Tim Pierce

According to the report, the FBI opens a new counterintelligence case against China every 12 hours, with 60 percent of all trade theft cases linked to Beijing. The report also highlights recent arrests, including one of a Chinese national accused of stealing AI secrets from Google. Congressman August Pflueger sits on that committee. Here's what he told Morning Wire.

The committee criticized the Biden administration's handling of China, but praised Trump officials, including Secretaries Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem, for taking a tougher stance on Beijing.

The committee criticized the Biden administration's handling of China, but praised Trump officials, including Secretaries Marco Rubio and Kristi Noem, for taking a tougher stance on Beijing.

The case now comes to an end nearly two years after it began. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today to drop charges against Trump's valet, Walt Nada, and Mar-a-Lago employee Carlos de Oliveira after the Justice Department withdrew its case following Trump's return to the White House.

The case now comes to an end nearly two years after it began. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today to drop charges against Trump's valet, Walt Nada, and Mar-a-Lago employee Carlos de Oliveira after the Justice Department withdrew its case following Trump's return to the White House.

Both men were accused of obstructing justice by allegedly moving classified files at Trump's Florida estate.

Both men were accused of obstructing justice by allegedly moving classified files at Trump's Florida estate.

Yeah, so Russell Vogt is President Trump's head of the Office of Management and Budget, and he's also the acting head of the CFPB. The CFPB is an independent agency in the executive branch that's funded directly by the Treasury. So uniquely for the government, Congress isn't involved in funding it. Vote sent out a memo to CFPB workers over the weekend telling them to stop almost all their work.

Yeah, so Russell Vogt is President Trump's head of the Office of Management and Budget, and he's also the acting head of the CFPB. The CFPB is an independent agency in the executive branch that's funded directly by the Treasury. So uniquely for the government, Congress isn't involved in funding it. Vote sent out a memo to CFPB workers over the weekend telling them to stop almost all their work.

The pause is so the agency's work can be reviewed and better aligned with Trump's agenda. Vote also told Treasury Secretary Scott Besant that the agency doesn't need any more funding next quarter. Democrats held a rally outside the CFPB yesterday. Here's what some of that sounded like. Let us work!

The pause is so the agency's work can be reviewed and better aligned with Trump's agenda. Vote also told Treasury Secretary Scott Besant that the agency doesn't need any more funding next quarter. Democrats held a rally outside the CFPB yesterday. Here's what some of that sounded like. Let us work!

Now, these moves by vote have been challenged in court, so we'll have to see what a judge makes of the lawsuit and how that impacts the CFPB. But for right now, the agency is on ice.

Now, these moves by vote have been challenged in court, so we'll have to see what a judge makes of the lawsuit and how that impacts the CFPB. But for right now, the agency is on ice.

Yeah, a federal judge in Massachusetts put a freeze on Trump's fork in the road offer yesterday. The program was a buyout. Any takers would continue to be paid for eight months if they agreed to resign by Monday. Federal labor unions sued over it. They said the program is arbitrary and capricious and that it lacks designated funding.

Yeah, a federal judge in Massachusetts put a freeze on Trump's fork in the road offer yesterday. The program was a buyout. Any takers would continue to be paid for eight months if they agreed to resign by Monday. Federal labor unions sued over it. They said the program is arbitrary and capricious and that it lacks designated funding.

So in other words, the Trump administration is making promises it can't keep. The judge didn't make a ruling on it, but he did on Monday place a temporary restraining order on the program to give him time until he does.

So in other words, the Trump administration is making promises it can't keep. The judge didn't make a ruling on it, but he did on Monday place a temporary restraining order on the program to give him time until he does.

At least 65,000 employees have accepted it so far, and now their buyouts are in limbo. The White House is getting some help from 22 Republican attorneys general who filed a friend of the court brief on Sunday and pushed back against the labor unions.

At least 65,000 employees have accepted it so far, and now their buyouts are in limbo. The White House is getting some help from 22 Republican attorneys general who filed a friend of the court brief on Sunday and pushed back against the labor unions.

The brief said the courts should refrain from intruding into the president's well-settled Article 2 authority to supervise and manage the federal workforce. So the court could upset a lot of federal employees who don't get the severance package they jumped on. Hmm.