Fox Business correspondent Hillary Vaughn admirablygrilledApple CEO Tim Cook about his company's special relationship with China as the nation's residents continue to protest incessant Covid-19 restrictions.

Chinese residents have been protesting the country's "zero-Covid" policies for the past week as the ruling Communist Party has continued to impose harsh restrictions on residents.

Protesters have been met with predictable brutality from the communist regime -- and Chinese authorities are reportedly using cellphone data to track down those who have demonstrated.

Vaughn confronted Cook as he walked down a hallway on Capitol Hill -- where he met with Republican lawmakers on Thursday.

The exchange is rather awkward, as Cook staunchly refused to answer Vaughn's questions, despite her repeated attempts to get a response to her inquiry regarding Apple's decision to suspend AirDrop in China.

"Hi, Mr. Cook. Do you support the Chinese people’s right to protest?" Vaughn asked. Cook ignored the question completely.

While Cook ignored every question throughout the exchange, Vaughn valiantly continued her quest for a response, eventually asking Cook if he regrets "restricting AirDrop access that protesters used to evade surveillance from the Chinese government?"

Even the pointed question failed to get an answer out of Cook.

Kudos to Vaughn for continuing to press the Apple CEO despite his deafening silence on the matter, which turned out to be a newsworthy reaction in itself.

Gannett, the country’s largest newspaper publisher, will lay off approximately six percent of its staffers as the company continues to enforce bleak cost-cutting measures.

Employees at Gannett’s newspapers, which include USA Today, the Indianapolis Star, and the Detroit Free Press, started to receive notifications regarding layoffs on Thursday.

The layoffs come after Gannett eliminated roughly 400 jobs in August and vowed not to fill hundreds of open positions at the company's media division -- leading to a company-wide walkout. Gannett also announced spending cuts in October, when Mike Reed, the company's chief executive, announced voluntary buyouts and unpaid leave requirements for his employees.

Employees at Gannett-owned outlets have consistently been suffering under the publisher's blatant mismanagement.

The NewsGuild of New York even filed a series of Unfair Labor Practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board, citing Gannett's "union-busting actions" and attempts to "derail successful NY Guild organizing efforts." Gannett was also investigated following accusations of widespread unpaid overtime.

According to a report from The News Guild, Gannett awarded a 1.2 million bonus to their CFO for his “sacrifices during the pandemic” following a round of layoffs in 2020. Reed also reportedly takes home an annual salary that is 160 times the median salary of a Gannett worker. ;

Despite being a massive media company, Gannett has repeatedly shown a disregard for local news and journalists -- regularly putting investors and executives ahead of employees while cutting costs.