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China to Step Up Detentions to Squeeze Lai, Taiwan Officials Say

(Bloomberg) — China is likely to detain more Taiwanese people under a law that targets supporters of independence in a bid to pile pressure on the new president, senior security officials from the island said. Most Read from Bloomberg A recent move by Beijing to flesh out the law amounted to weaponizing domestic legislation against […]

Gretchen Whitmer eyed as possible replacement for Biden, should he step down

Following Joe Biden‘s lackluster performance during Thursday’s presidential debate against Donald Trump, there has been signaling from both Republicans as well as Democrats that perhaps it’s time for him to stand down in the race for re-election. Although some experts are calling a push for Biden to be removed from the 2024 ballot a “risky proposition,” […]

There is one big reason why Joe Biden refuses to step aside

President Joe Biden is running against a man with 34 felony convictions, two impeachments and a historically bungled attempt to manage a pandemic. Even worse, former President Donald Trump is the only president to ever refuse to accept the results of an election if he lost, a petulant and politically perilous practice in which Trump has […]