• China takes grievances over Biden EV policy to the WTO

    China has filed a complaint against the Biden administration's EV incentive policy with the World Trade Organization (WTO), Bloomberg reports. New rules for the federal EV tax credit enacted in 2022 as part of the Inflation Reduction Act are "discriminatory" and "seriously distorted" the global EV supply chain, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce

  • China tells U.S. to not take sides on South China Sea issue

    China said the United States must refrain from "stirring up trouble" or taking sides on the South China Sea issue, after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a security deal with the Manila extended to attacks on the Philippine coast guard. Blinken called the U.S. security commitment with the

  • Don't Try to Play a Player: Biden Campaign Tries Out Trump Nickname Tactic With 'Broke Don'

    In any contest, from battle to political campaigns, there is one hard and fast rule: Never attempt to fight the enemy on the ground of his choosing. The Biden reelection campaign is obviously ignoring this admonition, as on Saturday they appeared to play Trump's nickname game by dubbing the former president "Broke Don."

  • How to Take Advantage of moves in (AEP)

    Longer Term Trading Plans for AEP. Buy AEP slightly over 76.93 target 82.56

  • Biden is not suited for an approaching war against China

    China is preparing for invasion and occupation of Taiwan to kick-start its expansionist campaigns, and President Joe Biden is not prepared. Adm. John Aquilino, U.S. Navy commander and head of the Indo-Pacific forces, told the House Armed Services Committee that America is steadily less prepared for a war with China that now appears to be […]

  • Biden Privately Assured Netanyahu He's Not Trying To Push Him Out

    Biden Privately Assured Netanyahu He's Not Trying To Push Him Out Update(1615ET): Axios has shed more light on details of Monday's Biden-Netanyahu phone call. Netanyahu has been fuming over what Likud officials have described as a Washington effort to push him out of power, at a moment significant protests led by hostage victims' families are growing larger by the week. Axios now writes, "President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their call on Monday...

  • Guess What It Takes to Become a Cop in Nashville Now

    New York Mayor Ed Koch had a commonsense approach to hiring first responders, and it made a lifelong impression on me when I first heard it maybe 40 years ago. "I don’t care what sex a firefighter is," Mayor Koch said all those years ago, "as long as they can carry a 200 pound Mayor out of a burning building."

  • Biden admin takes a swipe at credit card competition

    The Biden administration regulators see a monopoly boogeyman behind the curtain of nearly every business merger and acquisition -- from airlines to cellphones to chicken producers.

  • A common myth: Those on the street came here to take advantage of our weather

    Anne Miskey, CEO of Union Station Homeless Services in Pasadena, writes about the common misconception that unhoused people "are not from here," and the related mindset they should go back to "where they came from."

  • China fumes after ambassador outlines US advantages in competition

    U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns has drawn the ire of his Chinese Communist hosts, who issued a high-profile rebuke after the envoy outlined American advantages in the strategic competition. “We noted that Ambassador Burns has recently made negative comments on China on multiple occasions,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a state media outlet during […]

  • China to challenge Biden’s electric vehicle plans at the WTO

    BEIJING — China filed a World Trade Organization complaint against the United States on Tuesday over what it says are discriminatory requirements for electric vehicle subsidies. The Chinese Commerce Ministry did not say what prompted the move. But under a new U.S. rule that took effect Jan. 1, electric car buyers are not eligible for tax credits of $3,750 to $7,500 if critical minerals or other battery components were made by Chinese, Russian, North Korean or Iranian companies. The credits are...

  • More Americans trust Trump on trade than Biden, but split on China: Survey

    More Americans trust former President Trump’s approach to trade than President Biden's but are split on their approach to tariffs on China, according to a new survey. The YouGov poll, released Friday, found 42 percent of Americans somewhat approve of Trump's approach to foreign trade, 11 percent higher than Biden’s 31 percent. At the same