Thursday, October 22, 2026

Tag: China

Can Trump actually cut (good) deals on diplomacy?

From North Korea to Russia to the Middle East, there's no shortage of deal-making needed. But beware the fine print of anything with Trump's insignia.

Russia’s not the country benefitting most from Trump

If Trump is a Manchurian candidate, on whose behalf is he working?

7,000 Kansas farmers vs. Syngenta over GMO corn dispute

“Every bushel of corn grown in this country is worth less today than it would have been had Syngenta” waited for China to approve the product.

Goodbye Pacific pivot, hello Pacific retreat

Who will take America’s place in Asia?

Coal is in a death spiral as India cancels new plants...

The renewable energy sector in India already accounts for 60,000 jobs, and will add a similar number by 2022.

Trump in Comey’s China shop

The larger issue involved here is not Trumps’ record of daily impeachable offenses, it is his rank incompetence.

China’s Xi Jinping and France’s Emmanuel Macron talk climate

I know which leader is a more positive force in international affairs, by far (domestic policies and press are a different issue, though I don’t trust Trump on those, either.)

Major blow to soy industry as Chinese grow wary of GMOs

China has strict rules against GMO cultivation but permits the import of a few varieties, including soybeans.

Will Trump give America’s science lead to China?

The world will not stand still while Trump walks the nation’s science and technology into mere clay.

Trump’s stance on climate change is a gift to China

America's whiplash-inducing reversal on climate change is China’s gain. Here's why.

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A grocery store that accepts food stamps in New Orleans. Photo: Karen Apricot / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Analysis estimates 1.5 million Latinos have lost SNAP benefits since the tax law passed

Texas and Arizona account for more than 596,000 of the estimated losses in the seven states the groups examined, and the method assumes every enrollee was equally likely to be cut.
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. Photo: Kjetil Ree / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Mahmoud Khalil asks Supreme Court to decide whether federal courts can review his detention

Justice Alito twice extended the filing deadline, and the full Third Circuit declined to rehear the case by a single vote.
A female polar bear with cubs along the Beaufort Sea coast. Photo: Alaska Region U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (public domain)

Fish and Wildlife Service finalizes five-year Arctic oil rule covering polar bear and walrus...

The industry's own estimate counts 123 polar bear harassments and no deaths over the period, while the agency's rule lists how deaths could still occur.
Downtown Ruidoso, New Mexico. Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

“The River Can’t Be Trusted”

After wildfires scarred the Sacramento Mountains above Ruidoso, New Mexico, the community was under heightened threat of catastrophic flooding. Officials were aware but continued to promote the town to tourists who were oblivious to the danger.
Protesters outside the Supreme Court on June 24, 2022, the day of the Dobbs decision. Photo: John Brighenti / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Report counts 902 pregnancy-related prosecutions in three years after Dobbs

Pregnancy Justice found that most cases involved child neglect or endangerment charges and that substance use was alleged in 871 of them.