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Dr. Fauci was working overtime to deflect attention from the lab-leak theory. In multiple bouts of congressional testimony, Fauci engaged in semantic games to insist the U.S. wasn’t involved in funding dangerous gain-of-function research at the WIV. (It was.) On several occasions, Fauci publicly argued the evidence “very, very strongly” leans toward natural origin. (It doesn’t.) Those challenging Fauci on these questions, he famously told CBS’s Face the Nation, were “really criticizi...

Four years after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan, what do we know about the origin of the SARSCOV2 virus?

Daily on Defense: Army Corps races to reopen Baltimore port, White House rolls out AI rules, Houthis target US warship

The U.S. military's current posture was rated as "weak" for the second year in a row, according to a Heritage Foundation study, with all branches coming in for low marks.

The U.S. military's current posture was rated as "weak" for the second year in a row, according to a Heritage Foundation study, with all branches coming in for low marks.

 

Talks this year will touch on security in the digital age, China and Russia, artificial intelligence and fentanyl poisoning

Far from a democracy crusade, America’s interest in Taiwan involves economic security, great power politics, and military deterrence.

BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday dismissed criticism of racially tinged comments by its top diplomat, who said Westerners are incapable of distinguishing among Chinese, Koreans and Japanese.

BEIJING--China on Wednesday dismissed criticism of racially tinged comments by its top diplomat, who said Westerners are incapable of distinguishing among Chinese, Koreans and Japanese.