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Biden Says US Will Defend Taiwan; Taiwan’s Canceled Arms Purchase—With John Mills

President Joe Biden makes his first Asia trip, with the goal of targeting China. He said the United States will defend Taiwan, but the White House walks it back. What is China’s response? I then speak with John Mills about his concerns that the United States may be forcing Taiwan into a bad position, related to…


NSBA Considered Calling Military to School Board Meetings: Report; Recession Not Inevitable: Biden | NTD Evening News

An independent review of the National School Boards Association has revealed that it considered asking the White House to deploy the Army National Guard to monitor school board meetings. In the final letter sent to President Joe Biden in September 2021, the NSBA requested that parents’ actions be examined under the Patriot Act as “domestic terrorists.”…


White House Scrambles to Roll Back Biden’s Vow to Defend Taiwan

White House officials scrambled to roll back comments made by President Joe Biden on May 23, when he said that the United States would defend Taiwan militarily in the event of an invasion by China. White House staff said that Biden was only reiterating the United States’ policy that it would provide military equipment to…


Biden Wraps Visit to South Korea, Highlights Hyundai’s Major US Investment Pledge

President Joe Biden wrapped up his South Korea visit by highlighting Hyundai Motor’s pledge to invest at least $10 billion in electric vehicles and related technologies in the United States. The three-day Biden-Yoon summit tended to various business and security interests, from supply chains to North Korea. On Sunday, May 22, the last day of…


Monkeypox Outbreak Follows ‘Germ-Game’ Preparations; Media Falsify ‘2000 Mules’ Claims in Georgia

There is a new global outbreak of monkeypox, and the Biden administration is already purchasing millions of doses of recently-approved vaccines as the World Health Organization (WHO) weighs its response. A series of incidents positioned the WHO to be poised for a monkeypox outbreak, and with new powers potentially being granted to the WHO to…


Biden Slights Taiwan—and Suffering US Consumers

Less than two weeks ago, delivering a much-ballyhooed speech from the fake White House “game show set” across the street from the actual White House, with its digital projections masquerading as windows looking out into the Rose Garden and dozens of rectangular quartz/LED lights hanging from the ceiling, President Joe Biden said, “I want every…


Live Q&A at 10:30PM ET: Monkeypox Outbreak Follows ‘Germ-Game’ Preparations; Media Falsify ‘2000 Mules’ Claims in Georgia

There is a new global outbreak of monkeypox, and the Biden administration is already purchasing millions of doses of recently-approved vaccines as the World Health Organization (WHO) weighs its response. A series of incidents positioned the WHO to be poised for a monkeypox outbreak, and with new powers potentially being granted to the WHO to…


Biden to Meet Japanese Head of State During US–Japan Summit

On May 22, U.S. President Joe Biden arrived at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo ahead of a summit between the United States and Japan, including a rare dialogue with the Japanese head of state. Biden is to meet with the Japanese monarch Naruhito at the royal palace on the morning of May 23 and then talk with…


Biden in Asia: New Friends, Old Tensions

President Joe Biden touched down in South Korea Friday, marking his first trip to Asia as president. On his to-do list is strengthening alliances and countering China. Canada bans gear from Huawei and ZTE. Officials say the two Chinese telecom giants pose a threat to Canada’s national security. At the same time, Beijing lifts a…


China Launches Military Exercises in South China Sea as Biden Arrives in Asia

China launched military drills in the contested South China Sea as U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in South Korea to meet with President Yoon Suk-yeol and promote his forthcoming economic plan for the region. Biden is currently touring East Asia to develop better relations with the nation’s partners in the Indo-Pacific and drum up support…