Category: Defending America

House Members to Receive Classified Briefing on Chinese Spy Balloon on Thursday

Multiple Congressional staffers have confirmed to The Epoch Times that Congressional representatives will be briefed on the morning of Feb. 9 regarding the Chinese spy balloon that flew over the United States last week. The meeting comes after days of debate between Republicans and Democrats about how the Biden administration addressed the craft and the…


Official Hints at Intelligence Chinese Spy Balloon Might Seek

An expert has hinted at the intelligence that the CCP might have been seeking to gather by sending its spy balloon over to the United States last week. Frank Gaffney, executive chairman at the Center for Security Policy, told NTD’s “China in Focus” program, The Epoch Times’ sister media outlet, that the CCP might have…


Immigration Reform Group Calls on McCarthy to Get Border Security Bill Onto House Floor

One of the nation’s largest nonprofits lobbying for immigration reform is calling on House Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Callf.) to bring Republican-sponsored border security bills onto the chamber floor so they can be adopted and implemented as soon as possible. NumbersUSA Vice President Chris Chmielenski said the first measure that should be put before lawmakers…


Missouri Gov: ‘Zero’ News From Biden on Chinese Spy Balloon Now Flying Over His State

Missouri Gov. Mike Parsons still hasn’t heard anything from the Biden administration about a Chinese surveillance balloon that has drifted over Missouri airspace in its eastward path across the United States, a Parsons staffer confirmed to The Epoch Times late in the afternoon on Feb. 3. “We have received zero communication from the Biden Administration…


Senators Grill Energy Deputy Over Chinese-Owned Company Qualifying for Grant

Since the November 2021 adoption of the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated $37 billion to companies bidding to participate in 72 research and development programs designed to foster domestic energy independence. Among 60 new DOE programs launched under BIL, adopted as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs…


Virginians Should Own ‘Rich and Vibrant’ Farmland, Not the CCP, Says Youngkin

Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued a video further asserting his stance that it’s unreasonable to let the state’s farmland fall into the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Youngkin released a video on Jan. 31,  after he blocked Virginia from being considered for the site of Ford Motor Company’s battery manufacturing plant due to national…


Virginians, Not the CCP, Should Own ‘Rich and Vibrant’ Farmland: Gov. Youngkin

Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued a video further asserting his stance that it’s unreasonable to let the state’s farmland fall into the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Youngkin released a video on Jan. 31, after he blocked Virginia from being considered for the site of Ford Motor Company’s battery manufacturing plant due to national…


Chinese Corn Mill Project in North Dakota to Be Terminated

The U.S. Department of the Air Force has an “unambiguous” view on the Chinese corn mill project located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and within 15 miles of the Grand Forks Air Force base, which houses sensitive drone, satellite, and surveillance technology. “While CFIUS [Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States] concluded that it…


Chinese Corn Mill Project in North Dakota to Be Terminated Over National Security Concerns

A controversial Chinese corn mill project in Grand Forks, North Dakota, located within 15 miles of the Grand Forks Air Force base, is set to be terminated after the U.S. Air Force warned the project poses a “significant threat to national security.” Grand Forks Mayor Brandon Bochenski announced on Jan. 31 that he plans to…


House Members Could Be Asked If They Denounce Socialism

News Analysis House GOP members will ask all of their colleagues to make their position publicly known on socialism. On Jan. 26, Rep. Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) and House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) introduced House Concurrent Resolution 9, titled “Denouncing the horrors of socialism.” Salazar and Scalise intend to bring the resolution to the House floor for a…