State of the Union style and substance: analyzing four presidents’ speeches

by Catherine Kim | Jan 30, 2018 | Featured, SOTU2018

False missile alarm in Hawaii ‘inexcusable,’ senator says, raises issues with emergency alert systems

by Catherine Kim | Jan 25, 2018 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON –– The false missile alarm in Hawaii earlier this month was “inexcusable” and raises serious issues regarding emergency alert systems, the chairman of the Senate commerce committee said Thursday as Hawaii’s senator demanded such messages get Pentagon review...

Leaked Trump nuclear strategy “unsafe,” according to national security experts

by Catherine Kim | Jan 23, 2018 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON –– Experts lambasted Trump’s plans for nuclear warfare strategy, leaked earlier this month, during a Tuesday event here sponsored by the Arms Control Association. The plans, described in a draft of the Nuclear Posture Review, are an...

Despite possibilities of warming relationships, experts express concern over North Korea’s Olympic attendance

by Catherine Kim | Jan 18, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON –– Though South and North Korean athletes’ joint march during the Pyeongchang Olympics’ opening ceremony could symbolize a warming relationship, North Korea also may be taking advantage of the situation to expand its nuclear weapons program under the radar,...

Trump’s “shithole” remark racist, top House Democrat says

by Catherine Kim | Jan 16, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON –– President’s Donald Trump’s recent comment calling Haiti and African countries “shithole” nations was racist, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer said at a Tuesday press briefing, although he stopped short of calling the president a racist. The...