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To Counter China in the Pacific, America Reboots the ‘Island-Hopping’ Campaign of World War II
POHNPEI, Federated States of Micronesia—A twin-engine, blue-and-white U.S. Air Force transport jet carrying Secretary of State Mike Pompeo descended to land on Pohnpei, one of four Pacific island states that comprise the Federated States of Micronesia. Onboard the jet during approach, the remote island’s aquamarine coastal waters and lush green tropical forests appeared as an… -
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Open Borders Inc.: Who’s Funding the Wicked War on ICE?
All the gun control zealots out in full force last week have apparently gone to the beach. An alarming shooting took place at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in San Antonio on Tuesday. Local media reported that “multiple shots were fired on two floors targeting ICE officials.” But the Second Amendment saboteurs were… -
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What Hong Kong Unrest Tells Us About China’s Plans for the Rest of the World
The outside world can do little to assure the future of freedom in Hong Kong beyond making the case that preserving the principles of liberty are at stake. Nevertheless, the plight of that territory’s more than 7 million souls can teach us an important lesson about what China has in mind for the rest of the world…. -
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The Treasury Department Is Wrong. China Didn’t Just Devalue Its Currency.
The U.S. Treasury Department has incorrectly labeled China a manipulator of its currency. An important distinction exists between devaluing a currency and currency depreciation. Devaluing implies the People’s Bank of China actively manipulated the value of the Chinese renminbi to gain unfair advantage for its exports. Depreciation simply means the renminbi has lost purchasing power… -
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5 Things to Know About the New UN Ambassador
Kelly Knight Craft was a business executive and philanthropist when President Donald Trump appointed her as ambassador to Canada in June 2017. Now Craft is the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, replacing the popular Nikki Haley, a former governor of South Carolina. She has yet to be sworn in. Trump nominated Craft, 57, of Lexington,… -
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Kenyan Nonprofit Discovers a Way to Curb Africa’s Orphan Crisis
The East African nation of Kenya is home to 3 million orphaned and street children. The majority of these kids have living relatives, which in the late 1990s came as a great surprise to one local nonprofit. Agape Children’s Ministry is based in Kisumu, the third-largest city in Kenya. The Christian nonprofit says it has… -
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Pompeo Calls for US, Australia to Present United Front to China
SYDNEY—The U.S.-Australia alliance is “more vital than ever,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, calling on greater cooperation between the two countries to deal with a new era of security challenges as China seeks to extend its influence in the Indo-Pacific region. Speaking Sunday in Sydney, Pompeo condemned China’s territorial claims in the South China… -
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Man Who Sent Faulty Pipe Bombs to Trump Critics Gets 20 Years
A judge sentenced mail bomber Cesar Sayoc to 20 years in prison Monday after he pleaded guilty to sending pipe bombs last year to multiple high-profile Democrats and critics of President Donald Trump. “Now that I am a sober man, I know that I a very sick man,” Sayoc said, according to CNBC. “I wish more… -
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The Menace of Russian Hybrid Warfare and How to Thwart It
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2014 with the use of so-called “little green men” and Moscow’s subsequent meddling in elections across the transatlantic community, “hybrid warfare” has become the term du jour in Western foreign policy circles. Perhaps the best definition of hybrid warfare is offered by the new European Centre of Excellence for… -
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US Slaps New Sanctions on Russia for 2018 Nerve Agent Attack
ABOARD A U.S. AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT—The U.S. has announced a new round of sanctions on Russia for its use of a chemical weapon in 2018 during an attempted assassination of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter on British soil. In the March 2018 attack in the town of Salisbury in the United Kingdom,… -
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Despite North Korea’s Missile Tests and Diplomatic Snub, Pompeo Holds Out Hope for Renewed Talks
BANGKOK—Brushing aside repeated entreaties from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for a meeting, North Korea was a no-show at a diplomatic forum in Bangkok. The snub didn’t deter Pompeo from holding out hope that Pyongyang soon will come back to the table and resume denuclearization talks. From the get-go, North Korea loomed large over… -
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Trump Adds Sanctions on Russia After Chemical Weapons Used on Ex-Spy
President Donald Trump put more sanctions on Russia via executive order Thursday as required by law in response to Russia’s use of chemical weapons in a 2018 attack on an ex-spy in the U.S., two U.S. officials said. The attack was made on former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his adult daughter Yulia Skripal, who… -
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Why Trump Is Right to Pull Out of Nuclear Treaty With Russia
The United States is withdrawing this week from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, a 31-year-old agreement with Russia. The decision to withdraw is the right move. Russia has failed to comply with the treaty in recent years, allowing it an advantage over the United States, which has continued to abide by the treaty. At this… -
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib Gets Donation From Developer Who Died in 2009
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., received a $2,500 donation from a man who died more than a decade ago, public records show. Michigan businessman and real estate developer George S. Farah Sr., who emigrated from Palestine to the United States in the mid-1950s, donated $2,500 toward Tlaib’s election, according to campaign filings. Farah died Feb. 1, 2009, according to Michigan… -
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What Putin Really Wants
Military aggression is no surprise coming from Russia—it’s what Russia’s been doing for generations. But Americans might be surprised to learn the motivations behind that aggression. What’s going through Putin’s mind when he invades Crimea and wages war in eastern Ukraine? Today, we address those questions and more with Nolan Peterson, who is The Daily… -
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Turkey’s Anti-Western Drift Ought to Be Repudiated
Turkey recently marked the three-year anniversary of the country’s failed July 15 coup attempt, which resulted in hundreds of deaths and almost succeeded in ousting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Since the coup’s failure, Erdogan has solidified his control over the country—most notably the military and the press—and has turned the anniversary of the coup… -
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Protests in Moscow Reveal a Disparity in Russian Democracy
Some surprising events transpired in Moscow last weekend. Violent protests—the largest in Russia in a decade—erupted, and more than 1,300 people were detained. Protesters demanded that dissident figures be allowed to run in the local city council elections set for Sept. 8. Authorities declared the protests illegal, but thousands of people showed up anyway, chanting… -
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Wall Street Journal Corrects ‘Bombshell’ Report on North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons
The Wall Street Journal quietly added a massive correction to a story that, if accurate, would have had significant implications for nuclear talks between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. On Thursday, the newspaper reported that analysts with the Defense Intelligence Agency believe that North Korea may have developed as many as 12… -
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Ukraine Takes Another Step Toward Freedom From Russia
KYIV, Ukraine—Ukrainians have taken another step in their long struggle to free themselves from the shadow of Vladimir Putin’s Russia, holding elections that were orderly, free, and fair. In a country in the midst of a shooting war with soldiers sent by the Kremlin, the exercise in democracy July 21 was a peaceful way to… -
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Countering China, Trump Seeks to Increase Domestic Production of Rare Earths
President Donald Trump recently invoked a provision of the Defense Production Act to ensure the timely delivery of rare earth materials to the nation’s industrial base. Having made the determination rare earths are “essential to national defense,” Trump authorized a wave of potential investment in the industry. Although rare earths are not actually “rare” in…