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Republicans grapple with voter frustration over rising health care premiums
Read full article: Republicans grapple with voter frustration over rising health care premiumsNotices of rising health insurance premiums are landing in voters’ mailboxes and sending some to town halls to vent their frustration.
Chair of a House committee on China demands urgent White House briefing on TikTok deal
Read full article: Chair of a House committee on China demands urgent White House briefing on TikTok dealRep. John Moolenaar has requested an urgent briefing from the White House after Trump supported a deal giving Americans a majority stake in TikTok.
The Latest: Supreme Court keeps Trump’s $5 billion foreign aid funding freeze in place
Read full article: The Latest: Supreme Court keeps Trump’s $5 billion foreign aid funding freeze in placeThe Supreme Court has extended an order allowing President Donald Trump’s administration to keep frozen nearly $5 billion in foreign aid.
Pentagon-funded research at colleges has aided the Chinese military, a House GOP report says
Read full article: Pentagon-funded research at colleges has aided the Chinese military, a House GOP report saysA congressional investigation finds the Pentagon has funded research involving collaboration with Chinese entities linked to China's defense sector.
Republicans, Democrats alike exhort Trump: Keep security pact with Australia and UK alive
Read full article: Republicans, Democrats alike exhort Trump: Keep security pact with Australia and UK aliveU.S. lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to maintain a security partnership with Australia and the United Kingdom to supply nuclear-powered submarines.
Republicans urge US universities to cut ties with Chinese-backed scholarship program
Read full article: Republicans urge US universities to cut ties with Chinese-backed scholarship programDartmouth College and the University of Notre Dame say they're ending their participation in a Chinese scholarship program House Republicans call a “nefarious mechanism” to steal technology for the Chinese government.
Chinese hackers and user lapses turn smartphones into a 'mobile security crisis'
Read full article: Chinese hackers and user lapses turn smartphones into a 'mobile security crisis'Hackers tied to China's government have tried repeatedly to access the phones of prominent Americans, part of Beijing's sprawling cyberespionage efforts.
The US academic partnership with China, under strain for years, faces its biggest threat
Read full article: The US academic partnership with China, under strain for years, faces its biggest threatFrayed by tariff wars and political battles, the academic tie between the U.S. and China is now facing its greatest threat yet as the Trump administration promises to revoke visas for an unknown number of Chinese students and tighten future visa screening.
Trump's freeze on foreign aid could give China an opening on the world stage
Read full article: Trump's freeze on foreign aid could give China an opening on the world stagePresident Donald Trump’s restrictions on foreign aid and targeting of a key agency funding programs around the world may be offering an opening to China.
President Trump to meet with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the White House
Read full article: President Trump to meet with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the White HousePresident Donald Trump is meeting Friday with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, whose company designs and supplies the advanced computer chips that play an integral role in developing artificial intelligence.
TikTok is inching closer to a potential ban in the US. So what's next?
Read full article: TikTok is inching closer to a potential ban in the US. So what's next?TikTok’s future in the U.S. appeared uncertain on Friday after a federal appeals court rejected a legal challenge the company brought against a law that requires it to cut ties with its China-based parent company or be banned by mid-January.
GOP lawmakers seek investigation of consulting firm over its work in China
Read full article: GOP lawmakers seek investigation of consulting firm over its work in ChinaA group of Republican lawmakers is demanding a federal investigation into the U.S. consulting firm McKinsey over its work with the Chinese government and state-owned enterprises.
Chinese businesses hoping to expand in the US and bring jobs face uncertainty and suspicion
Read full article: Chinese businesses hoping to expand in the US and bring jobs face uncertainty and suspicionIn 2022, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer welcomed a Chinese battery company’s plan to build a $2.36 billion factory and bring a couple thousand jobs to Big Rapids.
