Author: Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner

Dr. Anthony Fauci remains in the spotlight months after leaving his post as President Joe Biden‘s top medical adviser, as Republicans investigate COVID-19’s origins and Fauci himself, and as the scientist pushes back. Fauci has become a lightning rod as the public face of the Trump and Biden administration’s responses to the pandemic and due…

The heads of the top U.S. intelligence agencies united this week in warning about the national security threat posed by China-owned TikTok, pointing to the Chinese government’s influence over the app’s algorithm and access to data and software. The warnings came during back-to-back Senate and House Intelligence Committee hearings this week in which FBI Director…

The top spy chief pointed to “clear” comments President Joe Biden has made about defending Taiwan militarily in a Chinese invasion despite the White House insisting the U.S. posture of “strategic ambiguity” has not changed. Biden has repeatedly vowed that the United States would respond militarily to defend Taiwan if China attacked the democratic island…

The head of the U.S. intelligence community committed to sharing with Congress the Energy Department’s classified assessment concluding that COVID-19 most likely originated through a Wuhan lab leak. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines was the first U.S. official to publicly confirm the new assessment leaning in favor of the Chinese lab leak hypothesis during…

The U.S. spy community warned about the Chinese government’s “willingness to meddle” in U.S. elections in a new intelligence assessment laying out “malign” foreign influence operations by China and the broader threats posed by Beijing. The annual threat assessment released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence this week placed China at the…

The head of the U.S. intelligence community warned the growing partnership between the governments of China and Russia is “continuing to deepen” in “every sector” amid “real concern” about Beijing assisting Moscow’s war efforts in Ukraine. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines made the comments about the “DragonBear” alliance on Wednesday during a Senate Intelligence…

A top House Republican investigator is demanding that a Treasury Department official appear for a transcribed interview related to the department’s refusal to hand over suspicious activity reports on Hunter Biden. Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, had set a hearing for this Friday for Treasury Department Assistant Secretary…

The United States left behind more than $7 billion in military equipment in August 2021 amid a chaotic and disastrous U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, with the weapons and specialized technologies likely now in the hands of the Taliban. John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, detailed the revelations related to U.S. military…

EXCLUSIVE — A grassroots advocacy group is calling on Virginia’s governor to investigate revelations that the top public high school in the United States received hundreds of thousands of dollars from groups tied to China’s military and government. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST), part of Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia,…

The Wuhan lab leak hypothesis will be front and center during a new House hearing on the coronavirus, with its witnesses featuring prominent voices who have argued COVID-19 likely originated in a Chinese lab. The Republican-led Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic will be hosting a hearing on “Investigating the Origins of COVID-19” on Wednesday,…