Category: Executive Branch

Xi Rejects US Bid for a Military Crisis Hotline: Blinken

China has refused to resume direct military communication with Washington despite repeated efforts from Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the top U.S. diplomat said on June 19 shortly after meeting with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping. While he “raised repeatedly” the prospect of setting up a crisis communication line between the U.S. and Chinese militaries,…


Reforming America’s Ailing Money Regime: A Hudson Institute Event

In a conversation held by The Hudson Institute at 3:00 p.m. ET on June 19, Brendan Brown, a non-resident senior fellow at Hudson Institute; Alex J. Pollock, senior fellow of Mises Institute; and Harold Furchtgott-Roth, former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission and a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute; discuss the Biden administration’s monetary…


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In a conversation held by The Hudson Institute at 3:00 p.m. ET on June 19, Brendan Brown, a non-resident senior fellow at Hudson Institute; Alex J. Pollock, senior fellow of Mises Institute; and Harold Furchtgott-Roth, former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission and a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute; discuss the Biden administration’s monetary…


Top House Republican Reveals Next Steps in Biden Family Investigation

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said that more witnesses and sources will come forward in connection with his committee’s investigation of alleged influence peddling and bribery on behalf of President Joe Biden’s family. “I think we’ve done as much as we could do with the obstacles we’ve had to overcome,” Comer told Fox…


Xi Calling Bill Gates ‘An Old Friend’ Is Not a Compliment: Expert

Chinese leader Xi Jinping on June 16 met with Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates in Beijing, where he called Gates “an old friend.” But the term is not complimentary, according to Jon Pelson, author of “Wireless Wars, China’s Dangerous Domination of 5G and How We’re Fighting Back.” In a meeting at Beijing’s Diaoyutai state guest…


Blinken Meets Chinese Leader Xi, China’s Top Diplomat on 2nd Day of Trip

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday, hours after concluding his talks with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi. Blinken arrived in China on June 17 for the start of a two-day visit, a trip that the Biden administration seeks to maintain open lines of communication with the Chinese…


Blinken Could Meet Xi on Final Day of Talks in China

U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken met with China’s top diplomat and will potentially meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as he nears the end of his two-day visit to Beijing on Monday. China’s top diplomat Wang Yi greeted Blinken at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on Monday. They exchanged handshakes upon meeting and posed for photos…


DOJ Rejects House GOP Request for Information on Mar-a-Lago FBI Raid

The Department of Justice (DOJ) rejected a House Republican request to disclose information connected to the FBI’s search and raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago last August for alleged classified documents. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) had requested the information in a letter sent to the DOJ, asking for information about the classified…


DOJ Responds to House GOP Request for Information on Mar-a-Lago FBI Raid

The Department of Justice (DOJ) rejected a House Republican request to disclose information connected to the FBI’s search and raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago last August for alleged classified documents. House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) had requested the information in a letter sent to the DOJ, asking for information about the classified…


Blinken Meets Chinese Foreign Minister in a Rare Trip to Beijing Amid Criticism and Dim Hopes for Progress

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese foreign minister Qing Gan on June 17, hours after arriving in China for a two-day visit. The timing of his trip, however, has been met with criticism as experts and U.S. lawmakers say that visiting China was a mistake and ill-advised. Blinken is the highest-level American official…