China has suspended some trade with Taiwan in apparent retribution for a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the self-governing island. The curbs include the suspension of some fruits and fish imports from Taiwan and exports of natural sand to the island. China is Taiwan’s largest trading partner, with bilateral trade worth $273 billion last year, accounting for […]
Beijing says US House speaker disregarded its concerns and resolute opposition to her ‘provocative’ visit to self-ruled island. China has announced unspecified sanctions on Nancy Pelosi and her immediate family following the visit by the speaker of the United States House of Representatives to the self-ruled island of Taiwan earlier this week. A Chinese foreign ministry statement on Friday said Pelosi had […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi concluded on Wednesday a whirlwind visit to Taiwan that was warmly welcomed by the Taiwanese government and seen by Beijing as a “major political provocation” and a challenge to China’s sovereignty. China said punishment for the United States and Taiwan would follow. Here’s what Beijing has done so far. Read more at voanews.com Support […]
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s potential plan to visit Taiwan during her trip to Asia in August has prompted a belligerent response from China, with the spokesman for the Foreign Ministry warning that Beijing would “act strongly to resolutely respond” and “take countermeasures” if Pelosi traveled to the island. In a news conference on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian […]
President Joe Biden revealed a $6 trillion national budget proposal for the 2022 fiscal year on Friday. The budget released by the White House combines three major spending proposals already announced by Biden: the $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan, the $1.8 trillion American Families Plan and $1.5 trillion in discretionary spending for fiscal 2022. The budget will be focused on […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to bring a new article to the House floor as early as Monday, charging President Trump with “incitement of insurrection” for his role in encouraging a mob that went on to ransack the Capitol on Wednesday. Several Republican leaders are also now jumping the Trump ship to join with Democrats on the article of […]
In a Fox News Sunday interview, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shared sentiments with Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska that Trump’s actions were an “unconstitutional slop.” She said the “When you look at those executive orders, either the kindest thing I could say is he doesn’t know what he’s talking about or something is wrong there, something is very, very […]
The Democrats rush to a second round of call to have President Trump removed from office may play right into his 2020 reelection game plan. First, the Democrats were not able to gain any traction from the electorate for the impeachment of the President after nearly a two-year investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller. The background to that investigation was […]
Although there is no love lost between President Trump and Speaker of the House of Representative Nancy Pelosi, Trump is out swinging in her defense against a fresh group of minted congresswomen led by Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. Trump said in a report, “Well, I think Cortez, who kept Amazon out of New York, and they don’t like her for that–thousands […]
“Well, I don’t- I don’t take anything off the table. I don’t like to take things off the table. It’s that alternative. It’s national emergency, it’s other things and you know there have been plenty national emergencies called,” said President Trump in a wide-ranging interview on CBS Face the Nation program. The President noted that the country was being invaded […]
