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Exclusive — National Security Experts: Accountability Cannot End with Fauci, China Must Answer for COVID

National security experts are calling for the Chinese Communist Party to face accountability over the coronavirus pandemic following a Senate committee’s vote to hold former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress, arguing scrutiny of Fauci should not end the effort to determine responsibility for COVID-19.

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, China's President

Mexico Replaces China as Top U.S. Trading Partner

Senior economist Luis Torres of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas noted on Tuesday that Mexico has replaced China as the top U.S. trading partner, racking up $263 billion in trade during the first four months of 2023. China had been the top American trading partner since 2014, when it displaced Canada.

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - JANUARY 09: U.S. President Joe Biden and President of Mexico Andres

Pete Buttigieg’s List of Lowlights Grows with East Palestine

Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has drawn intense criticism for his delayed response to the catastrophic train derailment and subsequent controlled burn of chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, last month, marking the latest in a number of lowlights during his time in the Biden administration.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks during a news conference Thursday, Feb. 23,

China Gloats F-35 Waiver Exposes U.S. ‘Dependence on Chinese Rare-Earth Products’

China’s state-run Global Times on Sunday gloated that a waiver from the U.S. government to take delivery on F-35 fighter jets exposed America’s “dependence on Chinese rare-earth products” and demonstrated that China can bring the U.S. military to heel whenever it wishes by choosing to “limit the export of such strategic resources to safeguard its national security.”

A United States Air Force F-35B Lightning II fighter jet performs an aerial display during the Sing