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Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (D-AR) speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center on February 22, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
11:10 AM – Thursday, February 27, 2025
Arkansas’ Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders unveiled a set of measures on Wednesday aimed at preventing China from conducting business in and with the state.
The law was dubbed the “Communist China Defense Legislative Package” by the governor. The governor claimed that the six legislation in the package, some of which have already been introduced and others that are still pending, target “Communist China influence” in the state.
Sanders stated that 80% of the state’s foreign intelligence cases are based on CCP actions, citing the 60 CCP foreign intelligence investigations conducted in the United States in 2024.
Existing laws will be strengthened by the measures, which will prohibit the CCP from lobbying, lower the time limit for selling a prohibited land holding, and prohibit any Arkansas municipality from having a sister city in China.
“The governor said that any college or university with a Confucius Institute would not receive any state funding, stating that China often uses such institutions to establish intelligence operations,” according to NBC affiliate KARK – Little Rock.
On U.S. college campuses, Confucius Institutes provide courses in Chinese language and culture. Researchers and others have expressed worries about undue influence and other issues since the People’s Republic of China government partners with the schools and partially funds the institutes.
I was the first Governor in the country to kick Communist China off our farmland and out of our state.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on President Trump's plan to pursue a military deterrence similar to Israel's Iron Dome, defense spending audits and military innovation.
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 29, 2024 shows the choir stalls of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on June 26, 2018 (TOP) and on November 29, 2024 (BOTTOM). The Notre-Dame Cathedral is set to re-open early December 2024, with a planned weekend of ceremonies on December 7 and 8, 2024, five years after the 2019 fire which ravaged the world heritage landmark and toppled its spire. Some 250 companies and hundreds of experts were mobilised for the five-year restoration costing hundreds of millions of euros. (Photo by LUDOVIC MARINSTEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
OAN Staff James Meyers
2:16 PM – Friday, November 29, 2024
The newly renovated interior of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France has been revealed for the first time since reconstruction began over five years ago.
The magnificent Rose Window of the newly restored Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris. pic.twitter.com/t0DXInMQNA
The historic landmark opened its doors to French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, showcasing its brand new design that pays tribute to its original construction destroyed in the tragic 2019 mass fire.
President Macron and his wife, first lady Brigitte Macron, were shown around inside the Gothic cathedral ahead of its official reopening next month.
Emmanuel Macron inspects the new Altar and Cathedra of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, which look like something bought at Ikea. pic.twitter.com/OlYgTojgXN
During the televised two-hour walkthrough, Macron appeared impressed by the light pouring into the nave after the cathedral’s windows were renewed and its white stones cleaned.
“This is overwhelming,” he said while taking an extensive tour alongside several government officials.
Additionally, Macron was also invited up on the roof to look at the new wooden beams, which had to be replaced after the fire had gutted the old ones.
The massive wood pieces came from all over France, and were repurposed from oak trees.
Macron was also seen shaking hands with many of the master craftsmen who had taken part in the restoration project.
In 2019, the globe watched in horror as a blaze tore through the 860-year-old masterpiece, reducing its roof to ashes, causing its central flame to collapse and toppling its soaring spire.
In the aftermath of the fire, donors, including billionaire French tycoons, pledged nearly $1 billion to restore the structure, according to restoration chief Philippe Jost.
The blaze was accidentally sparked under the cathedral’s roof, causing the church’s spire to crash down.
However, firefighters were ultimately able to save the building’s structural integrity and many treasured relics.
Meanwhile, the restoration project took over five years and included repairing the cathedral’s stained glass windows, roof and signature flying buttresses.
Furthermore, the cathedral’s spire and carved stone gargoyles have been restored to their past glory.
“It was an exceptional renovation project,” stone carver Samir Abbas said while awaiting Macron’s arrival.
Currently, the cathedral is empty inside, Notre Dame will eventually be filled with new, specially designed furniture before its reopening in December.
The cathedral still boasts three of its original windows unaffected by the fire. The windows all date back to the 13th-century.
The 14th-century statue Virgin and Child was also rescued from the fire and now sits in the newly restored masterpiece church.
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