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THE EPOCH TIMES
Is China’s Long Slowdown a Structural Collapse?
China’s economy is in full deflationary mode and Beijing is making it worse.
A construction worker pushes a wheelbarrow with materials across the road in the Central Business District in Beijing on Nov. 29, 2024. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
James Gorrie
8/19/2026|Updated: 8/19/2026
Commentary
China’s ongoing economic deconstruction is like watching a train wreck in slow motion, with one boxcar after another coming off the track. The thing about train wrecks is that getting the train back on track isn’t easy or quick.
For years, China’s slowdown was said to be cyclical, just one more stimulus package away from recovery.
Nobody believes that anymore; certainly not the Chinese people.
What’s unfolding now in China is a structural collapse that’s self-reinforcing because the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is incapable of correcting itself.
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READ MORE: https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/is-chinas-long-slowdown-a-structural-collapse-6076472?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-1
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THE EPOCH TIMES
Trump Says US Will Wage Unprecedented ‘Economic Warfare’ Against Iran
‘No one has given the Islamic Republic of Iran a greater opportunity to make a Deal than me,’ the president said.
President Donald Trump in New Jersey, on July 19, 2026. David Ramos/Getty Images
Joseph Lord
8/19/2026|Updated: 8/19/2026
The United States will launch all-out “economic warfare” against Iran, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday.
“No one has given the Islamic Republic of Iran a greater opportunity to make a Deal than me. TRAGICALLY, for them, they have failed to take it,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “Therefore, today, I am announcing the MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY!
“This will be Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale,” Trump wrote.
He announced that foreign countries that allow their financial institutions, businesses, airports, or government entities “to provide any type of lifeline to Iran will itself face TREMENDOUS Economic Consequences.”
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NEWSMAX
Sen. Rick Scott: Trump May Need More Strikes on Iran
VIDEO
By Charlie McCarthy | Wednesday, 19 August 2026 12:02 PM EDT
President Donald Trump will need to resume military actions in Iran to decisively resolve the current conflict, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said.
Scott said Tuesday that Trump may have little choice but to renew strikes after diplomatic efforts failed to produce a lasting agreement with Tehran.
"I think he's going to have to," Scott told an interviewer when asked whether Trump should follow through on his threat to destroy Iranian infrastructure if Tehran continues targeting ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
"Here's a president that doesn't like war. None of us do," Scott said, the Washington Examiner reported. "Here's a president that doesn't want to put troops in harm's way. None of us do."
Scott said Trump gave diplomacy an opportunity, but Iran "walked away from it," arguing that the president eventually may have to take further action to destroy Tehran's ability to produce weapons.
The Florida senator suggested military action could come within the next "30 days or so," while stressing Trump has access to intelligence that he does not and will continue pursuing diplomacy where possible, The Hill reported.
Scott has consistently backed Trump's hard line against Tehran.
In a Tuesday post on X, Scott said he was "grateful" to have a commander in chief who understands Iran "can NEVER have a nuclear weapon," thanking Trump for "always putting the safety of Americans FIRST."
Scott has previously defended Trump's Iran policy on similar grounds, saying in March that the conflict should end only after Tehran's nuclear and ballistic-missile capabilities are neutralized.
The comments come as Trump says there are no U.S.-Iran talks currently scheduled. A June memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran failed to produce a durable settlement, leaving disputes over Iran's nuclear program, sanctions, and the Strait of Hormuz unresolved.
Trump has maintained that preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons is a central U.S. objective.
He said last week that Americans may have to tolerate higher gasoline prices temporarily to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear bomb.
The conflict has also placed pressure on global energy markets because of disruptions around Hormuz, one of the world's most important oil shipping routes.
Scott acknowledged Americans want lower gasoline prices and an end to the fighting but argued national security must take priority.
"War is horrible, but being killed by a nuclear weapon is worse," Scott said. "So this president's doing exactly what he should be doing as commander in chief of defending this country."
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READ MORE: https://www.newsmax.com/politics/rick-scott-trump-iran/2026/08/19/id/1266632/
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NEWSMAX
Report: Iran Eyes Military Targets in Europe if Trump Escalates War
By Charlie McCarthy | Wednesday, 19 August 2026 09:43 AM EDT
Iran's defiant leaders have considered attacking U.S. military targets in Europe, the Financial Times reported.
Iranian forces have assessed possible strikes on American assets in southeastern Europe, including Bulgaria, if President Donald Trump escalates the war, two regime insiders told the Financial Times.
Cyprus also has been considered as a potential target for retaliation in the event of another U.S. offensive.
The reported threats raise the prospect of Tehran expanding the conflict beyond the Middle East as the Trump administration maintains pressure on the Islamic regime.
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READ MORE: https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/iran-targets-retaliation/2026/08/19/id/1266604/
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NEWSMAX
Musk: Chauvin Is 'Not a Murderer,' Should Be Freed
By James Morley III | Wednesday, 19 August 2026 07:29 PM EDT
Elon Musk on Wednesday called for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to be freed.
He said Chauvin was wrongly convicted of murder in the 2020 death of George Floyd.
"Derek Chauvin was unjustly convicted of murder, therefore he should be freed," Musk wrote on X. Musk said that Chauvin was not responsible for Floyd's death and did not intend to kill him, concluding: "Whatever else he may be, he is not a murderer. That is the truth."
