Alan Judd

3 days ago | san.com | Alan Judd |Cassandra J. Buchman |Evan Hummel |Emma Stoltzfus

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill that would have banned the Chinese government from owning a stake of 30% or more of any property in the state. Hobbs, a Democrat, disagreed with Republican lawmakers over whether the measure would prevent Chinese espionage. The “legislation is ineffective at counterespionage and does not directly protect our military assets,” Hobbs wrote in a veto message on Monday, June 2.

5 days ago | san.com | Alex Delia |Alan Judd |Matt Bishop

As President Donald Trump continues his attacks on Harvard University, the school’s purported ties to the Chinese government are coming under increased scrutiny. So many mid-level and senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials have studied at Harvard that some of them reportedly refer to it as their “party school” – as in the school of the Chinese Communist Party.

1 week ago | san.com | Ally Heath |Alan Judd |Cole Lauterbach |Karah Rucker

The Trump administration’s recent report on children’s health issues cites a study linking screen time to sleep problems. It quotes research tying pharmaceutical advertising to increased ADHD prescriptions for children. It refers to a finding that the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to mental illness and substance abuse among children and adolescents. However, these studies — and others cited in the “Make America Healthy Again” report — don’t actually exist.

1 week ago | san.com | Alex Delia |Alan Judd |Matt Bishop

President Donald Trump alleges that Harvard University’s faculty is populated by Democrats, “Radical Left Idiots and ‘bird brains.’” He also calls federal funding for the school’s faculty and students “a ridiculous expenditure of BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.” But as Trump wages war on one of the nation’s most elite universities, a Straight Arrow News review of government spending data shows that almost all of Harvard’s federal grants and contracts cover biomedical and other scientific research into...

1 week ago | san.com | Alan Judd |Matt Bishop

His family business closed deals for high-rises in Dubai and Saudi Arabia and golf resorts in Qatar and Vietnam. It has collected more than $300 million in transaction fees from a cybercurrency offering. His wife sold her life story to Amazon for $28 million. And his eldest son launched a private club in Washington where the membership fee is $500,000. It’s called the Executive Branch.