by Misha Manjuran Oberoi | Nov 20, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers scrutinized U.S. export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment amid growing concern that loopholes are allowing China to advance its chipmaking capabilities faster than intended. “America must close these loopholes to stop the...
by Misha Manjuran Oberoi | Nov 19, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Nearly five years after Myanmar’s military coup, the country remains in turmoil, with continued persecution of Rohingya Muslims, expanding scam centers targeting international victims and deepening Chinese influence. At a House Foreign Affairs Committee...
by Katarzyna Nguyen | Nov 19, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers reached a consensus that Congress needs to act to prevent China’s dominance in rare earth mineral production over American companies at a House Select Committee on China hearing on Wednesday. Rare earth minerals are essential to various...
by Katarzyna Nguyen | Nov 5, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices struggled with how to apply the definition of “uniquely federal interest” in military combat situations during oral arguments for Hencely v. Fluor Corporation on Monday. Army Specialist Winston Hencely, the petitioner, was injured...
by Katarzyna Nguyen | Oct 29, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers grilled public policy officials from two of the largest tech companies in the United States, Google and Meta, on the alleged “jawboning” they endured during the Biden administration and other policies during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing...
by Alison Miller | Oct 24, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Hamtramck, Michigan, Mayor Amer Ghalib forcefully defended past comments and years of social media activity during intense questioning by lawmakers at his confirmation hearing to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait on Thursday. Ghalib faced scrutiny...
by Isaiah Steinberg | Oct 23, 2025 | Featured, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — U.S. forces struck two alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, eliciting international outcry as the Trump administration continues its campaign against alleged “narco-terrorists.” Since early September, U.S. Special Operations...
by Isabella Jacob | Oct 22, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Senators on both sides of the aisle expressed deep concern over Hezbollah’s narcotics trafficking in Latin America on Tuesday as the terrorist organization looks for new funding avenues, as its previous sources start to dwindle due to Israel’s decimation...
by Katarzyna Nguyen | Oct 8, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a massive overhaul of the reporting processes for military servicemembers to file whistleblower complaints and report discrimination during a speech last Tuesday, September 30, in Quantico, Virginia. “I call it the...
by Aanika Sawhney | Oct 8, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Democrats and Republicans expressed unified concerns on the need to protect Department of Defense personnel’s data during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday. Publicly available data across social media and other private information...
by Katarzyna Nguyen | Sep 25, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the White House on Thursday for the first time since the U.S. imposed sanctions on Turkey in 2020 for purchasing an air defense system from Russia. Now, President Erdoğan is hoping...
by Sasha Draeger-Mazer | May 20, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Since his return to office in January, President Donald Trump has ushered in an era of enormous upheaval in the federal government: from dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development in early February to the recent announcement of extensive...
