Protecting the borders from espionage is essential. It’s something else to deny students because they are Chinese and hope to pursue a STEM degree in the United States.

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Protecting the borders from espionage is essential. It’s something else to deny students because they are Chinese and hope to pursue a STEM degree in the United States.

His overhaul of the State Department’s human rights bureau will make the United States weaker.

His overhaul of the State Department’s human rights bureau will make the United States weaker.

Sure, everyone likes gifts. But presidents have to refuse them most of the time.