Musk's assertion that Chauvin did not cause Floyd's death conflicts with medical testimony presented by prosecutors at trial and the jury's verdict.
The defense argued that Floyd's heart disease and drug use caused his death.
The medical examiner who performed Floyd's autopsy ruled the death a homicide due to "cardiopulmonary arrest" that occurred during "law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression."
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WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Democrats keep defending anti-American globalist bureaucrats
By Zachary Faria
Published August 19, 2026 2:48pm ET | Updated August 19, 2026 2:48pm ET
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is right about the International Criminal Court, and Democrats should stop trying to surrender American sovereignty to such a corrupt, immoral body.
On Tuesday, Rubio announced sanctions against ICC President Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, saying that “Americans will never be transported beyond seas to be tried for pretend offenses.”
A statement from the State Department was even clearer: “The Trump Administration stands ready to take additional measures, if necessary, to systematically dismantle the ICC until it is incapable of threatening American sovereignty.”
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Townhall
The Trump Administration Just Brought Self-Reliance Back to America’s Immigration System
Dmitri Bolt X Follow @_bolt_dmitri | August 19, 2026 2:30 PM
AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein
The Trump administration has issued new immigration guidance as of Tuesday, directing federal officials to assess whether certain prospective immigrants are likely to become a public charge or are positioned to contribute economically to the United States. The review considers a range of factors, including age, health, family status, assets and finances, education, skills, and any required affidavit of support.
The policy is a necessary correction to an immigration system that has too often ignored the fiscal consequences of pairing large-scale immigration with an ever-expansive welfare state. Rather than admitting applicants without seriously considering whether they can support themselves, the administration is restoring the expectation that immigration should strengthen, not burden, the American economy and its taxpayers.
The Trump administration just issued new guidance requiring government officers to determine whether prospective immigrants are going to be net drains on the U.S. welfare state or net contributors to the economy.@DanielDiMartino's research estimates this will save the U.S.… pic.twitter.com/4BNIGvBsLN
— Manhattan Institute (@ManhattanInst) August 18, 2026
"The Trump administration just issued new guidance to implement the new public charge rule when it comes to immigration," Daniel Di Martino, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Venezuelan immigrant, and economist said. "For over a century, immigrants coming to the United States have been required to prove that they're not going to depend on the government, something that is eminently reasonable, but no administration until the Trump administration has actually implemented this rule."
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THE EPOCH TIMES
Chinese National Sentenced to 15 Years for Laundering Drug Trafficking Proceeds
‘Chinese money laundering networks have become a key enabler to the Mexican cartels,’ said Andrew Duva, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department.
The Department of Justice in Washington on March 11, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Frank Fang
Reporter
8/19/2026|Updated: 8/19/2026
A Chinese national who helped manage an organization that laundered more than $92 million in illicit funds was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Aug. 18, according to the Department of Justice.
Lu Jianfei, 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Susan Rodriguez in North Carolina. He was also ordered to forfeit $25 million for his role in the Chinese money laundering organization.
“Chinese money laundering networks have become a key enabler to the Mexican cartels,” Andrew Tysen Duva, assistant attorney general with the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, said in a statement.
The threat posed by these Chinese networks has become increasingly complex, Duva said.
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READ MORE: https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/chinese-national-sentenced-to-15-years-for-laundering-drug-trafficking-proceeds-6077027?ea_src=frontpage&ea_med=section-2
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THE EPOCH TIMES
Liberia Agrees to Accept 1,200 Third-Country Deportees From the US
The Liberian government said the deal did not involve any quid pro quo with Washington and that it’s not asking for compensation for accepting the deportees.
President Donald Trump speaks during a multilateral lunch with visiting African leaders at the White House on July 9, 2025. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
Rachel Roberts
8/19/2026|Updated: 8/19/2026
Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States in the next 12 months, the West African nation’s government announced Tuesday.
The Trump administration has struck several deals with African countries in order to deport illegal immigrants who cannot be sent back to their own countries under the law.
The first group of 20 deportees is expected to arrive in the country on Aug. 20, according to the government’s statement, which said the deportees “will include citizens or nationals of African and Western Hemisphere countries who are medically authorized to travel.”
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THE EPOCH TIMES
House Speaker Says Republicans Will Defy History in Midterms
Speaker Mike Johnson said in a recent interview that he believes the GOP will grow its majority in the House, citing the rise of democratic socialism.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) attends the annual Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on May 19, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
8/18/2026|Updated: 8/18/2026
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday said he is confident that Republicans will “defy” historical trends and recapture the House of Representatives during the upcoming midterm elections.
Speaking to reporters while campaigning in Maine, Johnson said he is “absolutely convinced we’re going to defy the historic trend and keep and grow the House majority for Republicans,” referring to the trend that the party of the sitting president tends to lose seats in Congress during midterm elections.
While citing what he said was the quality of GOP candidates who could flip Democratic-controlled seats, Johnson said that Democrats are in “an open civil war right now” that has pitted more moderate members of the party whom he described as individuals pushing a “Marxist” and “socialist” agenda.
“America is not down for that,” he said, adding that Republicans stand for ...
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