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China controls over 70% of rare-earth mining and 90% of refining — and a bipartisan Senate bill now aims to directly challenge that grip. The Critical Mineral Executive Coordination Act would plant a…
Standing before a UN General Assembly where dozens of delegations walked out in protest, Benjamin Netanyahu defended the killing…
A US Senate bill introduced by Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville could invalidate thousands of pending green card petitions and…
The most powerful room in geopolitics on 25 September wasn't a negotiating table — it was a White House dinner table. Trump's…
Even as Trump and Xi met at the White House, two bipartisan US senators pushed legislation to enshrine a permanent ban on Chinese…
As Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Washington, a broad coalition of Tibetan, Uyghur, Hong Kong and democracy groups staged…
President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosted President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan for a State Dinner at…
President Trump hosted the President of China at a formal White House State Dinner on September 24, 2026, with both leaders…
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump formally greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan at a…
