The planned visit by Cheng Li-wun appears designed to show Beijing’s influence and convey a benign message ahead of the summit with President Trump.
If Dems win the House in midterms (likely ), expect them to target moguls and major corporations for subpoenas, Axios CEO Jim VandeHei writes in his new newsletter for CEOs. - The target list includes monopolies, AI and social media. - C-suite only: Request beta peek at Jim's newsletter. The reality: Dems know the White House will blow off subpoenas, same as during President Trump's first term. The strategy: Businesses and billionaires have to answer subpoenas. So paint them as villains to undermine Trump. Look for the subpoena list to include: - Law firms that signed deals with President Trump. - Media giants that settled. - Donors to the White House ballroom. - Top execs who negotiated to give the government a stake in their…
Plus, a surge of Catholic converts in the United States.
A large share of science funding comes through philanthropy, with little legal or public scrutiny. This lack of oversight allowed Jeffrey Epstein to cultivate scientists and launder his reputation.
The president said the U.S. could "take the oil in Iran" and that he was considering sending U.S. forces to seize Kharg Island's oil terminal.
On this week's episode of "Batya!", while the war in Iran rages on, Batya Ungar-Sargon says it’s been America’s allies in the Middle East who have come to our aid rather than NATO allies in Europe. She talks to ret. Brigader General Mark Kimmitt for his take on the conflict. Plus, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who led the Russia investigation against President Trump, recently died, and Trump didn’t spare any kind words. Batya Ungar-Sargon says while the president didn’t “rise to the occasion,” his comments do reveal key qualities. And while Democrats are projected to “wipe out” Republicans in the upcoming midterm, could new polling showing a mass voter exodus from the Democratic Party could spell trouble for the left…
Nicole Daedone, the former leader of OneTaste, is set to be sentenced after being convicted of forced labor conspiracy last year. But she is still finding ways to spread her message from behind bars.
Inmates in Texas prisons want a federal court to force the state to provide air-conditioning for all its prison cells.
Eddie Murphy, Snoop Dogg and Bill Clinton (naturally) show up in his gossipy new memoir. He isn’t very sentimental.
A University of North Carolina program was intended to promote civil discourse and ideological diversity. Some of its early conservative supporters say it is doing the opposite.