Tag: Executive Branch

Missouri Gov: ‘Zero’ News From Biden on Chinese Spy Balloon Now Flying Over His State

Missouri Gov. Mike Parsons still hasn’t heard anything from the Biden administration about a Chinese surveillance balloon that has drifted over Missouri airspace in its eastward path across the United States, a Parsons staffer confirmed to The Epoch Times late in the afternoon on Feb. 3. “We have received zero communication from the Biden Administration…


Senate Nominates US Institute of Peace Board of Directors Member

On Feb. 2, the Senate floor voted on the nomination of Joseph Lee Falk to be a member of the U.S. Institute of Peace Board of Directors. The vote counted 60 yeas, 37 nays, and three abstentions. Two independents, 48 Democrats, and 10 Republicans voted yes. However, 37 Republicans voted no. Two other GOP senators…


House Judiciary Subpoenas FBI Director Wray and AG Garland for Targeting Parents

House Judiciary Republicans issued subpoenas to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland to produce documents about alleged FBI investigations of parents at school board meetings in response to a controversial directive that Garland issued in late 2021. The Epoch Times reviewed the subpoena, signed by Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), which forces Wray…


Hunter Biden’s Lawyers Deny Admitting ‘So-Called Laptop’ Was His

Lawyers for Hunter Biden are insisting that they did not admit in recent letters that the laptop computer dropped off at a Delaware computer shop belonged to their client. In Feb. 1 letters to the Department of Justice, Delaware’s top prosecutor, and the IRS, the lawyers called for investigations into John Paul Mac Isaac, who…


Chinese Spy Balloon Can Maneuver, Will be US for ‘Few Days,’ Pentagon Says

The Chinese surveillance balloon that floated over U.S. airspace is maneuverable and is currently in the central United States, a top Pentagon official told reporters on Feb. 3. The balloon, which had hovered over the state of Montana where nuclear silos are housed, has a “large payload underneath the surveillance component” of the balloon, according…


Chinese Spy Balloon Can Maneuver, Will Remain in US for ‘Few Days,’ Pentagon Says

The Chinese surveillance balloon that floated over U.S. airspace is maneuverable and is currently in the central United States, a top Pentagon official told reporters on Feb. 3. The balloon, which had hovered over the state of Montana where nuclear silos are housed, has a “large payload underneath the surveillance component” of the balloon, according…


Chinese Spy Balloon Can Maneuver, Will Stay in US for ‘Few Days,’ Pentagon Says

The Chinese surveillance balloon that floated over U.S. airspace is maneuverable and is currently in the central United States, a top Pentagon official told reporters on Feb. 3. The balloon, which had hovered over the state of Montana where nuclear silos are housed, has a “large payload underneath the surveillance component” of the balloon, according…


Taiwan Representative to US: Use of Force to Change Status Quo Not Acceptable

Taiwan’s de facto ambassador to the United States Hsiao Bi-khim has asserted her stance that the island will not tolerate the use of force to change its current situation. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen are both slated to visit China in the coming weeks, marking the highest level…


Biden Takes Victory Lap on Strong Jobs Report, Refuses to Take Blame for Inflation

President Joe Biden took a victory lap on Friday after the U.S. economy reported 517,000 new jobs in January, topping most economists’ expectations. With outgoing National Economic Council (NEC) director Brian Deese and Council of Economic Advisors (CEC) head Cecilia Rouse behind him, President Biden claimed that he had created more jobs in two years…


‘Unacceptable’: Blinken Postpones Beijing Trip Over Chinese Spy Balloon Violation

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is postponing a trip to Beijing after the Pentagon detected a Chinese “high altitude surveillance balloon” hovering over the nation’s west, with an official describing the intrusion as a “clear violation” of sovereignty. “After consultations with our interagency partners as well as with Congress, we have concluded that the conditions…