Tag: Executive Branch

‘It Has to Be Joe Biden,’ Says Former FBI Director Comey on 2024 Race

Former FBI Director James Comey said he wouldn’t support anyone but Presiden Joe Biden for the 2024 presidential race. “It has to be Joe Biden,” Comey told Biden’s former White House press secretary Jen Psaki on her MSBNC show aired on June 4, when asked whether he intends to vote for Biden again or Republican…


House Speaker Issues New Subpoena Threat to FBI Director

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said that FBI Director Christopher Wray will face charges of contempt if he doesn’t prove a document that alleges a bribery scheme between President Joe Biden and a foreign national to the House Oversight Committee. “We have a responsibility of oversight,” the California lawmaker told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures”…


University of Texas Students Behind Censorship Project Targeting Conservative News Outlets

Students at the University of Texas at Austin were found to be responsible for a censorship project that targeted conservative news outlets. The Global Disinformation Index’s (GDI) report, which called for the blacklisting of conservative news organizations, was written up by students under the direction of academics working at the University of Texas at Austin’s…


Senior US Official Visits China on Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre

The U.S. State Department said on the eve of the 34th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s Tiananmen Square Massacre that a senior official would be visiting China from June 4. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink will be traveling to China from June 4, and then travel on…


World’s Spy Chiefs—Including China’s—Meet in Secret Conclave in Singapore

Senior officials from about two dozen of the world’s major intelligence agencies held a secret meeting on the fringes of the Shangri-La Dialogue security meeting in Singapore this weekend, five people told Reuters. Such meetings are organised by the Singapore government and have been discreetly held at a separate venue alongside the security summit for…


CIA Chief Visited China in May

CIA director William Burns visited China last month for talks with Chinese counterparts, two U.S. officials said on Friday as Washington seeks to boost communications with Beijing. “Last month, Director Burns traveled to Beijing where he met with Chinese counterparts and emphasized the importance of maintaining open lines of communication in intelligence channels,” one of the…


China’s Maneuver in Open Waters of Taiwan Strait ‘Unsafe,’ Violates International Law: US Indo-Pacific Command

The Chinese communist party’s latest aggression, this time, against a U.S. ship, was “unsafe,” the United States military said following a potentially dangerous interaction in international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Saturday. The USS Chung-Hoon, accompanied by Canada’s HMCS Montreal, was performing “a routine south to north Taiwan Strait transit” on June 3 “in…


US, Taiwan Sign Trade Deal Over China’s Opposition

WASHINGTON—The United States signed a trade agreement Thursday with Taiwan over opposition from China. The two governments say the U.S.–Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade will strengthen commercial relations by improving customs, investment, and other regulation. The measure was signed by employees of the unofficial entities that maintain relations between the United States and Taiwan,…


Biden Signs Debt Ceiling Bill, Ending Monthslong Political Battle

President Joe Biden signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act on Saturday, suspending the debt ceiling for 19 months and bringing a monthslong political battle to a close. The compromise legislation negotiated by Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) passed both houses of Congress with bipartisan support this week, averting a potential default on the nation’s…


Biden Signs Debt Ceiling Bill, Ending Months of Political Battle

President Joe Biden signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act on June 3, suspending the debt ceiling for 19 months and bringing a months-long political battle to a close. The legislation negotiated by Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) passed both houses of Congress with bipartisan support last week, averting a potential default on the nation’s…