ukraine by Russia’s nuclear threats and will push back against “reckless escalation language,” national security adviser Sir Tim Barrow said on Wednesday. Speaking to lawmakers at a National Security Strategy Joint Committee hearing, Barrow said allies need to ramp up support for Ukraine so it can defend…
Moscow Nuclear Treaty, Ukraine, and the CCP
Commentary Russia is suspending its nuclear treaty with the United States while China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, visits Moscow amid rumors of China possibly providing weapons to Russia for the war in Ukraine. Last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to potentially use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine. During his annual State of…
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