The CCP is waging an all-out economic and technological war via espionage, elite capture, and industrial theft. This is an existential threat to U.S. sovereignty and liberty. The response must be overwhelming in strength, vigilance, and America First resolve, building on President Trump’s first-term successes while exposing and defunding CCP-aligned dark money networks. These networks run through billionaires like Neville Roy Singham and organizations such as The People’s Forum, which has received over $20 million from him and is now under Congressional scrutiny for promoting CCP interests on U.S. soil.

During President Donald J. Trump’s first term, the FBI and Department of Justice dramatically ramped up efforts to counter Chinese government influence operations, economic espionage, and Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) violations. The China Initiative and a wave of prosecutions sent a clear message that Beijing’s covert activities inside the United States would no longer be tolerated. Recent cases in 2026 demonstrate that this threat remains urgent and continues at every level of American society from local government to technology and military secrets.

The United States has implemented a strong policy to prevent these vulnerabilities: U.S. government personnel stationed in China, their family members, and security-cleared contractors are now prohibited from engaging in romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens. This measure is designed to shut down honeypot espionage threats.

In May 2026 alone, two major developments exposed foreign influence at the local level. On May 11, former Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang, a 58-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen, resigned after agreeing to plead guilty to acting as an unregistered agent of the People’s Republic of China. She faces up to 10 years in federal prison. As a candidate and later elected official in Arcadia, California, a suburb with a large Chinese-American community, Wang operated under PRC government direction from late 2020 through at least late 2022.

The former mayor operated U.S. News Center, a website aimed at Chinese-American readers in Arcadia and the San Gabriel Valley. With her then-fiancé, Yaoning “Mike” Sun, a Chinese national who served as her 2022 campaign treasurer and later received a four-year sentence after pleading guilty, she published content echoing CCP talking points.

According to the complaint, in a documented June 2021 instance, a PRC official directed her via WeChat to post a letter from China’s Los Angeles Consul General denying the genocide of Uyghurs in Xinjiang or the use of forced labor. Wang quickly complied and reported back via WeChat that the post was live. After her election to the Arcadia City Council in November 2022, a high-level PRC intelligence associate named John Chen, who had met Xi Jinping, called her a “new political star” and instructed the pair to recruit more sympathetic American politicians, especially those who could help counter Taiwanese independence: “the more the better, the higher position the better.”

The infiltration of this suburban city council shows how Beijing exploits personal relationships, community media, campaign finance, and diaspora networks to advance its agenda without firing a shot.

City leaders claim Wang’s activities stopped the moment she took office in December 2022, with no misuse of city resources, and have pledged full cooperation with federal investigators. Wang’s attorneys dismissed the case as “past personal mistakes” stemming from her now-ended relationship with Sun. She is expected to formally enter her guilty plea.

Just days later, on May 13, 2026, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Lu Jianwang, known in English as Harry Lu, a 64-year-old Bronx resident and U.S. citizen, of acting as an illegal agent of the PRC government and obstruction of justice. Lu operated the first known secret PRC “police station” in Manhattan’s Chinatown on behalf of China’s Ministry of Public Security.

This outpost monitored, harassed, and intimidated pro-democracy dissidents, with Lu deleting incriminating messages after an FBI raid. He faces up to 30 years in prison, the first criminal conviction linked to the PRC’s global network of over 100 such overseas stations.

These May cases are part of a broader, coordinated CCP effort. Earlier in 2026, former Google engineer Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, was convicted in San Francisco on 14 counts for stealing over 2,000 pages of confidential AI trade secrets and funneling them to China-based technology firms, the first U.S. conviction for AI-related economic espionage.

Just this past January, former Navy sailor Jinchao Wei, known as Patrick Wei, was sentenced to 200 months for selling sensitive warship information to a PRC intelligence officer for $12,000. Additional probes in March and April 2026 involved AI smuggling and the extradition of a hacker charged with state-sponsored cyberattacks.

Similar patterns appeared in the early 2010s with Christine Fang (known as Fang Fang), a suspected PRC operative who targeted rising California politicians, like then-Congressman Eric Swalwell. The scandal was buried by the media, raising questions about how many others were swept under the rug.

These same networks have also targeted Falun Gong practitioners, Hong Kong dissidents, and other critics. These operations rely on coordinated influence through United Front Work Department and Ministry of State Security tactics such as propaganda, recruitment, technology theft, and transnational repression on U.S. soil.

American universities have become one of the CCP’s most prized targets. This infiltration is fueling divisive, politicized campus activism, while actively undermining America’s technological superiority, national security, and academic freedom. Through huge financial donations, thousands of PRC students in critical STEM fields, Confucius Institutes, and talent recruitment schemes, Beijing steals American innovation, silences dissent on campus, and indoctrinates the next generation of U.S. leaders.

This is nothing new. These incidents validate long-standing warnings that the CCP views America as a theater to influence their operations. Decades of blind policies, naive engagement, and poor vetting allowed this infiltration to fester. Local governments, universities, tech firms, and communities with deep ties to China must implement rigorous screening, aggressive reduction of critical dependencies on the PRC, and unwavering support for law enforcement, especially the FBI. The Trump administration is tackling these vulnerabilities head-on. Backed by strong powers and firm resolve, it is delivering prompt action and justice against these alleged spies and those yet to be discovered through the FBI and Department of Justice.

