Governor Arnold Palacios of the Northern Mariana Islands died on July 23 at age 69 after suffering a sudden “medical incident,” just months after announcing a decisive shift away from Chinese influence in favor of stronger ties with the United States. Palacios collapsed in his Saipan office and was airlifted to Guam, where he died hours later.
An elite public high school in northern Virginia, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, is under investigation following revelations that it provided its STEM curriculum to Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked organizations in exchange for $3.6 million in donations.
The University of California, Berkeley, is under federal investigation following revelations of millions in donations from entities with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and restricted technology sectors.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s 2021 campaign received over $300,000 in support from a fundraiser with direct ties to a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence and intelligence agency, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation revealed. The man behind the fundraising, Gary Yu — also known as Yu Guoliang — is listed as an official by the United Front Work Department (UFWD), a key CCP agency used to exert political influence abroad.
Popular YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, known as MrBeast, announced his intention to purchase TikTok in collaboration with a group of investors. The move comes as President Donald Trump extended the deadline for ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese-based parent company, to divest its U.S. operations within 75 days to avoid a ban on the platform.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump made significant changes within the intelligence community, stripping security clearances from 50 former officials, including retired Air Force General and former CIA and NSA Director Michael Hayden. The move was part of Trump's efforts to address what many conservatives viewed as entrenched anti-Trump sentiment within the intelligence and defense establishments.
