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Republican chairmen of two key House committees dedicated to confronting the Chinese Communist Party are urging the State Department to issue a separate travel advisory for Somaliland, arguing that distinguishing it from Somalia would recognize Somaliland’s stability and democracy, encourage U.S. investment, and strengthen Washington’s ability to counter Beijing’s growing influence in the Horn of Africa — with the lawmakers stressing, “Strengthening cooperation with Somaliland is a productive step in advancing America’s security and diplomatic objectives in the region.”

Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe, of the diocese of Makurdi in Nigeria, said in a Fox News interview published on Tuesday that his home village of Aondona was attacked by “terrorist jihadis” and over 20 of its residents were murdered after he testified at a U.S. congressional hearing on Christian persecution.

A panel of experts testified to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday that Chinese companies mining for “green” energy minerals throughout Africa – particularly in resource-rich countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), are creating a “catastrophic and unacceptable” situation for locals.

Republican lawmakers are demanding an investigation into Biden’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for allegedly illegally using U.S. taxpayer dollars to pay for at least 21 abortions in Mozambique through PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief).

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Tuesday that he plans to introduce legislation to combat the Garden State drone issue after the Biden administration has failed to do so.

A swarm of unidentified drones has been causing confusion and concern in New Jersey and New York, with local, state, and federal authorities struggling to determine the origin and purpose of these mysterious aerial devices. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) has urged federal official to authorize military action, calling the drones “a very serious threat” and revealing they have become more brazen — even swarming around a Coast Guard ship.

Republicans introduced a bill on Tuesday to prevent American support for, or taxpayers’ dollars from funding, the censorship of free speech abroad.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken did not offer a clear answer when asked if Biden would submit any WHO pandemic accord to the Senate.

House Republicans are raising concerns about alleged mistreatment of and the denial of necessary medical care for two jailed pro-life activists.

The CEO of Rumble told Congress he was pressured to disable services in Brazil through repressive demands from the nation’s left-wing courts.

Experts, including two former diplomats representing America at the United Nations, warned Congress in a hearing on Wednesday that China is amassing power within the U.N. structure to “blunt criticism, shut out and stigmatize Taiwan, plug its Belt and Road Initiative, and dilute norms that might be used to hold it accountable.”

Journalists, academics, and other experts told Congress during a hearing on Wednesday that evidence indicates China is killing thousands of people to sell their organs and building the “world’s largest DNA database” that can be used to find a living “perfect match” for an organ buyer, arrest them for dubious reasons, and kill them to sell their organs.

More than a dozen Brazilian lawmakers led by Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro and current member of the chamber of deputies, denounced the persecution that opponents of radical leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are being subjected to in a Tuesday Congress hearing.

Republican lawmakers called for an investigation into their deaths and are seeking a medical examiner who is willing to perform autopsies.

World Health Organization (W.H.O.) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared in a speech on Monday that anyone concerned about the erosion of sovereignty under the W.H.O.’s proposed pandemic treaty is “uninformed or lying” and such an agreement “actually affirms national sovereignty.”

The World Health Organization’s (W.H.O.) draft of a proposed global pandemic agreement or treaty could trap America into commitments to promote abortion, limit global free speech, and offer the U.N. agency exorbitant funding, experts convened by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) on Monday warned.

The theme of the 51st March for Life is designed to emphasize the important work of 2,700-plus pregnancy resource centers across America.

Nearly $2 billion in federal funding went to abortion advocacy groups between 2019 and 2021, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report requested by Republican lawmakers.

Nicaraguan Catholics persecuted by the communist regime recounted to Congress their experiences being repressed by dictator Daniel Ortega.

Rural communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are facing an “environmental catastrophe” as mining for cobalt and other minerals necessary for manufacturing batteries poisons their land and water with toxic chemicals, experts told Congress on Tuesday.

The U.N. enables antisemitism through “pro-Palestinian” agencies, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs heard during a Wednesday hearing.

The Danish company Ørsted announced this week that it is canceling the development of its two major offshore wind projects in New Jersey.

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s visit to China this month “will have long-term negative ramifications” for human rights activists oppressed by the Communist Party, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) warned in an exclusive comment on the trip to Breitbart News.

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China heard testimony that Chinese seafood exports to the U.S. are tainted by forced labor.

As eight pro-life activists sit in a Washington, DC, jail, Republicans have proposed repealing the Freedom of Access to Clinics (FACE) Act, which “prohibits threats of force, obstruction and property damage intended to interfere with reproductive health care services.”

Canadian MP Michael Chong testified before Congress Tuesday about his experience as the target of a Chinese political interference campaign.

The congressional Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), held a hearing on Wednesday to discuss the plight of Armenian Christians trapped by an Azerbaijani blockade in the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region. The commission heard testimony from experts who said Azerbaijan’s actions clearly constituted genocide, with complicity from Turkey and the Islamist forces it has dispatched into the region.

The United States should ‘encourage’ Germany to work towards an agreement on Second World War damages with Poland, Rep. Chris Smith has said.

The office of Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) announced on Thursday that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) would soon begin a requested investigation into a plan spearheaded by Democrat Governor Phil Murphy to build massive wind energy projects off the shores of New Jersey.

The Biden administration is allegedly using a Bush-era program that delivers AIDS relief to Africa, called PEPFAR, to promote its pro-abortion agenda abroad, Republican Congressman Chris Smith (NJ) told Breitbart News on Monday. 

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) announced on Monday that he will chair a Congressional hearing in the near future on negotiations at the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) to adopt a “pandemic accord,” an international legal document that could bind American public health efforts beholden to the United Nations, potentially eroding sovereignty.

The director of the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Liz Klein, did not answer directly during a hearing on Wednesday when asked if offshore wind turbines planned for installation in the Northeast could survive Category 2 or 3 hurricanes.

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), the chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission of China (CECC), sent a letter to communist dictator Xi Jinping on Monday formally requesting a visa to visit occupied East Turkistan.

A Department of Defense assessment of locations proposed to build offshore wind farms on the Atlantic coast found several areas to be “highly problematic” due to their proximity to U.S. military training sites, Bloomberg reported on Monday, publishing a Pentagon map of the areas in question.

North Carolina native Chris Smith, who played with a number of NFL teams over an eight-year career, has died at 31.

The House of Representatives passed a bill on Monday to sanction individuals involved in the forced organ harvesting trade, a practice reportedly dominated by communist China.