Biden Planning Modest Relaxation of China Tariffs as Inflation Pressure Grows
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration has further hinted at the easing of tariffs on Chinese goods following a milestone meeting between top economic officers from the U.S. and China. Politico reported on July 5 that...
‘Red Flags’ and Background Checks: A Look at America’s Far-reaching New Gun Control Law
After a spate of highly publicized mass shootings, and with bipartisan Senate support, U.S. President Joe Biden on June 23 signed into law the most significant gun control legislation in nearly 30 years. Named the...
Canada Offers 1.5-Year Extension to International Graduates’ Work Permits
Immigration Canada said recently that the country is extending post-graduate work permits to international graduates whose permits expired or will expire within a recent period of time. Meanwhile, the Canadian government has passed a bill...
Xi Visits Hong Kong as Propaganda Touts Chinese Regime’s ‘Strong Leadership’ in Handling the City
Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited Hong Kong on Thursday, June 30 to mark the city’s 25th year since its handover from British rule on July 1, 1997. During the two-day trip, he met with more...
‘Facts of Our Founding’: A Look Back at the 1776 Commission Report
Commentary This July 4 marks the 246th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed as “self-evident” that people are granted by a divine Creator the rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. On...
Supreme Court Rules Clean Air Act Does Not Give the EPA Widespread Power to Regulate Emissions
On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Clean Air Act — the United States’ primary federal air quality law — does not afford the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) widespread power...
Leaders at G7 Summit Take Aim at China’s Belt & Road and Ongoing Russia-Ukraine War
This year’s G7 summit has seen European Union (EU) leaders from France, Germany and Italy join forces with usual allies Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States in a three-day event starting on...
Roe v. Wade Overturned After Half a Century of Imposing Abortion on All US States
More than 20 U.S. states have enacted or are planning restrictions on medically induced abortions following the Supreme Court's Friday, June 24 ruling that overturned nearly 50 years of controversial precedent treating the termination of...
Canada to Invest Billions in Military Spending to Counter Russia, China Threat in Arctic
Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand has said the federal government will invest $4.9 billion over the next six years — as part of a plan to spend over $40 billion in the next two decades...
