Two prominent Republican senators have split with President Trump over his decision to sever government security for former officials who are in Iran’s crosshairs. Last week, Trump, 78, cut off funding for security for former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,
The CIA now asserts with low confidence that COVID-19 likely originated from a laboratory. The report, declassified under John Ratcliffe, points to China as the source despite deficient evidence. The ongoing debate on the virus's origin has domestic and global implications,
The movement to eliminate the free trade perks China enjoys in the U.S. is gaining steam under Republican control of government.
He cited Republicans' success pushing through another of Trump's more controversial nominees as reason to be bullish.
Republican senators have introduced a bill that would ban Chinese citizens from purchasing any land in the United States. Arkansas' Tom Cotton, Alabama's Katie Britt, and North Dakota's Kevin Cramer introduced the Not One More Inch or Acre Act on Wednesday.
The Central Intelligence Agency said Saturday that it’s more likely a lab leak caused the Covid-19 pandemic than an infected animal that spread the virus to people, changing the agency’s yearslong stance that it couldn’t conclude with certainty where the pandemic started.
US Senator Tom Cotton has criticised China’s Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status, highlighting its detrimental impact on both the US economy and national security. In a post shared on X, Senator Cotton stated,
The bill would “suspend normal trade relations” with China and increase tariffs on all Chinese exports to the United States to at least 35 percent.
GOP Senators are taking a hard line against TikTok and defying President Trump who wants to delay the app from getting banned with Sens. Tom Cotton and Lindsey Graham leading the charge
Senators Tom Cotton and Pete Ricketts said "there's no legal basis" for an extension to keep the social media platform online.
Sen. Tom Cotton urges action on TikTok, citing national security risks and its harmful impact on American youth.
The virus that started the COVID-19 pandemic most likely originated from a lab in China, the CIA said in a new assessment, though it has no conclusive evidence.