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Matthew Xiao

Matthew Xiao is a staff writer at The Washington Free Beacon covering breaking political news. His writings have also appeared in The American Spectator, The Daily Caller, The Washington Examiner, The College Fix, The Cornell Review, and other outlets. Send story tips to Xiao@freebeacon.com. Find him on Twitter / X at @MatthewYXiao.
by | Dec 13, 2023

Jerry Seinfeld, a comedian and actor best known for writing and acting in the popular ’90s sitcom Seinfeld, saw his stand-up show last Friday in Syracuse, New York, protested by hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists. The protestors, who gathered outside the…

by | Dec 11, 2023

Authorities have apprehended a 30-year-old New Hampshire man who allegedly sent text messages in which he threatened to kill GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy — a multi-millionaire entrepreneur who is the youngest-ever candidate to wage a major presidential campaign as…

by | Dec 1, 2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev spoke highly of Henry Kissinger after the former American secretary of state passed away Wednesday at the age of 100 in his Connecticut home. Kissinger was a German-born American diplomat…

by | Nov 29, 2023

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon came out on Wednesday in support of Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, touting the former South Carolina governor as a great alternative to former President Donald Trump, who remains the GOP frontrunner by a wide…

by | Nov 20, 2023

Cornel West, a vocal left-wing scholar and activist who recently decided to sever ties with the Green Party and instead run as an independent candidate, has not been a favorite among fellow left-wingers, many of whom are concerned about his…

by | Nov 15, 2023

In the mid-19th century, the United Kingdom and other Western powers wreaked havoc across China by flooding its major cities with highly addictive opium. By 1840 some 10 million Chinese were addicted to the drug being supplied by illegal British…

by | Nov 9, 2023

The House of Representatives devolved into chaos after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker on Oct. 3. During the frustrating three-week stalemate that followed, three Republican representatives failed to clinch the top position.  The impasse finally broke on Oct. 25,…

by | Oct 30, 2023

The University of California, Berkeley, has come under a barrage of criticism after a class offered extra credit for students to participate in a walkout against Israel’s “settler-colonial occupation of Gaza.” The class, called “Asian American Communities and Race Relations”…

by | Oct 25, 2023

Washington state Sen. Jeff Wilson was taken into custody by Chinese authorities at Hong Kong International Airport last Friday after he stored a revolver in his carry-on luggage. “It was an honest mistake, and I expect the situation to be…

by | Oct 24, 2023

The New York Times acknowledged Monday that its coverage of an explosion last week at a Gaza hospital was primarily based on unverified claims made by Hamas terrorists and that its editors should have been more careful.  Following the deadly explosion…

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