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Mike Johnson, House speaker, calls on Joe Biden to enforce China sanctions over Uyghur persecution

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday called on the Biden administration to enforce provisions protecting Uyghur Muslims in China, saying the religious minority faces a genocidal campaign and “this should not be a partisan issue.” Speaking at the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, Mr. Johnson drew applause for condemning China’s oppression of the Uyghurs, […]

Mike Johnson calls truce in GOP fight over FISA overhaul

House Speaker Mike Johnson has been pressuring the Intelligence and Judiciary committees to stop butting heads and quickly meld their competing bills to rewrite the government’s most powerful spy power, the Washington Times has learned. The speaker is forcing the rival GOP factions — Judiciary’s federal weaponization watchdogs and Intel’s national security hawks — to […]