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TikTok suffered a major legal setback as a federal court rejected the company’s petition to overturn the law that requires TikTok either to find an American owner or face a ban in the United States as early as January 19, 2025. If the ban…

President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that he was granting 39 pardons and 1,499 commutations in what his administation called the “largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history.” But it’s not Thursday’s set of commutations that…

A Chinese student in Michigan, facing charges for ineligible voting, is still on the state voter rolls, The Federalist has learned. Haoxiang Gao, 19, is a legal resident, but he is a Chinese citizen and thus not eligible to vote. He…

A Beautiful China – Eighteen – Four Years Afar Xu Zhiyong, translated by Andréa Worden, December 4, 2024 Note From the Editor Born in 1973, Dr. Xu Zhiyong (许志永) is a legal scholar, pioneer of China’s rights defense movement, and a…

When President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter on Sunday — breaking pledges to refrain from doing so — he tried to play it off as protecting his family. But he was really trying to protect the crooked family business. “No reasonable…

President Joe Biden pardoned three turkeys over the Thanksgiving holiday: his would-be dinner, Peach and Blossom, the poultry; and his privileged son Hunter Biden, the paltry. Based on their temperament and commitment to being productive…

A Beautiful China – Eighteen – Court Statement: For Freedom, Justice, and Love Xu Zhiyong, translated by Elizabeth Lindley, November 25, 2024 Note From the Editor Born in 1973, Dr. Xu Zhiyong (许志永) is a legal scholar, pioneer of China’s…

“Complete national unification,” Chinese Premier Xi Jinping proclaimed at the 19th Party Congress in 2017, “is an inevitable requirement for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” The Chinese Communist Party is fond of…

President-Elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense has sparked predictable criticism, largely centered on claims of inexperience and unpreparedness — entirely from the experts who have been wrong about…

A Beautiful China – Seventeen – Ngaba Xu Zhiyong, translated by Elizabeth Lindley, November 17, 2024 Note From the Editor Born in 1973, Dr. Xu Zhiyong (许志永) is a legal scholar, pioneer of China’s rights defense movement, and a founder of…