WORLD_ US Pushes Back on China’s Influence in Southeast Asia; Trump Tightens Defense Supply Chain Rules (China in Focus - THE EPOCH TIMES)

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US Pushes Back on China’s Influence in Southeast Asia; Trump Tightens Defense Supply Chain Rules

The Epoch Times
China in Focus
Jul-21-2026

From maritime clashes to a potential fall summit: Secretary of State Marco Rubio lands in the Philippines with a firm message for China that America is staying focused on the Pacific.

President Donald Trump is taking aim at U.S. reliance on China. The Pentagon is rolling out tougher rules for defense supply chains. We'll break ...

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US_ US Pledges to Push Back Against Chinese Transnational Repression, Protect Falun Gong (Frank Fang & Eva Fu - THE EPOCH TIMES )

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US Pledges to Push Back Against Chinese Transnational Repression, Protect Falun Gong

The United States will defend communities against coercion and intimidation from foreign governments, the State Department told The Epoch Times.

The State Department building in Washington on July 27, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Frank Fang
Reporter
&
Eva Fu
Reporter

7/21/2026|Updated: 7/21/2026

WASHINGTON—The U.S. government intends to push back against the Chinese communist regime’s transnational repression on U.S. soil and defend vulnerable groups such as Falun Gong practitioners, the State Department told The Epoch Times.

“We are committed to safeguarding our sovereignty, keeping our communities safe, and defending individuals from the overreach of foreign governments and regimes trying to silence, intimidate, harass, harm, or coerce individuals within our borders,” a State Department spokesperson said on July 21.

“CCP [Chinese Communist Party] repression extends far beyond China’s borders, as Chinese officials or their proxies threaten, harass, and intimidate critics of the CCP overseas, including in the United States.”

Falun Gong, a meditation discipline based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance, quickly spread by word of mouth to reach an estimated 70 million to 100 million practitioners during the 1990s.

On July 20, Falun Gong practitioners marked 27 years of persecution by the CCP.

“The CCP promoted the Falun Gong movement in the 1990s, but since then has waged a campaign to eradicate the spiritual practice for political reasons, targeting practitioners and their families in China and around the world,” the State Department official said.

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US_ Bessent's New Fraud-Stopping System Finds $100M Biden's Bureaucracy Was Ready to Send to the Dead ( Nick Arama - REDSTATE )

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Bessent's New Fraud-Stopping System Finds $100M Biden's Bureaucracy Was Ready to Send to the Dead

By Nick Arama | 1:39 PM on July 21, 2026

The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com

AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana


Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has certainly been on a tear.

We reported earlier how his team had tracked down an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-linked crypto wallet and frozen $140 million. Bessent also found the money man for the Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, and had other fun prepared for the Ayatollah.


READ MORE: Bessent Drops the Financial Hammer on Iran, With a Personal Message to the Ayatollah


But he wasn't just seizing Iran's money; he was cleaning up a lot of the mess left by the Biden administration.

Bessent explained their effort to make sure that money was going out to the proper people, and how they've, through their new process. That stopped the payouts to dead people of about $100 million. "It's common sense," he told Fox's Maria Bartiromo.

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US_ Bessent Drops the Financial Hammer on Iran, With a Personal Message to the Ayatollah ( By Nick Arama - REDSTATE )

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Bessent Drops the Financial Hammer on Iran, With a Personal Message to the Ayatollah

By Nick Arama | 11:15 AM on July 21, 2026

The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com.

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin


Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent is at it again, tracking down Iranian regime's cash and grabbing or freezing it with Operation Economic Fury, the financial side of the actions against the regime.

Bessent explained how they've been tracking accounts all over the world, and now they've frozen a crypto wallet containing about $130 million linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

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US_ Officer who stopped White House Correspondents’ Association dinner attack to receive award (Molly Parks - WASHINGTON EXAMINER)

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WHITE HOUSE

Officer who stopped White House Correspondents’ Association dinner attack to receive award

By Molly Parks
Published July 21, 2026 3:14pm ET | Updated July 21, 2026 3:14pm ET

VIDEO

The White House Correspondents’ Association will give an award to the Secret Service officer who helped put a stop to the gunman who attempted to rush its annual dinner in April.

Victor Gonzales, the Secret Service officer who stopped alleged gunman Cole Allen from barging into the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton hotel, will receive the “President’s Award for Exceptional Service to the WHCA” at the rescheduled dinner on Friday, July 24. Staff at the Washington Hilton will also receive the award.

“The WHCA is deeply grateful that law enforcement officials prevented the armed suspect from entering the ballroom,” Weijia Jiang, president of the WHCA and CBS News correspondent, said in a statement. “Officer Gonzales played a significant role when he ran toward danger so that thousands of others could make it home safely. His courage stemmed from a dedication to service, which we are looking forward to honoring this week.”

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US_ White House takes victory lap over discovery of 6,600 noncitizens on New Jersey voter rolls ( Naomi Lim, Christian Datoc - WASHINGTON EXAMINER )

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WHITE HOUSE

White House takes victory lap over discovery of 6,600 noncitizens on New Jersey voter rolls

By Naomi Lim, Christian Datoc
Published July 21, 2026 5:00pm ET | Updated July 21, 2026 5:17pm ET

VIDEO

The White House is having an “I told you so” moment after New Jersey‘s Democratic governor announced she was removing 6,600 noncitizens from her state’s voter roll following 400 of them casting ballots in past federal elections.

“Democrats and their media allies have repeatedly said it is impossible for noncitizens to register to vote, let alone cast a ballot,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told the Washington Examiner. “Time and again, they have been proven wrong. As President [Donald] Trump has said, there is nothing more important than the integrity of our elections. And this latest incident underscores the absolute necessity of the SAVE America Act.”

