by Alexia Sextou | Feb 12, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Improving security ties between Israel and Syria may offer a rare opportunity to reduce regional tensions, witnesses told a House panel Tuesday morning, however lawmakers were concerned over violence and the targeting of minorities inside Syria. “Having...
by Anisha Iqbal | Feb 11, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON –– Experts on China-United States relations warned Wednesday that the U.S. had failed to respond to Beijing’s escalating campaign of “lawfare” and political coercion to marginalize Taiwan. Lawfare refers to legal action taken as part of a hostile strategy...
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 Anisha Iqbal | Feb 3, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON –– National security experts cautioned Tuesday that Lebanon faces a narrow opportunity to permanently curb Hezbollah, but only if U.S. policy focuses on dismantling the group’s financial and political networks, not just its weapons. “Lebanon today presents...
by Alexia Sextou | Jan 29, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — As Congress considers whether to renew surveillance legislation enacted after Sept. 11, 2001, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command told senators that authority is “indispensable.” “I know it’s...
by Sarah Han and Isabel Papp | Jan 28, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., clashed at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Wednesday over whether U.S. actions could spark international conflict after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. ...
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 Marissa Fernandez and Alexia Sextou | Jan 15, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Senators from two subcommittees Wednesday disagreed on the effectiveness of former president Joe Biden’s Afghan parolee program and whether it contributed to a November shooting of two National Guard members in Washington D.C. The alleged shooter, Afghan...
by Sarah Han and Anisha Iqbal | 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...
by Isabel Papp | Jan 13, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Stars of private and government cybersecurity showed a united front on Tuesday, urging a congressional committee to develop more aggressive cyber capabilities with greater assistance from private companies. Charting a more muscular course in...
by Aanika Sawhney | Dec 13, 2025 | Featured, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — Rig Madden, an Army Veteran who retired as a master sergeant in 2016, is one of five founders of Remember Your Oath, a group that protests the Trump administration’s military and domestic policies both in person and online. “I warned for years that if...
by Katarzyna Nguyen | Dec 9, 2025 | Featured, National Security
After what many called a successful meeting with President Donald Trump, Japan’s new prime minister Sanae Takaichi is leading a major change to Japan’s decades of pacifism: an increase in the defense budget. Takaichi announced during her first parliamentary address...
