by Brooke Fowler | Mar 14, 2019 | Featured, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – The Senate voted 59-41 Thursday to block President Donald Trump’s Feb. 15 declaration of a national emergency, with 12 Republicans joining the 47 Democrats to send a message to the president that he had overstepped his authority. Trump said he declared...
by Henry Erlandson | Mar 13, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — The United States must prioritize its international partnerships and harness the private sector to maintain its position as the global leader in space, legislators said Wednesday. Several senators expressed a growing concern at a Committee on Commerce,...
by Justin Askenazy | Mar 13, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – House Armed Services Committee chairman Adam Smith ridiculed President Donald Trump’s proposed $4.75 trillion budget Wednesday in a speech before defense officials and investors, saying the Pentagon is being left in the dark as to how their funds would be...
by Justin Askenazy | Mar 12, 2019 | Cybersecurity, Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Developing more complex artificial intelligence is necessary for the United States to keep pace with Russia and China, top defense technology officials said Tuesday. Leaders from several Defense Department technology agencies told senators at an armed...
by Brooke Fowler | Mar 12, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Wounded veterans and veteran support organizations said Tuesday that several federal veterans’ programs, especially mental health care, need to be improved to provide better care and access to benefits. Veterans also said the Veterans Affairs Department...
by Brooke Fowler | Feb 28, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – An increasingly female veterans’ population is pressuring the Department of Veterans Affairs to expand their health care options, especially in rural areas. Between 1973, when the draft ended, and 2018, the percentage of women in enlisted forces increased...
by Cameron Peters | Feb 28, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Experts Thursday called the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia and uncertainty about the future of another treaty with Russia — New START — an indication that the administration is not...
by Brooke Fowler | Feb 26, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Members of the Task Force to End Extremism in Fragile States met with Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Tuesday to share the latest report on preventing extremism abroad. “You cannot kill your way into winning this battle against extremism,” said...
by Gabrielle Bienasz | Feb 26, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON—In a hearing before the House Permanent Select Intelligence Committee, former national security officials called for a return to post-World War II ideals of U.S. foreign policy: transatlantic Democratic alliances, taking a stand against Russia and China and...
by Cameron Peters | Feb 21, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON — With a second summit between the United States and North Korea less than a week away, an expert on nuclear proliferation Thursday emphasized the complexity of U.S.-North Korea negotiations and warned that expectations for the talks should be limited. “We...
by Leslie Bonilla | Feb 19, 2019 | National Security
WASHINGTON – The Air Force’s future is in jeopardy because of federal spending fights and uncertain budgets, Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein said Tuesday. “No enemy on the battlefield has done more damage to the U.S. military than budget instability,” Goldfein said...
by Gabrielle Bienasz | Feb 15, 2019 | Health & Science, National Security, Politics, Topics
Gays Against Guns chanted “How many more have to die?” and “Pass HR8″ throughout the capitol on Valentine’s Day. The New York-based organization began in the wake of the 2016 shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla. Members from the group...