Adys Lastres Morera, the sister of Brigadier General Ania Guillermina Lastres Morera — the executive president of GAESA and a key figure in Cuba’s military-controlled economy — was arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Miami on May 22, 2026.

Morera entered the United States lawfully as a permanent resident on January 13, 2023, after being sponsored by her U.S. citizen son. Secretary of State Marco Rubio publicly stated that while living in Florida and managing real estate assets, she was actively aiding the Havana government — activities that prompted him to revoke her green card because her presence posed a serious risk to U.S. foreign policy interests toward Cuba.

U.S. officials have been more than clear, individuals tied to the Cuban military’s financial operations will no longer enjoy a safe refuge here in the United States.

GAESA is a powerful military-controlled holding company that controls the Cuban economy, funneling billions of tax dollars to the Castro-aligned dictatorship. It’s run by a small circle of ruling elites, stealing the Cuban people’s hard earned money, diverting as much as $18 billion into overseas offshore accounts.

Cubans are living on high alert in an economy ravaged by shortages and hyperinflation. They endure grueling living conditions marked by rolling blackouts that frequently last between 12–20 hours a day. Multiple nationwide power grid collapses in 2026 alone have repeatedly plunged the entire island into darkness.

Without reliable resources, families struggle with basic tasks such as refrigerating food, cooking, pumping water, or charging phones, often resorting to wood fires for survival. Income taxes are high, reaching between 15–50% on earnings, leaving most citizens with extremely low pay that barely covers basic needs.

This case exposes the failures of the prior administration’s vetting process with lax policies that allowed individuals with deep ties to the dictatorship to gain lawful permanent residency in the United States.

By revoking her green card, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the administration sent a strong signal that America will no longer tolerate being a refuge for those tied to forces that prop up tyranny and exploit the Cuban people.

The Trump administration acted promptly once these connections were identified. This decision emphasizes the administration’s acknowledgment that close family connections to Cuba’s repressive power structure represent genuine risks to U.S. national interests.

Under Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the U.S. is asserting firm leadership and confronting communist holdouts across the Western Hemisphere. This approach reinforces America’s commitment to accountability and national security in the region.

Miami’s Cuban exile community has welcomed the action as long-overdue validation. Families who fled Castro’s prisons and economic misery have long warned about the dictatorship’s influence reaching into South Florida. Many argue the move safeguards U.S. national security, protects American jobs and real estate markets, and upholds democratic values.

Adys Lastres Morera remains in ICE custody pending removal proceedings under Section 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

SNAP is a $102 billion annual program serving roughly 38 million people each month.

For decades, the welfare system trapped generations in cycles of poverty by discouraging work. President Trump’s policies, paired with robust economic expansion, demonstrate that the best anti-poverty program is a thriving job market.

At a rally this past Friday in Rockland County, New York, President Trump announced that nearly 5 million Americans have come off food stamps during his second term, a major win for fiscal responsibility and economic self-sufficiency.

The Trump administration’s pro-growth economic policies are empowering more Americans to achieve greater independence and reduce their reliance on government assistance. At the same time, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act responsibly expanded eligibility to better protect the most vulnerable, allowing veterans, homeless Americans, and minors as young as 14 to access SNAP benefits without parental consent.

This progress is thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law on July 4, 2025. The landmark legislation introduced stricter work requirements for able-bodied adults, raising the age limit to 64 in many cases, and eliminated loopholes that previously allowed long-term dependency. It has also cracked down on noncitizen eligibility.

These changes collectively contributed to a major drop in the program’s enrollment, from roughly 42.8 million participants in January 2025 to about 38.5 million in January 2026.

Official USDA data confirms this. Independent analyses from organizations across the ideological spectrum, including the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), and the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC), confirm a decrease of roughly 4.3 million to 5 million SNAP participants.

Administration officials have attributed the decline to strong job growth and targeted efforts to reduce widespread abuse and improper payments. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins has emphasized that a substantial portion of the reductions stems from cracking down on fraud that has plagued the nutrition assistance program.

According to a report by the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA), roughly 14,000 SNAP recipients in just one state owned luxury vehicles — including multiple Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Bentleys, Porsches, and more than 2,000 Teslas. The Trump administration understandably argues that these cases expose significant loopholes that the recent reforms aim to close.

This bill has shifted costs to the states, tightened eligibility (especially for non-citizens and able-bodied adults without dependents), and promoted personal responsibility while continuing to protect aid for the truly vulnerable — children, seniors, and people with disabilities.

Despite fierce pushback from progressive groups and media figures, the broader economic reality overwhelmingly supports the administration’s position. 

Record-low unemployment, a manufacturing resurgence, strong wage growth, and deregulation have opened the door to millions of new jobs, allowing Americans to trade food stamps for paychecks and achieve real self-sufficiency.

This isn’t about denying aid, it’s about fostering dignity through employment. As families see real increases in take-home pay, fewer will rely on government assistance. 

This approach counters the big-government mindset that views citizens as clients of the state.

Though challenges persist in helping former recipients transition to employment, the direction is clear: rewarding effort works. Americans are working, earning, and thriving, just as President Trump promised.