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Capitol Report (Aug. 24): Biden Cancels Millions of Student Loans; Rep. Greene Swatted in Political Attack
President Joe Biden is wiping away hundreds of billions of dollars in student debt. What does it mean for everyday Americans and the economy? Congresswoman Virginia Foxx sits on the education committee, and she joins us to weigh in on Biden’s canceling billions of dollars in student debt. The results are in from Tuesday’s primaries. […]
US Approves Thousands of Tech Export Requests to China; Latin America Is a Key Card for China
China is getting all the U.S. tech, and the Commerce Department is apparently helping. A new report suggests Commerce is approving requests to export tech to China. What does this mean for the U.S.-China tech war? And is the U.S. government serious about stopping China’s tech transfer and IP Theft? We discuss this amid the […]
US Set to Remove 5 Groups From Foreign Terrorism Blacklist
BERLIN—The United States is poised to remove five extremist groups, all believed to be defunct, from its list of foreign terrorist organizations (FTO), including several that once posed significant threats, killing hundreds if not thousands of people across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Although the groups are inactive, the decision is politically sensitive for […]
US Treasury Blacklists Chinese AI Firm
A high-value artificial intelligence company in China is facing U.S. sanctions. The Treasury Department indicated that the Chinese AI company SenseTime has connections to the Chinese military. The department added the firm to a blacklist composed of “Chinese military-industrial companies.”
US Blacklists a Dozen More Chinese Entities Over Military Links
The U.S. Commerce Department has added a dozen Chinese companies to a trade blacklist, citing national security concerns and some of the firms’ involvement in aiding the Chinese military’s quantum computing efforts. The list on Nov. 24 covers 27 new entities from four countries, including China, Japan, Pakistan, and Singapore, with several China and Pakistan-based […]
Rubio Calls on Biden Administration to Blacklist Huawei Spin-Off Honor
WASHINGTON—Republican U.S. senators led by Marco Rubio on Thursday called on the Biden administration to blacklist Honor, a former unit of embattled Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, describing the firm as a threat to national security. In a letter dated Thursday, seen by Reuters, Rubio described Honor as essentially an “arm” of the Chinese government with […]
China Creates a Karaoke Blacklist
The Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism has issued a blacklist of karaoke songs it deems to be subversive or endangering national unity. This latest move is consistent with the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to curb freedom of speech and expression by extending its suppression into various forms of entertainment. I try to guess what […]