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David DePape lived a solitary life, worked carpentry jobs and was seemingly obsessed with right-wing conspiracy theories on the internet, where he railed about “wokism,” questioned the Holocaust and embraced Pizzagate and QAnon. Then in October 2022, the police said, Mr. DePape, 43, bust into Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home and bludgeoned her husband, when she was still the House speaker. The case will now be presented to a jury when Mr. DePape’s federal trial in San Francisco opens on Thursday. That the case is coming to trial at all is something of a surprise, given the evidence. Mr. DePape admitted to the crimes in a police interview after his arrest, prosecutors say.

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☆ Top Biden administration officials head to Asia to show China remains a top priority amid Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Haley Britzky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Washington CNN —The Biden administration’s senior-most national security officials are traveling this week to the Indo-Pacific, signaling that the administration’s China strategy remains a priority as it grapples with an increasingly volatile Middle East. Blinken and Austin will both travel to India for a 2+2 Dialogue with their counterparts. Meanwhile, talks between US and Chinese officials stalled until this summer when Blinken met with senior Chinese officials in Beijing. Asked by CNN on Monday if Austin would be meeting with any PRC officials during his travel, Pentagon spokesman Brig. The senior officials’ travel also comes as the White House is preparing for a meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month in San Francisco.

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☆ Trump’s Incendiary Rhetoric Costs Him in Courtroom, Risks Votes in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Alex Leary | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Former President Donald Trump is facing four separate indictments at both state and federal levels. WSJ breaks down each of the indictments and what they mean for his 2024 presidential campaign. Photo Illustration: Annie ZhaoDERRY, N.H.—Donald Trump has attacked judges and prosecutors as “thugs” and psychopaths, called for shoplifters to be shot, suggested now-retired Gen. Mark Milley could be executed for treason, and joked about last year’s violent assault of Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D., Calif.) husband. All the while, the former president has riled up supporters who largely think Trump is being persecuted. “The silent majority can no longer remain silent,” read a recent fundraising email.

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☆ 1 chart to explain the current dysfunction in Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Proof of Congress’ ongoing dysfunction is in its current paralysis. Republicans have a few more votes in the House, but they don’t exactly have a governing majority. The lack of competitive seats makes it feel like we are stuck with a closely divided House and a closely divided Senate for the foreseeable future. Half as many competitive House seatsThe Cook Political Report with Amy Walter assigns a partisan score to every congressional district. The partisan tone he took to placate the ultra-right lawmakers meant Democrats were never going to save his job.

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The shutdown clock is ticking in Congress, after progress was largely stymied last week in both chambers amid conservative opposition. And with less than two weeks to fund the government, finding a path forward will be critical in the days ahead. The deal, brokered by House Freedom Caucus and Main Street Caucus Republicans, would cut spending on domestic agencies by some 8%, sparing the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs while implementing border policies backed by House Republicans earlier this year. But not long after the deal was announced, a number of House conservatives pledged their opposition to the legislation and reiterated objections to any stopgap measure. The White House has asked Congress for roughly $40 billion in funding for Ukraine, domestic disaster relief and border security.

Persons: Matt Rosendale, Nancy Pelosi’s, Joe Biden’s, ”, Kevin McCarthy, Donald Trump, McCarthy, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Joe Biden Organizations: House Republicans, Freedom Caucus, Main Street Caucus Republicans, Defense, Veterans Affairs, Montana Republican, Democrat, Republican, White, White House, Capitol, Russia, Republicans, Ukraine, Fox News Locations: Montana, Ukraine, California

☆ Political violence in polarized U.S. at its worst since 1970s
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +26 min

Three academics who reviewed the cases say they add to growing evidence that America is grappling with the biggest and most sustained increase in political violence since the 1970s. Political violence surged for nearly a decade starting in the late-1960s – 1970 alone saw more than 450 cases, LaFree said. In contrast, much of today’s political violence is aimed at people – and most of the deadly outbursts tracked by Reuters have come from the right. “Political warfare”There’s no official tally of how many Americans die each year from political violence. Most of the fatal political violence identified by Reuters was carried out by people who embraced far-right views.

