by Muhammad Wasay Mir and Anson Zhang | May 17, 2023 | National Security, Topics
Nervous laughter filled the room after a moment of awkward silence and a visibly embarrassed former U.S. President having just made one of the biggest gaffes of his post-political career. On May 18, 2022, George W. Bush stood at a podium in his presidential center in...
by Jacob Wendler | Mar 22, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Kora Delta was one of thousands of U.S. troops who helped evacuate more than 100,000 people from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021. The mission came as she was awaiting gender-affirming care, a few months after the Biden administration announced that...
by Lucia Barnum | Mar 15, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — At the first field hearing of the new session, expert witnesses called on the GOP-led House Homeland Security Committee to pass legislation to support agencies working on immigration and border security. Raul Ortiz, the chief of U.S. border patrol for the...
by Logan Schiciano | Mar 1, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The House Select Committee on China convened for the first time on Tuesday night and its members vowed to work together to improve the United States’ standing in economic competition with China. “We must practice bipartisanship and avoid anti-Chinese...
by Anson Zhang | Mar 1, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON–House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) called out the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on Tuesday for granting licenses that allow critical American technology to be sold to U.S. adversaries.. This comes after the recent...
by Lucia Barnum | Feb 24, 2023 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Anthony Blinken expressed confidence when asked if the U.S. would be able to successfully deter China from increasing their involvement in the Russian-Ukraine conflict. “I certainly hope so and ultimately believe so,” Bliken said in...
by Avani Kalra | Feb 23, 2023 | Featured, National Security
ARLINGTON, Va., –– The Defense Advisory Committee on the Investigation, Prosecution and Defense of Sexual Assault in the Armed Forces met this week to discuss and review their fifth annual report, due to the Secretary of Defense and to the Committees on Armed Services...
by Logan Schiciano | Feb 23, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – In a small room on the margins of a summit for world leaders in fall 2021, Secretary of State Antony Blinken took aside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and informed him of U.S. intelligence that Russia was planning to invade Ukraine. “He took it...
by Anson Zhang | Feb 22, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON —Russian President Vladimir Putin surprised the West by announcing that Russia will suspend its nuclear treaty with the United States when he delivered his state of the nation speech on Tuesday. The Russian leader also expressed frustration with the West’s...
by Jacob Wendler | Feb 14, 2023 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans urged President Joe Biden Tuesday to address the nation about a recent surge of flying objects shot down by the U.S. military. The military downed three flying objects over Alaska, Canada and Michigan this weekend using missiles...
by Emiliana Betancourt and Jacob Wendler | Feb 9, 2023 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers on Capitol Hill raised new warnings about China’s threats to the U.S. and condemned its brazen attempts at spying after the U.S. Air Force shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon, prompting new worries about the relationship between the two...
by Jacob Wendler | Feb 7, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON –– President Joe Biden underscored America’s steadfast support for Ukraine during his second State of the Union address Tuesday night, noting the administration’s actions to date and committing to standing by its ally. Just weeks before the one-year...
