CCP’s History of ‘Broken Promises,’ Human Rights Abuses Harms US, World: Congressional Commission

China has regressed with respect to rule of law, according to the Congressional-Executive Commission on China’s (CECC) 2025 annual report, released Dec. 10, which highlights the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) long history of breaking promises. The commission was created in 2000 to monitor human rights and rule of law in China. “Broken promises are not

FTA Threatens to Cut Funds to Chicago Transit Authority After Woman Set on Fire

A man who federal authorities identified as Lawrence Reed holds a flaming bottle and approaches a passenger on a Chicago Blue Line train on Nov. 17, 2025, in a still from video. Chicago Transit Authority/U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois via AP The Federal Transit Authority has threatened to withdraw funding for Chicago’s public