by Jingnan Huo | Apr 12, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – White House press secretary Sean Spicer apologized again Wednesday for suggesting that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had done worse things than Adolf Hitler and that Hitler, whose gas chambers killed millions, had not used chemical weapons. “I screwed...
by Jingnan Huo | Apr 12, 2017 | Featured, National Security
by Jingnan Huo WASHINGTON — The Mar-a-Largo summit between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump is sending ambiguous signals about North Korea at best, but what is clear is that Trump has changed the equation for China and put South Korea in...
by Jingnan Huo | Apr 11, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Senate on Thursday overturned a longstanding rule that required a supermajority of 60 votes to approve presidential appointments to the Supreme Court, clearing the way for Neil Gorsuch to be approved as associate justice by a simple majority on...
by Jingnan Huo | Apr 6, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON-Federal and the state governments should emphasize planning for recovering after a cyberattack rather than focusing so much on preventing the attacks, the commander of Washington National Guard’s cyber unit has told a Senate committee. Washington state is...
by Jingnan Huo | Apr 4, 2017 | Featured, National Security
by Jingnan Huo WASHINGTON — The Energy Department must give companies adequate security clearances so they can provide information about cyberattacks as well as get data on what the government and other companies know about combatting attacks, top energy company...
by Alex Whittler | Apr 4, 2017 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON- Among the thousands of kites flying Saturday at the Washington Monument were several hundred with a purpose other than celebrating the annual Cherry Blossom Festival. “Persist,” one read. “Rise Up,” was written on another. ...
