Policy

Videos surfacing on social media in the past week from Shanghai – and rapidly deleted on government-controlled sites like Weibo – show mounting desperation as a poorly planned coronavirus lockdown leaves the heart of China’s economy with rotting food and a lack of basic necessities.

An ethics watchdog group is calling for the federal government to expand its investigation into Hunter Biden.

In a surprise announcement, Elon Musk turned down a seat on Twitter’s board of directors, according to a recent post by the company CEO, while speculations abound on the rejection as Musk was increasingly vocal about bringing about changes on the platform.

China is racing to stockpile nuclear weapons capable of striking North America, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.

Mexico’s leader says he doesn’t “accept” Moscow’s attack, but notes past invasions of his own country by US, France, and Spain.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has expressed support for state Governor Greg Abbott’s order of transporting illegal immigrants to Washington D.C.

New York City is a liberal bastion and the elected officials appear to not want any reminders of former President Donald Trump in that city, but a judge just nixed one of the city’s plans.

Ivermectin for treatment against COVID-19 may become accessible without a prescription in Tennessee if legislation that passed in the Senate on April 6 is signed by Gov. Bill Lee.

The CDC has said it plans to rescind Title 42 on May 23.

In his keynote address to the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, venture capitalist Peter Thiel said environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) is “perhaps the real enemy” of the cryptocurrency, likening the movement to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).