In their latest rush to overturn the 2016 presidential election, Democrats inadvertently swept into their net both former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
The senior Biden, who is also the sometime frontrunner for the Democrat 2020 presidential nomination, is
A teen protester was shot and there were several live rounds fired during a series of Hong Kong Demonstrations on October 1, which marred National Day commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
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Legal Insurrection readers may recall that in 2017, after several American diplomats developed odd neurological problems that were theorized to be caused by sonic attacks, President Donald Trump ordered all non-essential personnel out of Cuba, then sent 15 Cuban diplomats packing.
Since our report on the Hong Kong protest last week, its council has officially withdrawn the extradition bill, which caused the demonstrations.
However, it seems to be too little too late.
The pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong continue against the wishes of those in charge. High school students began the school year in gas masks and joining hands to form human chains. College students held a strike, waved flags, and chanted protest slogans.
After a summer of demonstrating in the streets, outside municipal...
Violence escalated during the 12th consecutive weekend of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, as riot police fired tear gas and baton-charged protesters while demonstrators responded by throwing bricks and other objects.
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The trade negotiations between the U.S. and China took a hostile turn Friday, as President Donald Trump plans to raise tariffs on the nation in reaction to Chinese tactics to thwart American demands to reduce tariffs and control fentanyl shipments.
China has decided to implement tariffs on $75 billion worth of U.S. goods as the U.S. plans to impose tariffs on $300 billion worth of Chinese products.
These additional tariffs will cover almost all of the remaining U.S. products imported to China.
Professor Jacobson reported that President Donald Trump postponed a meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen after her refusal to discuss selling Greenland.
The tension between China and Hong Kong have not died down.
Now it may extend to other countries after China admitted it detained an employee from the British consulate in Hong Kong.
When I began covering the protests in Hong Kong, I noted that China had two options for dealing with the city-state’s citizens and their demands for freedom and justice: Cooperation or crackdown.
Clearly, the decision has been made.
Large numbers of Chinese paramilitary forces have been filmed assembling just 30km (18.6 miles) from...
The feud between Hong Kong and China continues to grow as over 40,000 pro-democracy protesters overran the Hong Kong Airport on Monday.
The protest took place in the main terminal, which led officials to cancel all the flights except those already en route to the airport.
The pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong continues for the 10th week, this weekend’s event featuring a peaceful sit-in at the city’s international airport.
Three months ago, China promised in the recent trade negotiations it would halt illegal shipments of the opioid fentanyl into this country.
While President Donal Trump was hopeful China would enforce the agreement, he has now accused his Chinese counterpart of failing to fulfill the promises.
The professor is now facing a prison sentence of over 200 years. Good.
Campus Reform reports:
UCLA prof guilty of conspiring to steal missile secrets for China, could face more than 200 years in prison
A jury found an electrical engineer and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) professor guilty of exporting stolen U.S....
The brave new world is here. There are cameras everywhere, and it’s not working out too well.
CBS 17 News reports:
Thousands of pictures of Duke University students captured for Chinese artificial intelligence research
Pictures of about 2,000 Duke University students are in a recently-deleted database whose users included Chinese military academies.
A Duke vice...