Jackson added that American voters “deserve to have confidence that our elections are safe and secure” and that Trump “will never stop fighting to make that happen and all patriotic Americans should join in his effort.”

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OP-EDS_ ‘No deal’: JD Vance’s Iran fantasy could cost America everything ( John D. O’Connor - WASHINGTON EXAMINER )

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OP-EDS

‘No deal’: JD Vance’s Iran fantasy could cost America everything

By John D. O’Connor
Published July 21, 2026 6:00am ET

The naivete of a sophomore isolationist vice president in JD Vance has at the least proven that the United States has no chance to reach a satisfactory agreement of peace with Iran. Is seeking Iran’s de facto surrender our only successful strategy? It appears so.

After five weeks of amazingly successful bombing, the following 13 weeks — of troubled negotiation of a highly aspirational “agreement to agree” — should have seared on our collective cerebrum that a deal, even a bad one, with the allegedly representative Iranian regime is, at bottom, impossible.

If the $6 billion conned from our credulous negotiators is taken as a lesson, it will be well worth it to the security of the Western world, as we seek a more realistic approach to a jihadi regime.

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US_ State Department links Cuba’s push for ‘guerilla warfare’ to American leftist movement ( Hudson Crozier - WASHINGTON EXAMINER )

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INVESTIGATIONS

State Department links Cuba’s push for ‘guerilla warfare’ to American leftist movement

By Hudson Crozier
Published July 21, 2026 3:31pm ET | Updated July 21, 2026 3:47pm ET

VIDEO

A State Department report says American leftists are serving Cuba‘s goals for “urban guerilla warfare and terrorism” through a regime-linked activist group.

The Venceremos Brigade spent decades building relations with elected Democrats, labor leaders, and activists by giving supporters propagandistic field trips to Cuba and weapons training, the State Department said Monday in a 100-page report on the communist state’s influence. The report traces financial and political ties between the Venceremos Brigade and the Black Lives Matter cause, Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, and others, describing how the group “brought some 10,000 American activists to Cuba” since Cuban officials helped form it in 1969. 

“Since its creation, the Brigade has served as a tool for the Cuban regime to sponsor a wide range of subversive activities against the United States — ranging from influence campaigns to espionage and guerilla violence,” the State Department said. “It has been linked to the formation of some of the most infamous far-left terrorist movements in U.S. history.”

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US_ Congress to honor Lindsey Graham with ceremony in U.S. Capitol alongside funeral services ( Lindsey McPherson - THE WASHINGTON TIMES )

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Congress to honor Lindsey Graham with ceremony in U.S. Capitol alongside funeral services

The American flag flies at half staff at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 13, 2026, after the sudden death of Rep. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) more >

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times - Tuesday, July 21, 2026

What to know
* Congress will hold a ceremony in the U.S. Capitol for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.
* The ceremony is next Tuesday and will be closed to the public.
* It will be livestreamed for public viewing. 

Congress will hold a special ceremony in the U.S. Capitol rotunda next Tuesday to honor the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, kicking off a series of funeral services, including one in Washington featuring remarks from President Trump.

Additional memorial services will be held in Mr. Graham’s home state of South Carolina next Wednesday.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced the addition of the Capitol ceremony as a tribute from Mr. Graham’s many friends in Congress.

“From the military to state politics to decades of representing South Carolinians in Congress, Lindsey dedicated his life to giving back through public service. As we say our final goodbyes, it seems fitting for his friends and colleagues to give back to him through this special Capitol honor,” the South Dakota Republican said.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., listens during a Capitol Hill news conference in Washington, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) more >

The Capitol ceremony on Tuesday will begin the series of funeral services. It will be closed to the public but available to view on livestream.

Mr. Graham’s remains will be carried into the Capitol by an armed forces body bearer team, a tribute to his decades of service in the Air Force. The ceremony will feature a memorial guard of Capitol Police officers.

The Capitol ceremony will be followed by a 2 p.m. invitation-only funeral service at Washington National Cathedral, which will also be livestreamed for the public.

Mr. Trump will pay tribute to his friend with remarks. Other speakers to eulogize Mr. Graham will be announced later.

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COMMENTARY_ Marco Rubio exposes radical leftism’s violent core ( Kelly Sadler - THE WASHINGTON TIMES )

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Marco Rubio exposes radical leftism’s violent core

Marxist movements cloak resentment, chaos and destruction in the language of justice

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters before departing from Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, July 19, 2026, to the Philippines to attend the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting and other related meetings. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool Photo via AP) more >

COMMENTARY

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times - Monday, July 20, 2026

OPINION:

What is radical leftism?

“It is a poisonous resentment cloaked in the language of equality and justice and liberation, an overwhelming need to tear down what greater men have built, to wreck what is beautiful and what is right on behalf of people who are only filled with ugliness and have nothing else to offer the world,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained last week at a conference of 60 countries convened to address rising left-wing violence.

Left-wing violence is the George Floyd rioters who burned down American cities in the summer of 2020. It is the armed ambushes on our immigration enforcement officials. It is transgender school shooters. It is the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.

It is the numerous assassination attempts on President Trump’s life. It is pro-Hamas insurgents taking over college campuses.

“In spite of the clear and the undeniable reality, in spite of the objective numbers and statistics, in spite of the fact that in this room today there are representatives from across the political spectrum, we will hear this organized — that this kind of organized violence and terror will be dismissed,” Mr. Rubio said.

To a large degree in our society, radical left-wing ideology has been normalized — so much so that the Democratic Socialists of America are openly taking root in the Democratic Party.

DSA advocates for chaos and destruction, wanting to abolish the police, eliminate the Senate and Supreme Court, terminate border enforcement, stop cash bail and, in some cases, eliminate prisons altogether.

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