by Jim Heath | Oct 6, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, NBA
The NBA has been accused of being a ‘puppet of Beijing’ and craven to the lucrative Chinese market for failing to back Daryl Morey after he tweeted support for Hong Kong protesters, sparking business to cut ties with the Texas team. Fans, and politicians...
by Jim Heath | Oct 4, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
President Trump has offered a muted response to the months-long protests that have rocked Hong Kong since June, and Trump’s trade war with China may have been the reason. In a June phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Trump mentioned the political...
by Jim Heath | Sep 30, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
President Trump pushed the Australian prime minister during a recent telephone call to help Attorney General William Barr gather information for a Justice Department inquiry that Trump hopes will discredit the Mueller investigation. The White House restricted access...
by Jim Heath | Sep 27, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
White House efforts to limit access to President Trump’s conversations with foreign leaders extended to phone calls with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Those calls — both with leaders who maintain controversial...
by Jim Heath | Sep 19, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
A potentially explosive complaint by a whistle-blower in the intelligence community said to involve President Trump emerged today as the latest front in a continuing oversight dispute between administration officials and House Democrats. The complaint touched off...
by Jim Heath | Sep 19, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Revelations that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has dressed up in brownface and blackface on multiple occasions have rocked his re-election campaign, reinforcing a narrative that has dogged him throughout his political career: that he isn’t really who he...
