Hillary Clinton criticizes House Republicans for using the debt ceiling as a political weapon, warning that it undermines the U.S.'s global credibility and plays into the hands of adversaries like Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, and warns of the potential danger of playing games with the debt ceiling to the U.S. dollar's pre-eminent position in the global economy.
France's Macron hopes to establish a framework for future negotiations and has tasked his foreign policy adviser, Emmanuel Bonne, to work with China's top diplomat, Wang Yi.
A non-governmental organization, Safeguard Defenders, previously exposed that Chinese government police stations were disguised as "service stations" across the globe to spy on and harass anti-communist individuals.
Michigan State Republican Senators Lana Theis, Ed McBroom, Joe Bellino, Dan Lauwers, and Kevin Daley are investigating Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) after it was learned a battery manufacturing company has connections to the Taliban and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
China's Ministry of Public Security "has repeatedly and flagrantly violated our nation's sovereignty, including by opening and operating a police station in the middle of New York City," according to the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.