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…
July 7, 2026, 12:25 p.m. ET Detroit — A day before he is set to debate the other two Republicans running to be Michigan’s next governor, Mike Cox lobbed the label of “hypocrite” at U.S. Rep. John James for his business dealings with China. Cox, the state’s former attorney general from 2003 through 2010, held…
Updated May 30, 2026, 1:31 p.m. ET A former Southern California mayor has pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the government of China, according to court proceedings Friday reported by People and CNN. Eileen Wang pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to charges that she secretly carried out work directed by Chinese…
Updated April 8, 2026, 8:32 a.m. ET China and Russia on Tuesday vetoed a U.N. resolution encouraging states to coordinate efforts to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, calling the measure biased against Iran, while Washington’s ambassador to the world body called on “responsible nations” to join the U.S. in securing the waterway….
March 3, 2026, 10:56 a.m. ET Recently, the head of antitrust for the Trump administration’s Department of Justice, Gail Slater, resigned from her post. Per reports, this stemmed in large part from tension with Attorney General Pam Bondi, who grew frustrated with Slater’s insistence on blocking a merger between Hewlett Packard Enterprises, or HPE, and…
Feb. 11, 2026, 4:52 p.m. ET A Southern California man has been sentenced for covertly operating as a Chinese agent while serving as campaign advisor for a local city council candidate and carrying out orders that included monitoring Taiwan’s former president during her 2023 visit to the state. Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 65, of Chino Hills,…
U.S. President Donald Trump expressed his disappointment in Indiana State Senate Republicans and even called out Gov. Mike Braun on social media after the push to redistrict stalled in Indiana. In a Nov. 16 post on Truth Social, Trump said he was “Very disappointed” in state leaders, and stated that Democrats have done redistricting for…
President Donald Trump has floated the idea of sending $2,000 tariff dividend checks to Americans. Will it happen? You can place your bets. Bettors on prediction betting sites such as Polymarket and Kalshi seem to be skeptical. President Trump recently suggested the possibility of checks from tariff revenue. “A dividend of at least $2000 a…
With the nation’s longest-running government shutdown now over, Hoosiers who rely on the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program will soon have their benefits restored. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration will begin issuing full SNAP benefits on Nov. 15, and eligible recipients can expect the funds to be available on their EBT cards starting Nov. 16, according to a news release from the agency. Indiana…
The spark came from CoreWeave, the AI cloud infrastructure firm whose third-quarter results missed expectations. Government reopening also left investors with questions about economic data. After the longest shutdown on record, the U.S. government has reopened and federal agencies are rushing to publish a backlog of delayed economic data. Yet the administration warned that key…