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☆ China will cut carbon emissions at its own pace, Xi says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —China will follow its own path to cut carbon emissions, leader Xi Jinping vowed Tuesday, as US climate envoy John Kerry called for faster action to confront the climate crisis in a high-profile visit to Beijing. Xi told a national conference on environmental protection that China’s commitment to its duel carbon goals – reaching a carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060 – is “unwavering,” according to state news agency Xinhua. In the meeting with Li, Kerry stressed the “need for China to decarbonize the power sector, cut methane emissions, and reduce deforestation,” a spokesperson for the US State Department said in a statement. China and other fast developing nations have long argued that the world’s richest countries, especially those in the West, were able to become wealthy while churning out huge carbon emissions for decades. The US has said climate cooperation with China should be a standalone issue, separate from their disputes.

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☆ John Kerry to step into searing China heat as world’s two biggest polluters try to fix fractured ties
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

China Energy Investment Corporation, the world’s largest generator of coal-fired power, said its production of electricity reached a historic high on Monday. Kerry, 79, has traveled to China twice since being appointed as US President Joe Biden’s special climate envoy. Li, the Greenpeace analyst, said he would be closely watching who will meet with Kerry in Beijing. That would require the country to phase out coal power, which accounts for about 60% of its total electricity generation. “The expansion of coal is a grave challenge for China’s climate policy,” Li said.

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☆ John Kerry steps into searing China heat as world’s two biggest polluters try to fix fractured ties
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

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Beijing/Hong Kong CNN —US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged China on Saturday to combat the “existential threat” of climate change by supporting international funds intended to help developing countries confront the crisis. On the second full day of her visit to Beijing, Yellen said the United States and China should work together to tackle global challenges despite differences over a range of issues. Yellen said China’s support for existing multilateral climate institutions like the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the Climate Investment Funds, alongside the United States and other partners, could improve their impact. The GCF is the main climate financing mechanism of the United Nations and helps developing countries to tackle climate change. Kerry would be the third Cabinet official from the Biden administration to travel to China, after Yellen and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who visited in June.

Persons: Janet Yellen, Yellen, —, ”, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi’s, China Nicholas Burns, John Kerry, Kerry, Biden, Antony Blinken Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Climate, United Nations, Amazon Fund, US, Yellen Locations: Beijing, Hong Kong, China, United States, Taiwan

But beneath those positive signals, the two-day visit to Beijing from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken highlighted another reality: a wide and dangerous gulf between the two powers. The timing of the visit, which followed two close encounters between Chinese and American armed forces in Asia in recent weeks, underscored the urgency of talking. In the same vein, the United States needs to respect China and must not hurt China’s legitimate rights and interests,” he said. We don’t want to look up to the United States, at the very least we should look at each other at eye level,” he said. Baby stepsIn the lead-up to and during Blinken’s visit, China made clear who it thinks is responsible for the problems in the relationship.

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☆ Republicans Attack Blinken for China Trip, Threatening Subpoena
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Karoun Demirjian | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Why It MattersThe clash reflects two divergent approaches to dealing with a rising China, and could influence forthcoming debates over military spending. Relations between the two countries experienced another setback earlier this year, when the Chinese spy balloon floated over the United States, hovering near sensitive military sites. Mr. Blinken canceled a planned trip to Beijing in the aftermath of the balloon incident. What’s NextMr. McCaul is trying to prove that State Department officials intentionally dragged their feet on punishing China by demanding to see the department’s so-called competitive actions calendars. The State Department was not expected to meet the 6 p.m. deadline Mr. McCaul set for producing the documents.

