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The Chinese Foreign Ministry berated the administration of President Donald Trump, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in particular, on Friday for addressing the threat of Chinese regime influence during a tour to Central America and the Caribbean this week. Rubio made his first international travel after being sworn into the top diplomat position a visit to Panama, followed by stops in El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic. The growing influence of the Chinese Communist Party in these countries was a prominent topic of discussion, particularly in Panama, where Chinese influence over the Panama Canal has become...

Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) melted down during her line of questioning at the confirmation hearing for Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Director of the FBI, as Patel blasted “false accusations and grotesque mischaracterizations.” An icy Klobuchar began her line of questioning by offering numerous incomplete quotes, asking Patel time and time again if he made those statements. Patel repeatedly told her he did not have the information in front of him and sometimes pointed out that she was offering what seemed to be partial or incomplete statements. At one point during the line of questioning, Klobuchar expressed...

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BEIJING (AFP) - Beijing is experiencing its warmest February on record, leading to a skating ban on the Chinese capital's normally frozen lakes and an early blossoming of trees, state press has reported. Temperatures are rising to levels not seen for at least 167 years, with the mercury hitting 16 degrees Celsius (60 degrees Fahrenheit) on Monday, the Beijing Daily Messenger newspaper cited the local observatory as saying. "This is the highest level since meteorological records started being taken in 1840," Guo Hu, the head of Beijing Municipal Observatory, told the paper. At the weekend, which marked the official start...