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Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, talks after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Sept. 24, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Sen. Joni Ernst tells Commerce Department to stop spending spree

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this image taken with a drone, Jason Kwapi operates a combine, at left, during soybean harvesting on the Voss farm near Palo, Iowa, Oct. 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP, File)

U.S. economy grows at 2.8% pace in third quarter on consumer spending, unchanged from first estimate

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

A construction worker maneuvers a lift outside a commercial building site in Mount Prospect, Ill., Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

U.S. economic growth for last quarter is revised up to a solid 3% annual rate

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

FILE - 2024 Ford F-150 trucks are assembled at Ford's Dearborn Truck Plant on April 11, 2024, in Dearborn, Mich. On Thursday, June 27, 2024, the government issues the third and final estimate of economic growth – the gross domestic product – in the January-March quarter. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

U.S. economic growth for last quarter is revised up slightly to a 1.4% annual rate

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

The sign is seen above the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab in Moscow Monday, Jan. 30, 2017. The cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has denied it is a security threat after the U.S. Commerce Department banned the use of its software in the United States. Kaspersky said in a statement that the Commerce Department's decision, announced Thursday, June 20, 2024, would not affect its ability to sell and promote its cyberthreat intelligance offerings and training in the U.S. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Biden administration restricts Russia’s Kaspersky; Kremlin cries ‘unfair’

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A near-empty corridor is seen in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, part of the U.S. Capitol complex, after an unprecedented number of cases in the Capitol community affecting hundreds of individuals, according to the Capitol physician, in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Dr. Brian Monahan is urging a move to maximum telework as a seven-day average rate of infection at the Capitol's testing center has risen from less than 1% to more than 13%. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

‘Taxpayer theft’: Federal agencies overpay teleworkers who moved out of Washington

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Seagate hard drives were sold to China's Huawei Technologies after the Commerce Department restricted exports of microchips or equipment containing microchips. (Associated Press/File)

Washington eyes giving new spy powers to Commerce Department

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Market status to Vietnam and China normalized trade mistake illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Granting market status to Vietnam would repeat the ‘China mistake’

By Michael Stumo

President Joe Biden speaks about his economic agenda at the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden administration announces $162 million to expand computer chip factories in Colorado and Oregon

By Josh Boak - Associated Press

A Chinese microchip is seen through a microscope set up at the booth for the state-controlled Tsinghua Unigroup project which is aimed at driving China's semiconductor ambitions during the 21st China Beijing International High-tech Expo in Beijing, China, on May 17, 2018. China has imposed export curbs on two metals used in computer chips and solar cells, expanding a squabble with Washington over high-tech trade ahead of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's visit to Beijing this week. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

U.S. uses sanctions to deny China tools for brain warfare, toxin weapons

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

The TikTok startup page is displayed on an iPhone in Ottawa, Ontario, Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. The federal government is banning TikTok from its mobile devices just days after federal and provincial privacy commissioners launched an investigation into the social media platform. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Senate intel chairman leads new push to crack down on TikTok and foreign tech

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

An exhibitor wearing a face mask looks on near a Changan 510 chip developed by the Beijing Academy of Blockchain and Edge Computing displayed at the China Beijing International High-Tech Expo in Beijing, China, on Sept. 26, 2021. Chips are a top priority in the ruling Communist Party's marathon campaign to end China's reliance on technology from the United States, Japan and other suppliers Beijing sees as potential economic and strategic rivals. If it succeeds, business and political leaders warn that might slow down innovation, disrupt global trade and make the world poorer. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Hill Republicans fault Biden administration efforts to meet China threats

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A new high-fire, five-barrel machine gun can fire up to 2,500 rounds a minute in what its manufacturer calls the most lethal weapon in the world. (Bill Gertz/The Washington Times)

Global militaries go on shopping spree at U.S. arms expo, spurred by threats from China and Russia

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly speaks during an event at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kan., Thursday, March 24, 2022. The Democratic governor has vetoed a Republican measure to ban transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports and a GOP measure aimed at making it easier for parents to try to remove materials from public school classrooms and libraries. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Drag-show uproar does a number in Kansas governor’s race

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this April 26, 2019, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, front left, and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping, front center, arrive for the welcome banquet at the Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. A Russian naval task force has arrived in the northern Chinese port of Qingdao ahead of joint naval exercises that reinforce the growing bond between Beijing and Moscow. (Nicolas Asfouri/Pool Photo via AP, File)

U.S. blacklists Chinese firms for military deals with Russia, Iran

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this file photo, solar panels stand in the Quilapilún solar energy plant, a joint venture by Chile and China, in Colina, Chile, Aug. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File) **FILE**

Democratic rift emerges over Biden administration probe of China skirting solar tariffs

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe looks on as President Donald Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former football coach Lou Holtz, in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Ratcliffe hits Biden administration for allegedly buying drones from China

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, March 22, 2021 file photo, a construction worker is reflected in a wall mirror at Polar Park, Worcester Red Sox's Triple-A baseball stadium, in Worcester, Mass., where preparations are ongoing for the club's opening day in May. U.S. construction spending bounced back in March following a February decline due to frigid cold and winter storms across large swaths of the country. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

US construction spending up in March less than expected

By MATT OTT - Associated Press

Bill shields audit information before possible prosecution

Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2021 file photo, a woman walks past a &quot;Now Hiring&quot; sign displayed at a CD One Price Cleaners in Schaumburg, Ill. In a stark sign of the economic inequality that has marked the pandemic recession and recovery, Americans as a whole are now earning the same amount of wages and salaries that they did before the pandemic struck, even with nearly 9 million fewer people at work. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Sign of inequality: US salaries recover even as jobs haven’t

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - Associated Press