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☆ China eyes Blinken's visit this week with deep distrust toward the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“The coverage of Blinken’s visit in China is not nearly as extensive or enthusiastic as it has been in the West,” said Yun Sun, director of the China Program at the Stimson Center, a think tank in Washington. (Chinese experts say it was because the US failed to lift sanctions on Li, imposed in 2018 over China’s purchase of Russian weapons.) China cut off talks with US military commanders following former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan last August. Zhao said China has adopted “a brinkmanship policy” to highlight the risk of military confrontation to the US. Wang, the expert at Peking University, said Blinken’s long-delayed visit is the “last chance” to repair ties with China before the US election next year.

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☆ China to Build Station That Could Spy on U.S. from Cuba, Officials Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Karoun Demirjian | Edward Wong | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The Wall Street Journal first reported on plans to build a facility in Cuba. President Biden’s National Security Council pushed back against reports of the planned facility. “This report is not accurate,” John Kirby, the council spokesman, said in a statement, declining to go into further detail. Bilateral relations had a further setback earlier this year when a Chinese spy balloon was caught traversing the United States, hovering near sensitive military sites. It is unclear if the latest revelations about the planned facility in Cuba could affect the visit once again.

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☆ Defense secretary Lloyd Austin says ongoing lack of communication with China could lead to incident that could 'spiral out of control'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Haley Britzky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

“And as we take a look at some of the things that China is doing in the international airspace in the region and international waterways, you know, the provocative intercepts of our aircraft and also our allies’ aircraft, that’s very concerning, and we would hope that they would alter their actions. But since they haven’t yet, I’m concerned about, at some point, having an incident that could very, very quickly spiral out of control,” Austin said, adding that he would “welcome any opportunity to engage” with China’s leadership. The Pentagon said earlier this week that China refused a US proposal for Austin to meet with his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu at the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore this week. China’s defense ministry blamed the US for their refusal, saying the responsibility for ongoing tension between the two countries’ militaries “lies entirely with the US side.”The comments come as Chinese President Xi Jinping told China’s national security officials to think about “worst case” scenarios and prepare for “stormy seas,” as the ruling Communist Party hardens efforts to counter any perceived internal and external threats. Relations between the two countries have been increasingly strained in recent months, especially after former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to the self-governing island of Taiwan last August and the US’ decision to shoot down a Chinese spy balloon that transited over sensitive US military sites in February.

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CNN —A Chinese fighter jet conducted an “unnecessarily aggressive maneuver” during an intercept of a US spy plane in international airspace over the South China Sea last week, the US military said in a statement Tuesday. The RC-135 was conducting “safe and routine operations” in international airspace, US Indo-Pacific Command said. The US has seen an alarming increase in the number of risky aerial intercepts conducted by Chinese aircraft, according to an INDOPACOM spokesperson. Chinese aircraft have been more aggressive, drawing closer to US and allied aircraft, prompting concern about a potential unsafe incident or miscalculation. Over the past several years, the South China Sea has emerged as a major potential flashpoint in the Asia Pacific.

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CNN —China has rejected a United States proposal for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to meet with his Chinese counterpart Li Shangfu at the Shangri-La Dialogue Security Forum in Singapore this week, according to a Pentagon statement. In the statement, the Pentagon said China had declined an invitation extended in early May for a meeting, but said the refusal would not deter the US from seeking better lines of communication. In response, the Chinese Embassy in the US questioned the sincerity and significance of the invitation, pointing to US sanctions imposed on Chinese officials, institutions and companies. The Wall Street Journal first reported China’s refusal to participate in a meeting between the defense chiefs. Austin told CNN earlier this year that he had not spoken to his Chinese counterpart in “months,” and China has continued to rebuff requests for meetings and phone calls, defense officials said.

Qin said US actions and words had undermined “hard-won positive momentum” following Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s meeting with US President Joe Biden in Indonesia last year. Under the Taiwan Relations Act, Washington is also bound by law to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself. ‘Better channels’Monday’s meeting was Qin’s first with Burns since the former Chinese ambassador to the US was promoted to foreign minister in December. The two sides resumed climate talks following Xi and Biden’s meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia last November. He reiterated Blinken’s visit to China would be rescheduled “when conditions are appropriate.”

