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‘Judge, jury and executioner’: Legal experts, senators condemn U.S. strikes on alleged ‘narco-terrorist’ boats

‘Judge, jury and executioner’: Legal experts, senators condemn U.S. strikes on alleged ‘narco-terrorist’ boats

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...
Legislators discuss potential ramp up of Hezbollah drug trafficking in Latin America

Legislators discuss potential ramp up of Hezbollah drug trafficking in Latin America

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...
Defense Secretary Hegseth announces overhaul of military complaint, Inspector General programs at speech to senior military officials

Defense Secretary Hegseth announces overhaul of military complaint, Inspector General programs at speech to senior military officials

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...
Lawmakers agree legislation needed to protect DOD data in bipartisan consensus

Lawmakers agree legislation needed to protect DOD data in bipartisan consensus

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...
Trump hosts Turkish President Erdoğan for talks on fighter jets, Russia

Trump hosts Turkish President Erdoğan for talks on fighter jets, Russia

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...
Trump administration stifles embassies abroad

Trump administration stifles embassies abroad

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...
Veterans fear Trump administration plans to privatize VA health

Veterans fear Trump administration plans to privatize VA health

by Jerry Wu | Apr 2, 2025 | Featured, National Security

Over six decades, Mark Foreman has turned to the Department of Veterans Affairs to recover from the consequences of a bullet wound to the hip sustained fighting as a Marine in Vietnam. It took endlessly long, infectious days for him to get out of deep, cavernous...
DOD leadership firings spark concerns over support for female officers

DOD leadership firings spark concerns over support for female officers

by Jerry Wu | Mar 24, 2025 | Featured, National Security, Topics

WASHINGTON — Since President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, his administration cleared the military of most of its top female-ranking officers, disappointing many women veterans and active duty personnel. Though Trump touted his plans to flush out military...
Trump’s reversal on Ukraine undermines allies’ trust in U.S., experts say

Trump’s reversal on Ukraine undermines allies’ trust in U.S., experts say

by Edward Cruz and Sofia Sorochinskaia | Mar 4, 2025 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — In recent days, President Donald Trump lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the White House and halted American military aid to the war-torn Ukraine. Then, on Tuesday morning, Zelenskyy stressed that he would sign a minerals deal with...
Supreme Court considers how strict a judgment’s finality is in ‘extraordinary circumstances’

Supreme Court considers how strict a judgment’s finality is in ‘extraordinary circumstances’

by Sarah Serota | Mar 4, 2025 | Featured, National Security, Topics

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday for BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman, which focused on how high the bar should be to reopen a case after a ruling had been made.  The case before the court will act as a guidepost for deciding when to consider...
Analysis: Macron, Starmer flatter but fail to extract commitments from Trump

Analysis: Macron, Starmer flatter but fail to extract commitments from Trump

by Sasha Draeger-Mazer | Feb 28, 2025 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – Blair House, the residence used to accommodate foreign dignitaries, was busy this week as French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer both paid visits to the White House, the first European leaders to do so since President...
Supreme Court to decide about supervised release

Supreme Court to decide about supervised release

by Jeremy Fredricks and Samanta Habashy | Feb 25, 2025 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices heard arguments Tuesday on which factors courts can consider when revoking supervised release for criminal defendants when not all possible factors are explicitly listed under federal law. Supervised release is when someone follows...
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