Bipartisan Support in Congress to Reform Government Watchdog Privileges

by Jonathan Lehrfeld | Oct 21, 2021 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — In a rare moment of bipartisan support, Democrats and Republicans agreed with the Justice Department’s top watchdog about expanding the privileges of government oversight officials.  “I think it would be an extremely important change and helpful to us in...

U.S. Relations with Pakistan Remain Strained, Still Tied to Afghanistan

by Jonathan Lehrfeld | Oct 13, 2021 | National Security

WASHINGTON — Twenty years after 9/11, and two months after the American exit from Afghanistan, the United States’ strategic and often tenuous partnership with Pakistan has come full circle. The military and diplomatic relationship between the two countries “stands at...

Navy Nuclear Engineer Accused of Espionage Makes First Appearance in Federal Court

by Jonathan Lehrfeld | Oct 12, 2021 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — The naval engineer and his wife who allegedly tried to sell U.S. nuclear submarine secrets appeared today for the first time in federal court. Jonathan and Diana Toebee appeared this morning in federal district court in Martinsburg, West Virginia, after...

Senate Voting Rights Debate Devolves Into Partisan Accusations

by Jonathan Lehrfeld | Oct 6, 2021 | Featured, Politics

Senate Democrats and Republicans accused one another of playing partisan politics with voting rights at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. Lawmakers, government officials and election experts met to discuss the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act,...