According to the findings of the Government Accountability Institute, after Joe Biden founded a program at another institution in his name, the school received over $6.7 million in anonymous donations from China, including backing from the Chinese government. According to recent reports, with the creation of the Penn-Biden Center, which housed classified information, the flow of covert Chinese funding into Penn virtually doubled. On March 13, 2017, less than seven weeks after he completed his second term as vice president, Joe Biden announced the founding of the Biden Institute at the University of Delaware (UD). Biden’s “vision for the institution,”…
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With Trump and Nikki Haley now the only two declared Republican contenders for president in 2024, a brand-new survey was done before Haley ever announced her candidacy. A new national survey examines the increasing pool of Republican presidential candidates for 2024, and former President Donald Trump is at the top of the list. According to a nationwide public opinion poll conducted by Reuters/Ipsos and released on Tuesday, Trump now has the support of 43% of registered Republicans, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis coming in at a distant second with support from 31% of Republicans. The survey, which was conducted between…
On Tuesday, Democratic Senator from California Dianne Feinstein said she will not seek reelection in 2024. In a tweet, she stated, “I am announcing today I will not seek for reelection in 2024, but aim to achieve as much for California as I can through the end of next year when my tenure ends.” We can still pass measures that enhance people’s lives even with a divided Congress,” Feinstein said. Feinstein is the oldest senator at 89 years old, and her colleagues have expressed concern about her mental health in recent years. Representatives Adam Schiff and Katie Porter, both Democrats,…
This week, Ford Motor Business received criticism for proceeding with plans to partner with a Chinese company to manufacture batteries in Michigan for the automaker’s electric vehicles. The announcement comes after The New York Times reported that under CEO Jim Farley’s watch, the faltering car business lost billions of dollars last year due in large part to questionable investments and poor vehicle quality, which has resulted in costly recalls. After Republican Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin pulled his state from a proposal to recruit Ford, the corporation went forward with its arrangement with Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., a Chinese firm. Youngkin,…
Former Vice President Pence will fight Special Counsel Jack Smith’s subpoena from the Justice Department. Former Vice President Mike Pence, according to reports from Fox News, plans to oppose a subpoena from the Justice Department demanding he testifies about former President Donald Trump’s efforts to affect the outcome of the 2020 election. A Pence ally told Fox News on Tuesday morning that the former vice president plans to challenge the subpoena issued last week by Special Counsel Jack Smith in connection with the Jan. 6 investigation into Trump, claiming that he should be exempt from the order because he was…
Three Russian fighter planes were spotted flying near NATO territory on Monday night, with their transponders turned off. There were two jet fighters among the aircraft. Two F-35s were already stationed in northern Europe, and they were ordered to go after the invaders. On Monday, three Russian planes were intercepted close to the Russian-Polish border. These planes included an Il-20M intelligence-gathering (‘spy’) jet and two SU-27 Flankers (the Russian equivalent of the American F-15 Eagle). According to the Polish news outlet Gazeta Wyborcza, the Russian planes crossed the Baltic in neutral airspace with their transponders switched off and entered Polish…
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) stated on Sunday that there is “a feeling of urgency” to investigate whether or not President Joe Biden’s family is compromised by their international business relationships in China, Russia, and Ukraine. According to what Comer told the Wall Street Journal, finding out if this administration has been tampered with is a top priority. Comer, who is investigating the Biden family for nine violations including tax evasion, money laundering, and wire fraud, has sent demand letters to Hunter and James Biden, requesting their financial records and communications with business associates in China to determine…
Many legislators are worried that the increasing number of wind farms in the ocean is killing whales. Off the southern coast of Virginia, miles from Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), one of two active wind farms in federal waters, a third dead whale has been found in less than a week. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed to Fox News Digital on Monday that a highly endangered North Atlantic right whale washed up near Chic’s Beach in Virginia Beach, Virginia over the weekend. Local media said that the whale showed no signs of entanglement and that an autopsy…
The train crash in East Palestine, Ohio, the most recent of numerous high-profile infrastructure disasters during Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s two-year term, prompted criticism from Republican legislators for his reaction. On February 3, a derailment occurred, starting a fire that would not be put out for several days. Officials opted to burn five rail cars of vinyl chloride, a toxin that may poison water sources, to reduce the possibility of an explosion, and the resulting enormous plumes of black smoke drifted over eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Buttigieg spoke on Monday at the National Association of Counties Conference on issues…
A Chinese spacecraft was likely the source of green lasers seen by scientists in Hawaii last month. The Subaru-Asahi Star Camera on Hawaii’s Big Island, Mauna Kea, recorded green laser lights in the hazy sky above Maunakea, according to a tweet sent by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) on January 30. CNET called the NASA satellite ICESAT-2/43613 “Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2” for its use of lasers in creating global elevation maps. Researchers at NASA simulated the orbits of spacecraft with similar instruments and identified the Chinese Daqi-1/AEMS satellite as the most likely candidate for the ACDL…
After Gigi Sohn’s candidacy expired at the end of the previous Congress, President Biden renewed it. This week, the Senate will hold confirmation hearings for President Biden’s nominee to fill the open seat on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She has the backing of a group that says police are “agents of white supremacy,” and she failed to receive enough votes from the previous Congress. The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee will hold a fresh hearing this week for Gigi Sohn, who was initially nominated in 2022 to be a commissioner on the FCC. Her candidacy stalled out in…
Viewers were outraged that Rihanna went against her morals and performed at the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday. Rihanna said she will not be participating at the halftime show in support of former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in 2018 after Kaepernick began his kneeling movement during the playing of the National Anthem in protest of police brutality. The singer turned down the opportunity to perform at the Super Bowl 2019 halftime show with Maroon 5, according to a source close to the artist who spoke to People at the time. The insider confirmed that the team had approached her,…
Green lasers were spotted over the Hawaiian Islands last month, and astronomers think a Chinese satellite was to blame. The Subaru-Asahi Star Camera on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, photographed green laser lights in the hazy sky over Maunakea, Hawai’i, on January 30, according to a tweet from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). CNET called the NASA satellite ICESAT-2/43613 “Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2” for its use of lasers in creating global elevation maps. The group, however, changed their mind later on. NASA released an updated statement on February 6, claiming its researchers “performed a simulation of the trajectory…
The United States Africa Command reports that on Sunday, in an unspecified location in Somalia, an airstrike killed 12 members of al-Shabaab. The bombardment was at the request of the administration of the nation that was hit. The strike took place in a remote area, around 472 kilometers northeast of Mogadishu, Somalia, therefore no civilians were injured. According to the statement, on February 10, 2023, U.S. Africa Command launched a collective self-defense attack at the request of the Federal Government of Somalia in support of Somali National Army battles against al-Shabaab. The use of force alone will not be sufficient…
Examine This piece of cutting-edge academic writing. The Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles will play in Super Bowl LI on Sunday. Fans from all over the country have signed a petition asking the team to change its “racist name.” The book says that racism against Native Americans is “carefully fostered in the background as an explosion of good old team spirit on the national stage.” “A whole country of people might stop being racist on a Sunday,” as his predecessor did before him. Simon Moya-Smith is a journalist and a member of the Oglala Lakota Nation. On Friday,…