Leaders of the Chinese police station have helped Beijing organize counterprotests against Falun Gong demonstrations and locate the regime’s targets. A New York City man has admitted to acting as an illegal Chinese agent by operating a secret police station for Beijing in Manhattan. Chen Jinping, a 60-year-old U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty on Dec. 18
As President-elect Donald Trump assembles his second administration, the influence of Silicon Valley is clearer than ever. There’s the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, a time-limited commission on government waste and cost led by entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. Like many others in the Trump camp in 2024, Musk got his start in
Ivy League schools Brown and Cornell advised students from some countries, including China, to take precautions and travel early. Universities in various states are advising international students and staff to consider cutting their semester break short and returning to campus before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025. The institutions say they fear that
The senator explored the topic in a wide-ranging interview with NTD, The Epoch Times’ sister media. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) said on Dec. 18 that federal agencies may start asking for additional congressional oversight with President-elect Donald Trump’s new appointees next year. Johnson discussed the topic in an interview Thursday morning with NTD, The Epoch
The bill would have expanded state drone-tracking authority, but Paul had concerns over privacy and data collection. WASHINGTON—Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Dec. 18 blocked a bill proposed by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) authorizing state and local law enforcement to track unidentified drones recently sighted in New Jersey, New York, and other states on
The massive bill includes disaster relief funding, pharmacy benefit management reforms, and a congressional pay raise. Congress has only two days left to extend government funding beyond its Dec. 20 expiration date and sidestep a shutdown. With Republicans slated to take control of Congress and the White House in January, lawmakers were expected to push
Elon Musk joined the debate earlier, urging lawmakers to reject the 1,547 page funding measure. WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance have come out in opposition to a massive stopgap funding bill put forward by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) that wraps in a series of other legislation, marking a rare public break