By Eva Fu and Frank Fang Published May 11, 2026 The House of Representatives is set to vote on a resolution urging President Donald Trump to make the freedom of political prisoners in China a priority in talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, including during this week’s summit in Beijing. H.Res.1259, introduced by Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), co-chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, names five individuals that he said were “unfairly punished” by Beijing for exercising freedom o... Read more

By Frank Fang & Eva Fu Published May 11, 2026 Ahead of President Donald Trump’s trip to Beijing this week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging him to confront Chinese leader Xi Jinping about political prisoners in China. The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), a bipartisan and bicameral panel, sent a letter to Trump urging him to raise the unjust detentions of Americans, U.S. lawful permanent residents, and their families. Raising individual cases helps protect American cit... Read more

By Dewey Sim in Beijing Published 10:00pm, 11 May 2026 A US congressional commission is pressing President Donald Trump to confront his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping over detained Americans when the leaders meet this week, warning that silence would leave Beijing free to “use human beings as bargaining chips”. The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), in a letter to Trump dated May 7, aired concerns over the growing threat arising from the Communist Party’s use of “hostage diploma... Read more

By Keoni Everington Published May 11, 2026 at 16:23 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — US Representatives Tom Tiffany and Chris Smith on Friday urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to give President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) the same opportunity to visit the US as KMT Chair Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文). Cheng said on April 20 that members of Congress, think tanks, and overseas Taiwanese groups have invited her to visit the US in early June. Tiffany and Smith responded by sending a letter to Rubio supporting her trip, but “i... Read more

By Tessa Gervasini Published May 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET More than 100 U.S. lawmakers sent President Donald Trump a letter asking him to address Jimmy Lai’s case when he meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 14–15. Lai, founder and publisher of the pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Feb. 9 over what Chinese officials claim were national security violations. The sentencing followed Lai’s conviction, which ended what Lai’s defenders describ... Read more

By Karen Wall, Patch Staff Published Saturday, May 9, 2026 at 5:32 am ET MANCHESTER, NJ — Manchester Township has 10 new police vehicles thanks to a federal grant. The new vehicles — nine Chevy Tahoes and the van — were unveiled Tuesday at police headquarters at the Manchester Township municipal complex. The vehicles were purchased with a $1,148,000 federal Byrne Discretionary Grant secured in 2024 by Rep. Chris Smith, whose 4th Congressional District includes Manchester. The Byrne Discretionary... Read more

By Rena Rowe Published May 8, 2026 at 3:02 PM ET More than 100 Republican lawmakers filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court urging the justices to reinstate restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, arguing the Biden administration unlawfully loosened safety requirements for the drug. The brief, signed by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), among 113 GOP lawmakers, asked the high court to u... Read more

By Gabrielle Etzel Published May 7, 2026 at 6:00 AM ET Republicans in Congress are struggling to come together to craft a coherent policy to curb U.S. participation in the international forced organ harvesting market. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) told the Washington Examiner that Republicans in the House and Senate are actively working on developing policy to combat forced organ harvesting, or removing organs for transplant from patients unable to give consent. Standing against forced organ harvestin... Read more

By Liam Scott, Cate Cadell, and Noah Robertson Published May 7, 2026 at 2:26 p.m. EDT Ahead of President Donald Trump’s trip to China next week, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers — including about two-thirds of the Senate — is urging him to seek the release of publisher Jimmy Lai, an ardent critic of the Chinese Communist Party who has been imprisoned in Hong Kong since 2020. In a letter Thursday, more than 100 lawmakers asked Trump to raise Lai’s case with Chinese President Xi Jinping next w... Read more

By Jasmine Baehr Published May 7, 2026 at 5:43 PM EDT FIRST ON FOX: More than 100 Republican lawmakers are urging the Supreme Court to reinstate abortion pill restrictions, warning current policy allowing mifepristone to be mailed without in-person oversight has led to cases of women being coerced — and in some instances allegedly forced — to take the drug. The amicus brief, led by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and House Speaker Mi... Read more