by Sofia Sorochinskaia | Feb 18, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — A few dozen Russian immigrants in Washington gathered outside the White House Sunday to honor the memory of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in a Russian prison one year ago. As a show of solidarity, recordings of Navalny’s past speeches at...
by Jeremy Fredricks | Feb 13, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Two foreign policy experts pushed Congress to support the new Syrian government as a means of stopping Russian and Iranian influence, and a bipartisan group of senators embraced their message. Former President Bashar al-Assad was forced out of office by a...
by Paris Fransway | Feb 13, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Senators on the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee agreed the U.S. must increase its military presence in and relations with Greenland as China and Russia also try to establish Arctic military dominance. However, senators are divided on how to...
by Lenna Peterson | Feb 12, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Following on President Trump’s call for the United States to acquire Greenland, senators from both parties on Wednesday coalesced around the need to increase US influence on the Arctic island. In a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and...
by Jerry Wu | Feb 11, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — House Republicans reprimanded leaders of Veterans’ Affairs education programs at a Tuesday subcommittee hearing for “wasting billions and millions” of federal funds on recent projects, including the process to digitize the GI Bill. “We’re not going...
by Rachel Spears | Feb 5, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Maritime industry experts emphasized uncertainty in the United States’ ability to compete with China on the global stage after federal funds for maritime infrastructure were paused by President Donald Trump. “We are on the brink of failure,” said Brian...
by Jerry Wu | Feb 5, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — As their first move in the new presidential administration, Republican top brass on the Senate and House Veterans’ Affairs Committees introduced a bill last week loosening the threshold for veterans to access private care. On paper, the Veterans’ ACCESS...
by Jiah Choe | Feb 4, 2025 | Featured, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met on Thursday to discuss China’s influence at home and abroad with committee Chairman James Risch (R-Idaho) calling the country, “the greatest, long-term threat to the United States.” Both lawmakers and experts...
by Samanta Habashy | Jan 31, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Kash Patel, a former Trump administration official and outspoken critic of the intelligence community, about his vision for the FBI as its next director of the Bureau of Investigation. Unlike other confirmation...
by Paris Fransway | Jan 29, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee heard witness testimony about the Panama Canal on Tuesday. Senators focused on the extent of the Chinese government’s involvement with the canal through private businesses and the possible threat...
by Zoe Singer | Jan 28, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Experts struggled to provide evidence of China’s operational control in the Panama Canal at a congressional hearing on Tuesday but acknowledged an increase in Chinese infrastructure around the waterway. With Chinese companies currently operating ports on...
by Sasha Draeger-Mazer | Jan 23, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Republicans and Democrats on the House Committee on Homeland Security on Wednesday warned that China has positioned itself to undermine U.S. infrastructure via cyber warfare should it decide to do so. “Should we enter into a conflict with the P.R.C., the...
