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Arkansas

China Forced to Give Up Land Owned in US

Arkansas has become the first state to order that a Chinese company give up ownership of local land, amid fears of attempts by Beijing to malignly infiltrate and influence the U.S. through various means. On Tuesday, Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that she was ordering Syngenta to relinquish its 160 acres of land holdings in […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas forces Chinese-owned seed producer with ties back to ChemChina to sell 160 acres of US farmland

Syngenta must sell 160 acres of farmland owned in Craighead County The company faces a $280,000 fine for failing to disclose foreign ownership promptly The order comes as part of state law which forbids certain countries from holding land  Arkansas has ordered a Chinese-owned seed producer to sell off land it holds in the state […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas senator seeks answers from governor’s office as outcry over unwanted crypto mines grows

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Small towns across Arkansas are becoming the unwilling hosts of cryptocurrency mining facilities, hooking up to their power grids and evoking increasing outcry among locals. An Arkansas lawmaker is seeking answers to questions many concerned Arkansans have about cryptomines setting up shop near them. Ever since a Chinese government-affiliated company attempted […]

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Alaska

To Build Ships That Break Ice, U.S. Must Relearn to Cut Steel | #alaska | #politics

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Mayor

Forget London Mayor Khan’s Ulez Row and Get On Your Bikes, Says Brompton Boss

Will Butler-Adams doesn’t have much patience for cars, or public transport for that matter. Especially on a warm day. “What on earth are you doing?” he says. “Scuttling under the ground, getting shoved into a metal tube, being belched on. Get on a bike and whiz across town and discover your city.” Unsurprisingly, the Brompton […]

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Alaska

Drilling for Oil in Alaska, as World Scrambles for Arctic Riches | #alaska | #politics

There’s an ocean of oil and gas frozen in place beneath the Arctic. The cascading impact of climate change would argue for leaving it there. Yet the melting of the High North’s icy barriers also feeds the ambitions of nations near and far to exploit it. Countless headlines herald a new scramble for the Arctic’s […]

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Mayor

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Blanks on Uyghurs in Embarrassing Interview Gaffe

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez may have wanted to brush up on his foreign policy skills before jumping into the GOP presidential primary. In an awkward exchange during a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt on Tuesday, the new candidate was stumped when questioned about his campaign’s stance on China’s alleged human rights violations against the Uyghurs. […]

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Alabama

Key lawmakers flex new positions to bolster shipbuilding industry | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

GULF COAST — On an overcast day in April, Ingalls Shipbuilding President Kari Wilkinson hopped off a large gray van to show off the Pascagoula, Mississippi, shipyard. Wilkinson oversees the largest shipbuilder on the Gulf Coast, and during this tour hosted a special set of guests: Senate staffers. The 800-acre yard employs 1,500 workers and […]

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Alabama

Mo Brooks should stop ripping old wounds open | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

“Suffering people … ransack the entrails of their past and present, looking for dark and dubious stories, in which they are free to feast on an agonizing suspicion and to get intoxicated on their own poisonous anger. They rip open the oldest wounds, they bleed themselves to death from long-healed scars.”  —Friedrich Nietzsche, On the […]

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