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The White House on March 4 sidestepped questions about if President Joe Biden was doing anything to curb rising gas prices, as those in the industry warn that motorists might face $3 per gallon in a matter of weeks. A reporter at the daily briefing asked White House press secretary Jen Psaki if Biden was planning […]

Beijing is pushing ahead with a proposal to overhaul Hong Kong’s electoral system and allow only “patriots” to govern the city, officials announced on March 4. Zhang Yesui, a spokesperson for the National People’s Congress, said the plan will be the seventh item on the agenda when China’s rubber-stamp legislature convenes on March 5. Events in

Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger has proposed a way to decentralize social media that could defang censorship and improve privacy. Sanger, who parted ways with Wikipedia almost two decades ago over the project’s direction, is now working on developing technical standards that could strip power over social media from giant companies and give users more control

The Senate on March 4 passed a bill that aims to rid U.S. college and university campuses of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence through Beijing-funded Confucius Institutes. The legislation, which passed by unanimous consent, would force universities that host Confucius Institutes to take full control of the centers, including what it teaches and who it

WASHINGTON—Attitudes among Americans toward China have soured significantly in the past three years, with 70 percent of those surveyed saying Washington should stand up to the communist regime in Beijing over its human rights record, even if it damages economic ties. Nearly nine in 10 respondents to a Pew Research Center survey of more than

WASHINGTON—Democrats are racing to pass President Joe Biden’s economic relief bill by mid-March, amid doubts about the price tag of the package. Buried in the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill is an expansion of Obamacare insurance subsidies, which could provide thousands of dollars to wealthy families who have been least hit by the pandemic, according to critics. Democrats

DETROIT—General Motors says it’s looking for a site to build a second U.S. battery factory with joint venture partner LG Chem of Korea. The companies hope to have a decision on a site in the first half of the year, spokesman Dan Flores said Thursday. Flores would not say where the company is looking but

Tiger Woods told responding deputies to his single-vehicle crash last week that he did not know how the accident happened and didn’t remember driving, USA Today reported Thursday. USA Today cited a copy of the search warrant affidavit that was used by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to obtain the black box in the

Dear Mary: My wife has always insisted on balancing our joint checkbook, and recently, I found out why. The bank statement came yesterday while I was home, so I decided to open it. I was shocked to see a check to her brother for $350. I went through a couple of prior statements and found

Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) requested House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to hold an investigation in response to more than 30 National Guard members getting sick allegedly from the food they were given during their deployment in Washington last month. According to ABC News, Smith wrote to Pelosi in a letter that National Guard members from various