In October 2022, Chinese leader Xi Jinping held a secret meeting instructing top state officials—overseeing political, intelligence, and influence operations—on a new strategy to target the Falun Gong religious group internationally, The Epoch Times has learned. At the core of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s new anti-Falun Gong strategy is launching disinformation campaigns via social
All of the nation’s Democratic governors are meeting this weekend in Los Angeles. All of the nation’s Democratic governors are meeting this weekend in Los Angeles, as California Gov. Gavin Newsom welcomes his counterparts for their annual winter meeting of the Democratic Governors Association (DGA). Newsom said he would position the state to lead the
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China holds a hearing on “Combating the CCP’s Historical Revisionism and Erasure of Culture” at 10 a.m. ET on Dec. 5. “The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) engages in systematic efforts to curtail historical inquiry into subjects deemed ’sensitive,’ such as the Tiananmen Massacre; control … Original News Source Link – Epoch
Elon Musk, a top ally of President-elect Donald Trump, was also the largest outside supporter of his presidential campaign by way of his America PAC. According to new financial disclosures, in a late-cycle push, Elon Musk edged out Timothy Mellon as the largest individual donor to politicians seeking federal office in 2024. On Dec. 5,
Phelan will remain in the Texas House of Representatives. Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan dropped his bid on Dec. 6 to keep his leadership post amid tensions within the GOP in the state Legislature. “By stepping aside, I believe we create the best opportunity for our members to rally around a new candidate who will
A federal court’s decision last week to allow a biological male at San Jose State University to compete in a women’s collegiate volleyball tournament added yet another layer to the growing patchwork of legal rulings surrounding transgender athletes. That case is still working its way through lower courts, but the decision has led opponents to
Things got testy at a hearing on the 2020 census, which Republicans say was flawed. Republicans sparred with Democrats during a Capitol Hill hearing Dec. 5 over significant miscounts in the 2020 Census. Republicans said those miscounts benefited blue states, and they renewed calls to prevent illegal immigrants from being counted in the future. Thursday’s