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Within the last three months, we already discussed: a Chinese woman, from Wuhan of all places, who was smuggling in roundworms through the mail—while studying at a lab in Michigan; a couple, boyfriend and girlfriend (both Chinese nationals, also working at that Michigan lab) who were smuggling in a dangerous fungus—a type of deadly fungus that can target crops; and now, the FBI just arrested another Chinese national—this one studying for his doctorate at Indiana University—and he was allegedly smuggling plasmid DNA derived from E. coli bacteria from China hidden inside women’s underwear. Let’s go through the details of this new case together.

On Dec. 10, it was announced that Google would pay nearly $700 million in settlements to people who paid to download apps from the Google Play Store.

The announcement came in the form of a statement from multiple state attorneys general, who were collectively suing Google for anti-competitive practices.

Google decided to settle this lawsuit—along with several other concessions—and, in so doing, will pay $700 million, the bulk of which will go to the actual users.

Let’s go through the details of the case: what Google was accused of doing, how the settlement money will be disbursed, and how you can know if you qualify.

Today, let’s go through one of the best, most convincing Apple scams that’s out there right now. This one really has it all: a genuine request to authenticate your identity coming from Apple, real alerts being sent to your phone, computer, and tablet, as well as perfectly timed phone calls coming from “Apple Support.” This scam is good enough to be able to trick even extremely skeptical people—so let’s go through it together so that you don’t get scammed.

There have been quite a few developments recently on the vaccine front coming out of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory panel recommends delaying the first vaccine that’s given to many children, the Hepatitis B vaccine that’s administered pretty much as soon as they’re born.

President Donald Trump signed an executive memo, starting the process of aligning the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule with other developed nations.

West Virginia is flip-flopping on the question of whether to allow religious exemptions for school vaccines.

Ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on a case that would effectively allow Republicans to gain five seats in the House.

On Dec. 4, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the redrawn election map for Texas will be allowed to stand.

Here, we go through the backstory of the case, as well as what it means for the upcoming midterm elections.

Lately, I’ve been seeing a lot of videos online of people glazing Chinese electric vehicles. How good they are. How fast they are. How well designed and sleek they are. How luxurious the interiors are. How good they are on power. And even how good they are on price. Basically, how they knock it out of the park compared to American EVs.

I’ve also seen quite a few business videos, of people criticizing the United States for not allowing Chinese TVs into our market—for fear it would collapse U.S. auto manufacturing.

Now, that might all be true. However, there’s another factor to consider, which is that when you’re dealing with a Communist nation like China, nothing is ever as it seems. Case in point, Norway is now finding out that the Electric buses they’ve been buying from the Chinese have a backdoor—which allows them to be disabled remotely. i.e. by someone outside of Norway.

Let’s dive into this particular story together, because through it a lot of different issues get exposed to the public including how government officials try to save money by buying from China, only to find out that the stuff they bought contains literal kill-switches that can be activated by Communist cadres in the CCP.

In a case that's going out in a whimper, rather than a bang, on Nov. 26, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) charges that were pending against President Donald Trump in Georgia were dropped. Let’s go through the history of the case, as well as the details of why the new Georgia prosecutor decided to drop it entirely.

In a bit of a surprising move, on Nov. 24, a federal judge dismissed the indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James. However, the reason it was dismissed wasn’t based on the merits of the case, but rather a technicality—a technicality that can be fixed, and the indictment refiled. So let’s break it down.

The U.S. Navy is scrambling to retrieve two aircraft that fell into the South China Sea without explanation in October—and they’re trying to find them before the Chinese do.

On the flip side, the decision on whether or not to sell Nvidia’s AI chips to China now sits on President Donald Trump’s desk. Until that’s settled, some people are allegedly getting creative with AI chip “exports.” Four men were recently arrested by the feds and accused of selling AI chips directly to China and making off with $4 million in the process. Let’s go through it all together.