China promises ‘countermeasures’ to US arms sale to Taiwan
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te is defying China by traveling to the U.S. and entering into a $385 million arms deal.
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Navy putting first shipborne hypersonic weapon on vessel once seen as ‘costly blunder’
The US is deploying a shipborn hypersonic missile battery to the USS Zumwalt, a destroyer once thought a major mistake.
DOGE Seeks to Succeed Where Others Have Failed
‘Trump has enormous power in the budget,’ economist and fiscal expert Chris Edwards says. As entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy trek to Washington D.C. to meet with GOP lawmakers this week, they have an even longer road ahead of them to achieve their goals of enacting major cuts to government budgets. The incoming Trump
Trump Set Ambitious Goals for DOGE, Can It Succeed?
‘Trump has enormous power in the budget,’ economist and fiscal expert Chris Edwards says. As entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy trek to Washington to meet with GOP lawmakers this week, they have an even longer road ahead of them to achieve their goals of enacting major cuts to government budgets. The incoming Trump administration
Biden Visits Africa to Highlight Signature Investment Project
The trip aims to lay the foundation for a new U.S. approach to Africa in response to growing communist Chinese influence on the continent, an official said. President Joe Biden is traveling to Angola on Dec. 1, underscoring the U.S. commitment to strengthening ties with the African country amid increasing geopolitical competition with communist China.
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REVIEW: ‘The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong’s Greatest Dissident, and China’s Most Feared Critic’ by Mark L. Clifford Jimmy Lai arrives at a 2020 hearing in Hong Kong. (Anthony Kwan/Getty Images) The fate of Lai Chee-ying, “Jimmy” Lai, the Hong Kong business mogul who founded the retailer Giordano, the media company
A Freedom Rider Finds His Cause
Several times in my early 20s I remember almost dying. One instance occurred while driving down a highway covered in ice, semi-trucks behind me. Another included a drunk man who drew a switchblade on me late at night in North Carolina. But in both these circumstances, I had not placed myself in harm’s way on