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South China Morning Post
4 days ago
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Kenya faces US threat for praising China's role in ‘new world order'
Advertisement The tension escalated following a state visit to Beijing in April, when President William Ruto secured landmark infrastructure and trade deals and publicly praised China's role in what he called a 'new world order'. This provoked a backlash from the United States, which has launch a review of the ally status. The status, granted in 2024, gives Kenya preferential access to a range of military and economic benefits, including US defence contracts and joint training opportunities. It was part of Washington's strategy to counter Chinese and Russian influence in the region. Now, the US is leveraging the non-Nato status to express its frustration with Kenya's deepening ties to China, Kenya's largest bilateral lender which has financed infrastructure projects from railways to highways in the country. US Senator Jim Risch, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this week proposed an amendment to the National Defence Authorisation Act for Fiscal Year 2026 to reassess the status. Advertisement
Wall Street Journal
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
A Second Push for Mike Lee's Land Sales
Getting the GOP's disagreeing factions to yes on the final 'big beautiful bill' was no easy feat, and negotiations always involve trade-offs. But a good policy idea that Republicans shouldn't leave on the cutting room floor forever was Utah Sen. Mike Lee's plan to sell a sliver of federal land to states and developers who commit to build homes. Maybe there's a deregulatory approach. Mr. Lee's proposal was axed, making the reconciliation package less big and less beautiful, after a group of GOP Senators came out against it. 'We do NOT support the sale of our public land to the highest bidder,' fumed Idaho Sen. Jim Risch. Like Mr. Risch, most of the critics are from Western states where the federal government owns between 29% and 80% of the land, though Mr. Lee is also from out West.
