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 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 Clare Zhang | Feb 14, 2024 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The House Rules Committee on Tuesday advanced a bill to take away the Department of Energy’s authority over liquefied natural gas permits, effectively reversing the Biden administration’s pause on permit approvals that began last month. During the...
by Lily Ogburn | Feb 8, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged Dafna Hochman Rand, presidential nominee for Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, to crack down on accountability for human rights violations in both adversarial and...
by Ellie Skelly | Feb 1, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — For weeks Republican lawmakers insisted that any funding for Ukraine must be met with a stricter border policy. Now, with a supplemental security bill within reach, some Republicans are backing away from a deal following former president Donald Trump’s...
