TAIPEI, Taiwan — China’s military declared Monday it is “ready to fight” after completing three days of large-scale combat exercises around Taiwan that simulated sealing off the island in response … Read More
China began three days of military exercises around Taiwan on Saturday to express anger at Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with the speaker of the US House of Representatives, as … Read More
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California on Wednesday, becoming the most senior U.S. figure to meet a Taiwanese leader on U.S. soil since 1979 … Read More
China, which has been threatening to retaliate if House Speaker Kevin McCarthy follows through with his plan to meet Taiwan’s president Wednesday, upped the ante in a letter to Congress … Read More
President Biden on Monday signed a Republican-sponsored bill to block a controversial update to Washington, DC’s criminal code that would have lowered maximum penalties for certain violent crimes, including carjackings. … Read More
In a rare rebuke of US policy, Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday accused Washington of leading “containment, encirclement and suppression” efforts against the communist power. “Western countries — led by … Read More
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer became the latest Democrat to condemn House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s decision to give Fox News host Tucker Carlson access to surveillance footage from the Jan. … Read More
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is leading a delegation of Republican lawmakers to the southern border Thursday, in his first visit to the region since the GOP took back the House … Read More
President Biden dismissed Architect of the Capitol Brett Blanton Monday amid calls from lawmakers of both parties for him to step down over allegations that he misused government property and impersonated … Read More
President Biden promised to “take care of” the Chinese spy balloon still floating over the United States, in his first comment on the foreign-policy crisis that has roiled his administration … Read More
