Category: United States

U.S. Must Crack Down On Chinese Chipmaker, Says Republican Leader

Nov 6, 2024

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Tripti Nath

in Trade & Tech, United States

A top Republican lawmaker has accused the Biden administration of not doing enough to prevent China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) from strengthening the country’s chipmaking industry and military-industrial complex. Michael McCaul, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, urged U.S. Commerce Department agents to visit SMIC’s facilities and check whether the company is illegally…
Courts Deny Texas, Missouri Requests To Bar Federal Lawyers From Monitoring Voting

Nov 5, 2024

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Aishwarya Parikh

in United States, US Elections, World News

U.S. judges have denied requests from the Republican-led states of Missouri and Texas to block the federal government from sending lawyers to their states on Election Day to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws. Both states are among the 27 that the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) said it would send staff out to monitor…