by Reece Dower | May 20, 2026 | National Security, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s move to build a national missile defense system would leave millions of Americans vulnerable to nuclear attack despite the program’s exorbitant cost, the author of a new scientific report said at a press...
by Reece Dower | May 15, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The war in Iran has “severely degraded” the Iranian regime’s military, the commander of U.S. military operations in the Middle East told lawmakers Thursday, flatly rejecting reports that most of Iran’s missile stockpiles and...
by Reece Dower | Apr 29, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth alternated between championing a proposed massive increase to defense spending and fielding attacks from Democratic lawmakers during testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday. It marked the secretary’s first...
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by Reece Dower | Apr 21, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — A senior U.S. military commander reassured senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday that the war in Iran had not detracted from operations in the Indo-Pacific or interfered with the U.S.’s ability to deter adversaries in the region. Admiral Samuel Paparo,...
by Reece Dower | Apr 9, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Experts stressed Ukraine’s need to maintain control over its so-called fortress belt, a roughly 31-mile stretch of defensive infrastructure in the country’s east, during a public briefing on Capitol Hill Wednesday. “The fortress belt is...
