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Breitbart News hosted a policy discussion on Monday titled “Harnessing American Power” with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA), where McCormick said America’s competition with China requires coordinated work across government, energy, artificial intelligence, capital markets, and labor. Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle asked McCormick about the Pennsylvania event he hosted last year, which drew more than $90 billion in commitments, and what those investments mean for the Commonwealth going forward. McCormick said the Pennsylvania event brought together President Donald Trump, most of his Cabinet, Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA), Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), energy executives, AI and…

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) argued that the best course for the U.S. in Iran is “end the blockade and declare an end to the war right now and hope that some other nations” “will be able to use effective diplomacy to get the strait reopened.” Murphy said, “I think the best prospect is for the president to end the blockade and declare an end to the war right now and hope that some other nations that are smarter and better than the current leadership of the United States will be able to use…

Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA) said Monday at Breitbart News’s “Harnessing American Power” policy discussion that President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping will focus in part on American energy exports and artificial intelligence as the United States deals with China as its “primary adversary” and “primary threat.” Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle noted that Trump is expected to travel to China later in the week to meet with Xi Jinping, and asked McCormick what he hopes to see from the president on the energy and AI fronts. WATCH — Dave McCormick: China Is an “Existential Battle” Requires…

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz said that the unionization of personal care workers in New York “means, now, we’re paying union dues, and that goes back to support the political patronage, that, unfortunately, in the case of New York, is being supported by one party.” Oz said, [relevant remarks begin around 2:25] “[W]ith Medicare and Medicaid, there is a handshake agreement we have, especially when we start offering services that are designed to protect you, because your family is not doing them for you. I’ll give you one concrete example:…

A clear majority of Britons think it is time for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to step down in the wake of his disastrous election results, and while he vows to stay on events in Westminster appear on the verge of forcing his hand. UPDATE 1955 — Three PPS resignations There has been a steady drumbeat of Labour MPs officially calling on Starmer to resign, and especially after his poorly received reset speech this morning. From a couple of dozen at daybreak we’re now at 69 plotters, edging clearly towards the threshold of 81 members to trigger a leadership challenge.…

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz discussed fraud and said that “We’ve got the Chinese government involved in a big fraud ring in New York” in addition to suspected fraud that the Russian and Cuban governments are involved in. Guest host Kayleigh McEnany asked, [relevant exchange begins around 2:25] “[L]ast time, when I spoke with you, you talked about the Cuban government possibly being involved in some Florida fraud, but it’s bigger than that. There are many foreign [governments] that are getting taxpayer dollars and taking advantage of taxpayers, tell me…

Five U.S.-sanctioned Chinese gold mining companies control as much as six percent of Nicaragua’s entire territory thanks to highly favorable gold mining deals signed by the Central American country’s communist regime, the Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa revealed on Monday. The Nicaraguan communist regime led by dictatorial husband-and-wife “co-presidential” couple Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo has signed decades-long gold mining lease contracts with at least 15 Chinese mining companies that have effectively handed over control of the nation’s gold resources to China. Those deals have also resulted in Chinese companies reportedly controlling as much as over 1.013 hectares of Nicaraguan land, or…

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) responded to the prospect of suspending the federal gas tax by saying that “I’m not willing to help the president spend billions of dollars of my taxpayers’ money every single day on a war that is empowering Iran and bringing the entire world’s economy to a standstill.” And “I’m not terribly interested in efforts to try to manage the war and help the president continue the war.” He also argued that “we need to keep the pressure on this president to do what the American people want him to…

The next Los Angeles mayoral debate has been canceled after Nithya Raman and Karen Bass pulled out, along with Spencer Pratt. The event had been scheduled for Wednesday, but debate organizers announced on Monday that the event will be canceled due to the absence of all three major candidates, per the New York Post. Reality star Spencer Pratt first pulled out due to a scheduling conflict before Bass announced that she would be traveling to Sacramento to seek funds for combatting the homeless crisis and for the wildfire rebuilding efforts. On Monday, Raman’s campaign revealed she would also not be…

Two Israeli soldiers were sentenced to several weeks in military prison for desecrating a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said.Last week, a photo surfaced showing a service member hugging the statue in the predominantly Christian village of Debel, near the Israeli border, and placing a cigarette in the statue’s mouth. The image sparked outrage on social media and prompted an official investigation.On Monday, IDF spokeswoman Ariella Mazor said the soldier posing with the statue and the soldier filming him were sentenced to 21 and 14 days behind bars, respectively.“The IDF views…