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....
by Sonya Dymova | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, Nov. 19, Ukraine marked 1,000 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion with a military milestone—its first use of the U.S.-manufactured Army Tactical Missile Systems to strike into Russian territory. The move came days after...
by Jonas Blum | Nov 20, 2024 | Featured, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON — The gallery filled and protesters chanted, but the House Homeland Security Committee hearing entitled “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland” did not start on Wednesday after scheduling conflicts with the witnesses. The hearing, which would be the...
by Sarah Lin | Nov 19, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Top U.S. and South Korean national security officials and experts addressed the biggest issues facing their alliance at the ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum Monday, with the recent deployment of North Korean troops to Russia in focus. The speakers discussed the...
by Sonya Dymova | Nov 13, 2024 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — Moldova’s pro-EU President Maia Sandu secured a second term in a pivotal runoff on Nov. 4, defeating Alexandr Stoianoglo, a rival backed by the traditionally pro-Russian Socialist Party. Two weeks earlier, Moldovans narrowly voted in a national referendum...
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...
