Sanae Takaichi at a desk with a Japanese flag in the background.

When it comes to Japan, China finds it hard to think straight

China–Japan ties have been in deep freeze for more than a year now since Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi acknowledged (Opens in new window) in November 2025 that the use of force against Taiwan “could constitute a survival-threatening situation” for Japan, a form of words implying Japan would intervene militarily. China reacted quickly, launching a…

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President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia on Veterans’ Day, Wednesday, November 1, 2026. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

“We Render You the Highest Salute”: President Trump Honors America’s Veterans on Hallowed Ground at Arlington – The White House

On this Veterans Day, President Donald J. Trump stood among the fallen at Arlington National Cemetery and rendered our nation’s highest salute to the living who still carry the cost of freedom. In words that echoed across the quiet hills where generations of heroes rest, the Commander-in-Chief honored every Patriot who has worn the uniform…

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Read the letter the White House’s top lawyer sent Rep. Garcia over threats to investigate Trump

The White House’s top lawyer sent a letter of warning to incoming House Oversight Committee chair Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., on Wednesday, claiming that the Democrats’ promise to investigate the Trump administration “may cross the line into blatant criminality.” White House counsel William Scharf wrote Garcia a three-page letter to “remind” him of the constitutional…

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Xi’s solution to PLA’s intangible faults: more political indoctrination

Xi’s solution to PLA’s intangible faults: more political indoctrination

President Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party understand the professional shortcomings of the People’s Liberation Army, but they don’t have the right solution for them. They’re openly critical of corruption, poor leadership, stove-piped training and slow doctrine development but see these faults as the result of insufficient political education and loyalty to the party….

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