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Report: U.S. Special Operators Secretly Trained Taiwanese Forces

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Thursday quoted unnamed “officials” who said a contingent of about two dozen U.S. special operations and support troops have been deployed to Taiwan for at least a year to train their Taiwanese counterparts. The report drew a terse response from China, which objects strenuously to any number of American soldiers being stationed in Taiwan.

A soldier from one of Taiwan's elite special operation units, salutes atop a military truc

GOP Senators Introduce Measure Targeting Child Trafficking on the Southern Border

GOP senators, including Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Mike Rounds (R-SD), have introduced the “End Child Trafficking Now Act,” which requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to deport illegal immigrant adults who “refuse a DNA test and mandates a maximum 10-year prison sentence for all alien adults who fabricate family ties or guardianship over a minor.”

US Senator Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee, speaks about sanctions against Turke