China’s Foreign Minister Tells Rubio That Taiwan Is the ‘Biggest Risk Factor’ in US-China Relations

IRS Probing $100 Billion In Potential COVID-19 Loan Fraud Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Roughly $100 billion in loans given for COVID-19 programs have been identified as suspected fraud by tax authorities. Earlier this year, the Small Business Administration (SBA) referred more than $200 billion in suspected COVID loan fraud to the IRS. The tax agency then compared the information that the borrowers submitted to the SBA when applying for the loans with the information they declared to the IRS. Analysis identified discrepancies associated with approximately $100 billion in loans, the...

Strongest El Nino In 75 Years Sets Off Food Supply-Chain Alarm Bells The US Climate Prediction Center has warned that the weather phenomenon El Niño, which only recently emerged across the Pacific, could become the most powerful in more than 75 years. This raises the risk of adverse weather conditions across the US, Asia, Australia, and South America. The stronger the weather event becomes, the greater the threat to critical food supply chains, which are already vulnerable to drought, flooding, export restrictions, and rising protectionism. The CPC, a NOAA/National Weather...

Trump Claims Firefighters Rescued Him From 9/11 Ground Zero: "Got To Get Out Of Here!" President Trump has already attracted immense controversy when starting last month it became clear he is planning to hold Sept. 11 observances at the Pentagon, which was also struck. He's not planning to attend the more traditional ceremony and venue in Manhattan for the 25th anniversary of 9/11 in part because he wants to deliver a speech, says the NY Times; however, the event organizers have long barred remarks, seeking to keep it non-political and...