Trump Set to Meet With China’s Xi Jinping: Here’s What is at Stake

President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping are expected to publicly emphasize stability during Thursday’s high-stakes summit after the two superpowers have been locked in an escalating economic struggle over trade, access to China’s rare earth minerals and AI. Trump is also suggesting he’ll lean on Xi to force Tehran to reopen the Strait of … Read more

US government studies into vaccine safety are being suppressed | Robert B Shpiner

The Food and Drug Administration commissioned the research, received the answer, and is not releasing it Last week, the New York Times and Washington Post reported yet another troubling case of data suppression at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Studies of millions of vaccine recipients were completed by career scientists, peer-reviewed, and accepted by … Read more

Fragile relationship with House GOP has Senate Republicans warning ‘something needs to change’

Senate Republicans are taking stock of their relationship with the House GOP as they gear up for another key test of their unity across chambers.  Dysfunction, miscommunications and wasted time have dotted the last few months of Republicans’ control of Congress, particularly during the longest government shutdown on record.  Republicans in the upper chamber aren’t … Read more