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Senate Armed Services Committee weighs defense priorities amid growing global threats

Senate Armed Services Committee weighs defense priorities amid growing global threats

by Bridget Craig | Apr 15, 2025 | Featured, Military

WASHINGTON – After the Trump administration promised the largest Pentagon budget ever focused exclusively on “lethality and readiness,” Republicans and Democrats on the Hill and top military brass underscored in hearings Wednesday and Thursday that much of the budget...
House Foreign Affairs Committee advances bill to block U.S. aid from reaching Taliban

House Foreign Affairs Committee advances bill to block U.S. aid from reaching Taliban

by Matthew Shea | Apr 14, 2025 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – The House Foreign Affairs committee last Wednesday passed the “No Tax Dollars for Terrorists Act” (H.R. 260), teeing it up for a vote on the House floor. The bill, which was co-sponsored by 23 House Republicans, would aim to stop foreign countries and...
US ambassador to Ukraine to resign amid stalled peace talks

US ambassador to Ukraine to resign amid stalled peace talks

by Ashley N. Soriano | Apr 10, 2025 | Featured, Foreign Affairs

WASHINGTON – U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink will resign from the position she’s held for three years, the Department of State confirmed at a press briefing Thursday, further putting into question American relations with the war-torn country. Appointed by...
House Foreign Affairs Committee votes to impose secondary sanctions Iran oil purchasers

House Foreign Affairs Committee votes to impose secondary sanctions Iran oil purchasers

by Amalia Huot-Marchand | Apr 10, 2025 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would impose additional sanctions on any individuals or companies participating in the illegal sale of Iranian oil. Revenue from these sales fuel Tehran’s nuclear program...
House Representatives disagree about whether sanctuary cities should comply with I.C.E. detention orders

House Representatives disagree about whether sanctuary cities should comply with I.C.E. detention orders

by Atmika Iyer | Apr 10, 2025 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON — At the House Judiciary subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement on Wednesday Republicans and Democrats clashed over whether sanctuary cities should comply with federal orders to detain individuals I.C.E. potentially wants to...
PHOTOS: Recap of The 2024 Republican National Convention

PHOTOS: Recap of The 2024 Republican National Convention

by Karishma Bhuiyan, Sylvie Kirsch and Noah Poser | Jul 25, 2024 | Featured, Politics

MILWAUKEE — The 2024 Republican National Convention ran from July 15 through July 18 at the Fiserv Forum, where former president Donald Trump officially accepted the party’s nomination for president. Alongside his own nomination, he announced Sen. JD...
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