‘China could not be happier’ as US rejects data centers, Trump says

    Updated Aug. 31, 2026, 2:50 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said American communities should accept data centers unless they want to be “backwards and poor” and warned “China could not be happier” as the massive facilities that power artificial intelligence face a bipartisan backlash across the country. Trump, who has stood firmly behind…

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      Ford announces China-imported 2027 Lincoln Corsair Hybrid

      Aug. 25, 2026, 3:54 p.m. ET Lincoln, Ford Motor Co.’s luxury brand, will bring back the Corsair crossover for the 2027 model year by importing the hybrid model from China into the United States, the company said Tuesday. The announcement comes after the brand earlier this month said it was phasing out Chinese production for…

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        Instagram, Facebook ran AI ‘nudify’ ads from China, report says

        July 26, 2026, 11:46 p.m. ET The ads were reportedly delivered by GatherOne, one of Meta’s advertising partners based in China. Meta states it does not allow non-consensual intimate imagery or nudify apps and takes aggressive steps to combat them. Following inquiries, GatherOne suspended new ad accounts for these services and Meta banned several of…

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          Senate approves ban on sales by automaker more than 15%-owned by China

          July 22, 2026, 1:34 p.m. ET The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee approved legislation on Wednesday to toughen a U.S. government ​ban on Chinese automakers entering the American market that could bar German automaker Mercedes-Benz from selling vehicles in the United States. Senator Ted Cruz, the committee chair and a Texas Republican, warned the bill’s provision that would…

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            What Trump got wrong in speech about China and 220 million voter files

            July 17, 2026, 6:14 p.m. ET WASHINGTON – Among President Donald Trump’s many assertions about election insecurity in his July 16 nationwide address, perhaps none was more alarming than his accusation that China carried out the “largest compromise of election data in history” through its “illicit acquisition of 220 million U.S. voter files.” Not true,…

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