Leaders of House China panel denounce attack on Rep Judy Chu
The leaders of a new House select committee on China are defending Democratic Rep. Judy Chu on Sunday after a GOP lawmaker questioned her loyalty to the U.S. based on her Chinese heritage
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Louisiana anti-abortion group calls on doctors to stop denying care exempted by ban
Group speaks out after hospitals refused to offer treatment for a woman who had a near deadly miscarriage citing ambiguous lawAn influential group in Louisiana that has long opposed abortion access is calling out medical providers and their legal advis…
GOP chair Ronna McDaniel says party may try to force Trump to back GOP nominee even if it’s not him
Party will require ‘loyalty pledge’ to attend debates
CIA chief says it would be ‘very risky and unwise’ for China to send lethal aid to help Russian invasion of Ukraine
William Burns said Beijing may be reconsidering any possible invasion of Taiwan after seeing Russia’s performance in Ukraine
RNC chair: candidates must sign loyalty pledge if they want to join 2024 debates
Ronna McDaniel says loyalty pledge by primary candidates should be a ‘no-brainer’ for party’s presidential hopefulsThe Republican National Committee’s chairperson has said that all GOP primary candidates should sign a pledge promising to support the ev…
Tens of thousands protest Mexico electoral reforms
Tens of thousands of people filled Mexico City’s vast main plaza to protest electoral law reforms that they say threaten democracy
Ex-British PM Boris Johnson’s ‘f*** the Americans’ remark ‘beyond the pale’
Joe Biden famously trashed economic plan of Johnson’s successor
Covid-19 likely emerged from laboratory leak, US energy department says
Updated finding a departure from previous studies on how the virus emerged and comes with ‘low confidence’The virus which drove the Covid-19 pandemic most likely emerged from a laboratory leak but not as part of a weapons program, according to an updat…
CIA chief: China has some doubt on ability to invade Taiwan
The CIA director says U.S. intelligence shows that China’s President Xi Jinping has instructed his country’s military to “be ready by 2027” to invade Taiwan
UK and EU leaders to meet amid hope of Brexit trade spat fix
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Union leader Ursula von der Leyen are due to meet, with expectations high they will seal a deal to resolve a thorny post-Brexit trade dispute