by Sarah Han | Mar 3, 2026 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — Dressed in red and blue, hundreds of former USAID employees rallied at the Ronald Reagan Building on Friday to mark the one-year anniversary of the agency’s shutdown. In January 2025, President Donald Trump issued a 90-day freeze on foreign aid...
by Sarah Han | Feb 25, 2026 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday seemed split over whether Exxon Mobil can override immunity protections for foreign companies and sue Cuban companies for expropriating property that Exxon initially owned. The case, Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación Cimex,...
by Sarah Han | Feb 25, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers at a House of Foreign Affairs hearing on Tuesday called for stronger export enforcement mechanisms to stop China from smuggling American AI chips for Chinese technological development. The Bureau of Industry and Security declared in January that...
by Sarah Han | Feb 24, 2026 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — Draped in blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag, hundreds of protesters filled the steps of Lincoln Memorial on Saturday ahead of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin initially expected to seize Ukraine...
by Sarah Han | Feb 4, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers at a U.S. Helsinki Commission hearing Tuesday spotlighted Turkey as a key regional partner in efforts to remove Russian forces in Syria. “An increased military presence by Turkey and northern Syria naturally puts the Russian presence under...
by Sarah Han | Jan 22, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Quantum science experts failed to address a Republican lawmaker’s concern over U.S. institutions training students from competing countries at “a massive scale” at a House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology hearing Thursday morning. Rep. Rich...
by Sarah Han | Jan 14, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON –– National security experts and lawmakers argued against the sale of advanced artificial intelligence chips to China at a Wednesday House of Foreign Affairs hearing, warning that continued sales could undermine U.S. dominance in technology and spark an...
