July 25, 2020 US officials raid Chinese consulate in Houston believed to be spy hub U.S. officials pried open the doors of the Chinese consulate in Houston on Friday and took over the building shortly after Chinese officials vacated the facility on orders from the Trump Administration.
July 24, 2020 Sen. Marco Rubio: Trump right to shut Chinese consulate in Houston — it was a massive spying operation The Chinese consulate in Houston served as a front for the Chinese Communist Party and a central node in the massive spying operation that China uses to undermine the United States.
July 24, 2020 China orders US to close Chengdu consulate in apparent retaliation for Houston shutdown order China on Friday ordered the United States to close its consulate in the western city of Chengdu in an increasingly rancorous diplomatic conflict.
July 23, 2020 Martha MacCallum presses Pompeo: 'Are we in a Cold War with China?' "The Story" host Martha MacCallum pressed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on whether rapidly increasing tensions with China have led the two world powers into a Cold War, similar to the U.S.-Soviet relationship in the 20th century.
July 22, 2020 Scott touts Hawley bill to ban TikTok on government devices as it heads to Senate floor Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., on Wednesday urged the Senate to pass Sen. Josh Hawley's, R-Mo., bill banning the use of TikTok on government devices, due to the app's direct ties to Communist China.
July 22, 2020 UK nixes immunity rule used by wife of American diplomat after Harry Dunn's death The U.S. and U.K. have agreed to end a legal “anomaly” that allowed the wife of an American intelligence official to claim diplomatic immunity after fatally striking 19-year-old Harry Dunn on his motorbike in a wrong-side-of-the-road crash outside a military base in central England last August.
July 22, 2020 Gordon Chang reacts to Houston consulate order: China is 'deliberately stoking racial tensions' China is stoking racial tensions in the United States, ӣƵ Asia analyst Gordon Chang stated Wednesday.
July 22, 2020 Amb Carla Sands: Trump administration's focus on Greenland — why we hope to strengthen our relationship Greenland matters to the Trump Administration because we share an interest with our allies and partners in protecting the Arctic and helping this unique region reach its potential in economic growth and sustainable development.
July 21, 2020 UN official, in recording, talks of getting US ‘off the UN's back,’ preventing cuts with whistleblower system A recording of a U.N. investigator talking about a system to speed up U.N. investigations that “gets the Americans off the U.N.’s back” and avoids the U.S. reducing its financial contribution is sparking fresh calls for the Trump administration to do exactly that.
July 20, 2020 Pompeo, State Department sharpen criticism of China on virus and rights abuses Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his department are stepping up attacks against China over the country's human rights abuses and handling of the coronavirus, barbs that come as observers around the world are outraged at Beijing's treatment of pro-democracy protesters and of Uyghur Muslims.