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China has long been seen by the U.S. as a prolific source of anti-American propaganda but less aggressive in its influence operations than Russia, which has used cyberattacks and covert operations to disrupt U.S. elections and denigrate rivals. But many in Washington now think China is increasingly adopting tactics associated with Russia — and there’s growing concern the U.S. is not doing enough to respond. U.S. officials and outside experts cite recent examples of China-linked actors generating false news reports with artificial intelligence and posting large volumes of denigrating social media posts. While many of the discovered efforts are...

More than 43% of Hispanics either did not respond to the question asking them to select their race or selected the “some other race” box on the 2020 census form, the U.S. Census Bureau said recently, lending support to arguments that the federal government should change its race and ethnicity categories. The percent of the Hispanic population reporting a single race went down to 57.8% in the 2020 census from 81.6% in 2010 census, according to the Census Bureau. At the same time, around a third of the Hispanic population reported being two or more races in the 2020...

The remains of a U.S. Army corporal killed during the Korean War and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor have been identified 73 years after he was declared missing, President Joe Biden said on April 26 during a welcome ceremony at the White House for South Korea’s president. Luther H. Story of Buena Vista, Georgia, was last seen on September 1, 1950 – wounded and fighting off North Korean attacks so his fellow soldiers could get to safety. U.S. officials said that Story “fearlessly stood in the middle of the road, throwing grenades” into a truck as his squad...

Disney sued Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on April 26 over the Republican’s takeover of its theme park district, alleging the governor waged a “targeted campaign of government retaliation” after the company opposed a law critics call “Don’t Say Gay.” The lawsuit was filed in Tallahassee minutes after a Disney World oversight board appointed by DeSantis voted to void a deal that gave the company authority over design and construction decisions in its sprawling properties near Orlando. “Disney regrets that it has come to this,” the case said. “But having exhausted efforts to seek a resolution, the Company is left...