Author: Sarah Westwood

A battle over the debt ceiling hinges increasingly on the prospect of strengthening work requirements for some government benefits, with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) calling it a necessity and many Democrats balking at even the most modest proposals. What Republicans have floated would not affect the vast majority of recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…

Democrats and commentators reacted dismissively to the conclusion this week of a long-awaited investigation into the origins of the Russian collusion inquiry, with some critics of special counsel John Durham citing a 2019 inquiry to claim the matter had already been settled. The Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz, did indeed examine FBI conduct in…

Democratic voters in Philadelphia will have a chance Tuesday to fire the next shot in the battle between left-wing and centrist liberals wrestling for control of their party’s approach to the key issue of crime. Philadelphia, which voted 81% for President Joe Biden in 2020, will almost certainly elect a Democratic mayor in the general…

Lawmakers at both the federal and state level are seeking to “blacklist” or otherwise crack down on Chinese ownership of U.S. farmland, including but not limited to land near U.S. military bases. The February shootdown of a Chinese spy balloon off the Atlantic coast after it traversed the continental United States, along with Chinese purchases…

The growing Chinese ownership of U.S. land has become an unlikely battlefront in the 2024 race between former President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), and the rest of the Republican field. While China is known to own just a fraction of American agricultural land — a little less than 1% of all foreign-held land,…

While much of the conversation about challenges posed by Chinese land ownership has focused on purchases near U.S. military bases, one issue has gone somewhat under the radar. A growing number of legislators and experts have also raised alarms about potential national security risks posed by Chinese leverage over U.S. agriculture. WHO OWNS AMERICA? SHORTCOMINGS…

With no clear opponent on the horizon, President Joe Biden launched his reelection campaign Tuesday eyeing a loosely connected set of ideas, and not any one person, as his rival. Biden’s three-minute launch video touched on the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, anti-abortion sentiment, Trump-aligned Republicans, and reforms to Social Security and Medicare. The president made…

A spy balloon floated over most of the continental United States. A Chinese government-linked corporation purchased a plot of land near a sensitive military base. The recent brushes with China have crystallized a challenge for lawmakers and defense experts that has long sat in the shadows — Beijing’s steadily increasing share of U.S. land poses…

Foreign ownership of land in the United States is growing, with lawmakers and national security experts particularly worried about China’s increased role, but the U.S. government’s ability to track the challenge is marred by serious blind spots. The February shootdown of a Chinese spy balloon off the East Coast after it traversed the continental U.S.,…

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save House Republicans are seriously weighing a push to claw back pandemic relief funding as they debate what spending cuts they’ll demand in exchange for their support in lifting the debt ceiling. Unobligated funds, money Congress…