China uncovered: San Francisco cleaned up its streets for Xi Jinping’s visit last week. The corporate media cleaned up the rest of the story. Here’s what they didn’t report:  

• China is undermining peace in the Middle East, says Victoria Coates, vice president of the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy. Read more here.  
• Congress has so far done none of the things to deter China that Heritage recommended at the start of this year, and China is taking notice, says Michael Pillsbury, senior fellow for China strategy and international engagement. Watch the clip here.  
• The Biden family has raked in millions through shady deals with China. The Oversight Project lays out the deals here.

Leading by example: Gov. Kim Reynolds, talks about how Iowa led the charge on universal school choice and parental rights.  

• This year, she signed into law the Students First Act, which will let all Iowa families access an “education saving account” to fund their children’s specific education needs. 
• “Parents should have the ability to decide regardless of income or ZIP code where their children get their education,” Reynolds said. 

Watch the full interview here. 

The impossible dream: President Biden has been peddling student loan “forgiveness” since he was a presidential candidate. 

• These promises are unfair, illegal, and impossible since debt can only be transferred, not erased, Heritage scholars noted.  
• Heritage Action for America tracked Biden’s multiple efforts to undermine the law and enact his debt-shifting schemes.  

Read about all the Biden administration’s student loan bailout schemes here.

Here comes the flood: The U.S Department of Education missed its October deadline for issuing final rules on how schools must handle transgender players in sports, citing “a historic number of comments.”  

• This was the second time the department delayed issuing these rules. 
• After the proposed changes came out, they sparked more than 394,000 comments, nearly 10% of which came through Heritage Action for America portals. 

For more information click here.  

Family Ties: It’s no secret that marriage is in decline in America. Heritage just released a guide for how states can help to promote healthier, more stable families. 

• “States can help to promote and strengthen marriage by promoting education and support programs where couples learn to build and sustain healthy relationships,” writes Research Fellow Rachel Sheffield. 

Read the report here. 

• Heritage National Security Expert Slams Senate for Defeating Israel Funding Bill—Victoria Coates 
• How Thatcher Would Have Crushed the Pro-Palestinian Protesters—Nile Gardiner, Ph.D. 
• The Root Cause of the Insanity on College Campuses Is Older Than You May Think—Mike Gonzalez and Lindsey M. Burke, Ph.D. 
• Middle East Crisis: Can America Protect Americans in the Gulf?—James Jay Carafano 
• Moral Corruption at Community Colleges: DEI Harms Students Everywhere—Jonathan Butcher 
• Did China Just Kill Peace in the Middle East?—Victoria Coates 
• China’s Xi and Biden Cook Up a Giant ‘Nothing Burger’ With All the Fixings—James Jay Carafano 
• The Inflation Reduction Act: A Year in Review—Preston Brashers 
• Taxpayers Are Subsidizing Rich Electric-Vehicle Owners—To the Tune of Billions—EJ Antoni and Anthony Esposito 
• Fake ‘Emergency’ Spending in Washington Winds Up Costing Us All—David Ditch 
• Iowa Leads the Way on Education Freedom—Kevin D. Roberts, Ph.D., and Lindsey M. Burke, Ph.D. 
• Setting the Record Straight: Examining 7 Accusations of Harassment Against Moms for Liberty—Tyler O’Neil 

Heritage President Dr. Kevin Roberts was a guest on the “Jordan B. Peterson Podcast” to talk about the state of academia, how students are now incapable of facing adversity, why intellectual combat is something to champion not shut down, and more. Watch it here.