by Sonya Dymova | Oct 30, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Congressional delays in passing spending and other legislation undermines U.S. positioning on the global stage and invigorates “competitors,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at the Foreign Service Institute on Wednesday. “Look, if we’re...
by Sarah Lin | Oct 24, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — On Oct. 15, two giant pandas arrived at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo after a 19-hour trans-Pacific flight on a FedEx carrier plane, fittingly known as the “Panda Express”. Before last week’s arrival, pandas have not occupied the National Zoo since...
by Raj Ghanekar and Sonya Dymova | Oct 23, 2024 | Featured, National Security
Washington — Ending trade with foreign competitors to protect U.S. technology is not a path forward, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Wednesday, underscoring the need for more nuanced and targeted export controls. “It doesn’t make sense to allow...
by Sonya Dymova | Oct 2, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is still hesitant to take a definitive stance on whether to lift restrictions preventing Kyiv from using U.S.-made long-range missiles to strike military targets deep inside Russia, despite months of pleading from Ukrainian...
by Annastazia Ng'ambi | Apr 17, 2024 | National Security
WASHINGTON — As the Presidential elections are approaching, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, stated that a bipartisan bill is necessary to safeguard the upcoming elections since artificial...
by Laeba Hafiz | Mar 21, 2024 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, called on the members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on Wednesday to investigate electoral irregularities and violence that took place in the recent election in Pakistan on February 8, 2024. The United States and...
by Aidan Johnstone and Lily Ogburn | Mar 13, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – For years, US venture capital firms have invested in Chinese technology companies linked to China’s military and persecution of the Uyghur people. Now, the recent glare of the spotlight from Congress and declining public opinion of China has prompted...
by Rafaela Jinich | Mar 8, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden didn’t waste any time mentioning his support for Ukraine during his State of the Union address on Thursday night, rallying Americans to move forward with aid. “My message to President Putin is simple,” Biden said. “We will not walk...
by Lily Ogburn | Feb 28, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The Uyghur Policy Act is one of Congress’s newest efforts aimed at fighting China’s oppression of the Uyghur people. The bill has passed in the House of Representatives, and activists are urging the Senate to act quickly on the legislation. What is the...
by Charlotte Ehrlich | Jan 30, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Experts in the commercial shipping industries outlined the ever-increasing humanitarian and economic costs of recent Iran-backed Houthi militant strikes on American ships positioned in the Red Sea during a subcommittee hearing on Tuesday. The continuing...
by Lily Ogburn | Jan 30, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta warned lawmakers on Tuesday that China is increasingly collaborating with nations hostile to the United States and urged lawmakers to provide more support to help Taiwan...
by Rafaela Jinich | Jan 23, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – The Senate Armed Services Committee convened to scrutinize the nominations of three crucial roles within the Department of Defense on Tuesday. Melissa Griffin Dalton, nominated for Under Secretary of the Air Force, Douglas Craig Schmidt, nominated...