☆ Jan. 6 Rioter Gets Three-Year Sentence for Storming Nancy Pelosi’s Office
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Jan Wolfe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Prosecutors portrayed Riley Williams, pictured in 2021, as a key figure in the Capitol riot. WASHINGTON—A Pennsylvania woman who led a mob into then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office suite during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot received a three-year prison sentence Thursday, after the judge rejected defense arguments that she was young and naive. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson imposed the sentence on 24-year-old Riley Williams at the end of a three-hour hearing.

☆ Nancy Pelosi on How Women Can Succeed in Politics, Business
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Natalie Andrews | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s advice to women aspiring to succeed in politics or the workplace is simple: Know your motivation, and don’t be afraid to throw a punch. The California Democrat, the first woman to serve as House speaker and one of a few in history to hold the position twice, was interviewed by Wall Street Journal Editor in Chief Emma Tucker at WSJ’s Women in the Workplace Forum on Tuesday evening at Lincoln Center in New York.

☆ China approved equivalent of two new coal plants a week in 2022, report finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“China continues to be the glaring exception to the ongoing global decline in coal plant development,” said Flora Champenois, a research analyst at GEM. Throughout 2022, China granted permits for 106 gigawatts of capacity across 82 sites, quadruple the capacity approved in 2021 and equal to starting two large coal power plants each week, said the report. To ease the power crunch, coal plants boosted their output, with daily thermal coal consumption hitting a record high in August. It added that for China to truly cut down on carbon emissions, it needs to start phasing out its “vast coal power plant fleet” rather than continue growing it. Besides the plants’ environmental impact, their “politically influential owners … have an interest in protecting their assets,” said the report.

☆ U.S.-China rewarming trade is half-full of hot air
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( Pete Sweeney | Thomson Reuters | Asia Economics Editor Pete Sweeney Joined Reuters Breakingviews In Hong Kong In September Previously He Served As Reuters' Chief Correspondent For China Economy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Enter a literal ball of hot air in the form of a Chinese spy balloon that the United States military is tracking in its home skies. The balloon’s brazen appearance augurs ill for Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s expected visit to Beijing next week. However, it is important to put the balloon in the context of Beijing’s habitual good cop, bad cop negotiating routine. In financial terms, Beijing still largely has its good-cop hat on. U.S. investors may fret about Chinese eyes in the sky, but in financial terms they have more to fear from the flaming gas jets in their own legislature.

☆ Video of Paul Pelosi Attack Shows Intruder Striking Former House Speaker’s Husband With a Hammer
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A San Francisco Court on Friday released video and audio evidence from the attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband, including body-camera footage and his 911 call. The video footage in part shows an intruder striking Mr. Pelosi with a hammer while Mrs. Pelosi, then the House Speaker, was away in Washington, D.C.

Police body camera footage from last year's vicious hammer attack on then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband at their San Francisco home was made public Friday. It shows DePape with several bags, including a large backpack, in a yard outside the Pelosi home. In court filings, state prosecutors said he told officers at the scene his true target was Nancy Pelosi, who was not in the home at the time. Paul Pelosi suffered a fractured skull and injuries to his arms and hands during the assault. Nancy Pelosi told reporters at the Capitol Thursday that she was unsure if she would watch the video.

☆ Jan. 6 Rioter Richard Barnett, Who Put Feet on Desk in Nancy Pelosi’s Office, Convicted on Eight Counts
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Jan Wolfe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON—A jury on Monday convicted an Arkansas man who posed for photographs with his feet on a desk in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s office during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. After three hours of deliberation, the jurors convicted Richard Barnett on all eight of the charges he faced, including interfering with a police officer, obstructing an official proceeding and remaining in a restricted building with a dangerous weapon. He is scheduled to be sentenced in May.

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