Commentary Communist China’s violations of Taiwanese airspace and sea space are a physical indication Beijing targets Taiwan as the world’s next Ukraine. At the tactical level—the level where a shooter seeks a target—Beijing’s sorties probe Taiwan’s frontline air and sea defenses, seeking weaknesses and assessing reaction time. At the strategic level—the Big Picture, which includes…
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Commentary Former President Donald Trump has signaled he will announce his presidential intentions after the November midterm elections. Yet his record of endorsements is quite mixed. By the sheer numbers of winning primary candidates his stamp of approval is impressive, but in a few of the most important races, not so much. The disaster that…
Beijing Criticises US-New Zealand Joint Statement, Threatens NZ Trade
June 2, 2022
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Beijing has slammed the joint statement by the New Zealand and the United States governments that expressed “grave concerns” on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) human rights violation record and its current bit to expand influence in the Pacific region. China’s foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian claimed the statement smeared the CCP’s “cooperation” with Pacific…
Biden Admin Seeks to Follow Stricter Building Codes
The White House announced a broad plan on Wednesday to expand building code standards at federally funded sites and to incentivize projects to meet the new standards at state and local governments. The Biden administration says the new standards are for combating climate change and the extreme weather predicted to accompany it. The new initiative…
Biden Says He Didn’t Know Shutdown of Infant Formula Plant Would Lead to Severe Shortages
President Joe Biden on June 1 said he did not foresee his administration forcing the shutdown of an infant formula plant would lead to severe formula shortages. “I don’t think anyone anticipated the impact of the shutdown of one facility, the Abbott facility,” Biden said, referring to the plant in Sturgis, Michigan, that was taken…
Fact Check: Biden Repeats Claim People Couldn’t Own Cannons When 2nd Amendment Was Passed
President Joe Biden has again repeated a gun-control talking point that has been fact-checked several times over the years. Speaking to reporters this week, Biden said that Second Amendment didn’t allow for private ownership of cannons when it was adopted in the Bill of Rights. “The Second Amendment was never absolute,” he said, according to a…
K-Pop Band BTS Visits the White House to Discuss Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
South Korean K-pop boyband BTS spoke out about anti-Asian hate crimes and Asian inclusion in their first visit to the White House on May 31, saying that the escalation of hate crimes in the United States was devastating. “We were devastated by the recent surge of hate crimes, including Asian-American hate crimes. To put a…
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern Meets President Joe Biden at the White House
June 1, 2022
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met with U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office on the backdrop of the increasing spotlight on climate change, gun control and rising tensions in the Pacific as China seeks to expand its influence in the region. Biden told Ardern the United States needed guidance from New Zealand’s…
Biden Pledges to ‘Respect the Fed’, Give It ‘Space’ to Fight Inflation
U.S. President Joe Biden met with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday to discuss inflation which he described as his “top priority”. Prior to the meeting, Biden said he promised to “respect the Fed’s independence” and give them “the space they need to do their job.” U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen also attended the…
Biden’s ‘Incredible Transition’: High Gas Prices, Supply Shortages Part of Plan to Usher In Green Economy
News Analysis As Americans bear the brunt of a sagging economy, the Biden administration appears to be framing this as a good thing, believing that citizens will be better off in the future if current supply shortages and high gas prices spiral out of control. The United States, according to President Joe Biden, is in…
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