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...
by Jerry Wu | Jan 22, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump’s cabinet hearings continue to crawl ahead, many of his nominees have noticeably aired their support for Section 702, a surveillance law allowing the government to monitor non-Americans outside the country without a warrant. At...
by Rachel Spears | Jan 22, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – On his last business day in the White House, President Joe Biden told mayors that investments his administration made will continue to help cities thrive for years to come. “When we act together there’s not a damn thing we can’t do. In America, anything...
by Sasha Draeger-Mazer | Jan 15, 2025 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON – John Ratcliffe’s nomination hearing for CIA director on Wednesday was largely amiable as Republicans and Democrats of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee primarily sought confirmation that Ratcliffe would uphold the basic duties of the job. Questions...
by Sofia Sorochinskaia | Jan 15, 2025 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — After Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza Wednesday and the release of some hostages, the United States remained determined to prevent Hamas from governing Gaza again, according to State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller. According to...
by Zoe Singer | Jan 14, 2025 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — In a tense confirmation hearing Tuesday, Democrats grilled Pete Hegseth on women’s roles in the military and questioned the veteran’s qualifications for the position of Secretary of Defense, sparking irritation from some Republican senators. The tension...
by Sonya Dymova | Dec 10, 2024 | Featured, National Security
Donald Jensen recalled the unease he felt as he boarded a plane bound for Pskov, Russia, in 1988 to visit eight Soviet missile bases, part of a groundbreaking arms control effort following decades of Cold War brinkmanship. Months earlier, the United States and Soviet...
by Sarah Lin | Dec 5, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Emotions ran high as lawmakers grilled U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. on the agency’s security failures leading up to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on July 13. Thursday’s hearing was the final meeting for the Task...
by Sarah Lin | Dec 3, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justices signaled uncertainty over whether survivors of the Hungarian Holocaust and their heirs could seek monetary compensation from property confiscated during the genocide in a case Tuesday. Over 560,000 Hungarian Jews, more...
by Sonya Dymova | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv issued a warning on Wednesday morning that Russia might launch a “significant air attack,” closing the embassy and recommending employees to shelter in place, with at least two other Western embassies—Greece and Italy—joining in....
