Chinese Influence Group Shuts Down After Report on Cindy Yang’s Ties
Mother Jones illustration/Facebook Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Florida chapter of the Council for the Promotion of the Peaceful Reunification of China (CPPRC), part of a network of groups linked to China’s Community Party and seen as vehicles for projecting Chinese influence in the West, abruptly dissolved last week…
Federal Authorities Raided Trump Fundraiser’s Office in Money Laundering Probe
Stefanie Keenan/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica. Federal authorities raided the office of Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy last summer, seeking records related to his dealings with foreign officials and Trump administration associates, according to a sealed search warrant obtained by ProPublica. Agents were…
Dems Ask FBI to Investigate Massage Parlor Owner Who Was Selling Access to Trump
Yang, right, attends the 2016 Republican National Convention. Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Top Democrats on four congressional committees have asked the FBI investigate the activities of Cindy Yang, the massage parlor owner who offered to sell Chinese business executives access to President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. In a letter…
Fox News Pulled Jeanine Pirro’s Show After Her Islamophobic Comments. Trump Wants It Back On.
Jeanine Pirro in the Trump Tower lobby in 2017.Albin Lohr-Jones/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Fans of Jeanine Pirro’s Fox News show, Justice with Judge Jeanine, would have been disappointed on Saturday night after the network did not air the series during its regular time slot. Included among them was…
“It’s Like a Virus”: Fighting the Hate that Fueled the New Zealand Massacre Requires a Global Response
Mourners pay their respects at a makeshift memorial near the Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, Saturday, March 16, 2019.Vincent Yu/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The massacre that left at least 49 people dead and scores of others wounded in New Zealand this week highlights the white…
Head of Asian GOP Group Says He “Wouldn’t Rule Out” Illegal Foreign Donations to Trump
Donald Trump speaks at a fundraiser at Cipriani in New York, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017.Susan Walsh/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The head of a national organization of Asian American Republicans said he can’t “rule out” the possibility that Chinese citizens illegally used American straw donors to funnel cash…