Tag: China

U.S. Customs and Border Protection supervisor Erik Gordon, left, helps passenger Ronan Pabhye navigate one of the new facial recognition kiosks at a United Airlines gate before boarding a flight to Tokyo on July 12, 2017, at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, in Houston. The Trump administration intends to require that American citizens boarding international flights submit to face scans, something Congress has not explicitly approved and privacy advocates consider an ill-advised step toward a surveillance state. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Is it time to crack down on facial recognition?

Steven Nelson · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

The idea that the U.S. is less than fully prepared to respond is frequently mentioned by lawmakers.

Washington struggles to keep with up a host of foreign cyber threats

Charlie Mitchell · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

In this 2014 photo, Bitcoin logos are displayed at the Inside Bitcoins conference and trade show in New York. Because of how cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are mined, they have unique digital identities. And that design is something law enforcement and regulators can exploit to identify people using cryptocurrencies to hide illegal activity. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Tracking bitcoin criminals is tough, but not impossible

James Langford · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

There can be no disagreement over Kelly's decency. Planned Parenthood should probably find another target for its shameless race-baiting. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Why the Secret Service fought to protect John Kelly and Trump’s nuclear football in Beijing

Tom Rogan · February 19, 2018 10:40 pm

Jared Kushner has cooperated with Robert Mueller and Senate and House Intelligence Committees, providing documents and oral testimony. (AP)

Robert Mueller probing Jared Kushner’s dealings with Chinese, Qatari investors during transition: Report

Naomi Lim · February 19, 2018 10:30 pm

German drug and chemicals company Bayer AG has made a $66 billion offer to buy U.S.-based crops and seeds specialist Monsanto Company. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Beltway Confidential

Is China behind this campaign against the Monsanto merger?

Kevin Mooney · February 19, 2018 6:01 pm

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly attends a meeting with state and local officials about infrastructure in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

John Kelly involved in November scuffle with Chinese officials after nuclear football blocked from following Trump: Report

Kyle Feldscher · February 18, 2018 11:38 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., was one of several Democrats who opposed the the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, saying the bill was "dangerous and cruel." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats have moved far to the nation’s left on abortion

Ken Blackwell · February 17, 2018 5:01 am

In this 2014 photo, an Iranian oil worker rides his bicycle at the Tehran oil refinery, south of the capital Tehran, Iran. A report from the the Islamic Republic News Agency mentions that President Hassan Rouhani's administration "only managed to earn $19.44 billion from taxes and $13.06 billion by exporting oil and its byproducts, showing deficits of $7.34 billion and $5.3 billion, respectively." (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Energy and Environment

Iran’s oil revenue plummets as US oil exports grow

John Siciliano · February 17, 2018 1:05 am

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson denounced Chinese and Russian involvement in South America on the cusp of a recent trip to the region. He said that warning was in the tradition of the Monroe Doctrine, a foreign policy principle articulated in 1823 in which President James Monroe announced that the United States would not allow European powers to colonize the Western Hemisphere. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Russia mocks Monroe Doctrine, plans military sales to Latin America

Joel Gehrke · February 16, 2018 10:13 pm

Roughly 65 percent of all solar modules are made in China, and seven of the top 10 module manufacturers are Chinese. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg)

US imports of Chinese solar panels skyrocketed late last year as companies sought to avoid Trump tariffs

Josh Siegel · February 16, 2018 9:36 pm

In this 2015 photo, cut panels of steel used to make blades to build fans for industrial ventilation systems are stored on the production floor at the Robinson Fans Inc. plant in Harmony, Pa. On Friday, the Steel Manufacturers Association praised a report from the Trump administration that called for tariffs on steel imports. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Steel industry praises proposed tariffs on imports

Sean Higgins · February 16, 2018 8:44 pm