Feb. 18, 2026, 9:33 a.m. CT BEIJING ― Chinese President Xi Jinping said the desire of the Chinese and American peoples for exchanges and cooperation will not change regardless of how bilateral relations evolve, in a reply to Iowa friends ahead of an expected meeting with President Donald Trump in April, according to Xinhua. “The hope of…
Updated Feb. 17, 2026, 9:26 p.m. ET Vice President JD Vance suggested San Francisco-born skier Eileen Gu should be competing for the U.S. as the Stanford student accumulates medals representing China in the Olympics. “I certainly think that somebody who grew up in the United States of America, who benefited from our education system, from…
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,…
Jan. 24, 2026, 2:24 p.m. ET President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if it goes ahead with a trade deal with China in a Truth Social post on Jan. 24, following a string of insults lobbed at its neighbor during the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland,…
Updated Jan. 17, 2026, 4:09 p.m. ET A key Trump administration trade official is not concerned that Canada’s decision to allow limited electric vehicle imports from China will hurt U.S. automakers, he said Saturday at the Detroit Auto Show. “We have an enormous market share in Canada,” said U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer during…
Updated Jan. 16, 2026, 5:39 p.m. ET A new Canadian trade deal with China allowing 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into the country at a lower tariff rate was swiftly criticized by senior Trump administration officials as well as the leader of Canada’s main automaking province. “China now has a foothold in the Canadian market and…
Jan. 13, 2026, 8:41 a.m. ET A former U.S. Navy sailor has been sentenced to over 16 years in federal prison for selling secret military information on American ships to China, officials said. Jinchao Wei, 25, also known as Patrick Wei, was sentenced on Jan. 12 to 200 months on espionage charges, the Department of…
Updated Jan. 9, 2026, 5:22 p.m. ET President Donald Trump said the U.S. will seize control of Greenland “the easy way” or “the hard way” and warned that he won’t miss out on the opportunity to Russia or China. “We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not,” he said….
State Rep. Brian Hodgers Jan. 7, 2026, 5:03 a.m. ET NASA’s announcement of its 2025 astronaut class underscores America’s renewed commitment to space leadership. These individuals will train for missions to the Moon and Mars as part of the Artemis program, a cornerstone of U.S. efforts to maintain its edge in an increasingly competitive space race with China. Their…
Dec. 15, 2025, 5:12 a.m. ET Artificial intelligence is already impacting major sectors like education, agriculture, medicine and manufacturing. Overly strict regulations could hinder American innovation and allow competitors like China to take the lead. Kentucky is presented as a model for a balanced approach, focusing on workforce development, modernization and public-private partnerships. U.S. leadership…