by Erika Tulfo and Yuqing Liu | May 6, 2026 | Business & Tech, Economy, Featured, Foreign Affairs
WASHINGTON – As President Donald Trump prepared for his meeting with China’s president Xi Jinping in Beijing next week, Japanese lawmakers urged the U.S. to remain focused on the U.S.-Japan alliance in artificial intelligence and critical minerals. Trump said at a...
by Georgia Epiphaniou | May 1, 2026 | Featured, Foreign Affairs
WASHINGTON — Attacks on undersea cables and energy infrastructure are emerging as a growing security concern for the United States and its allies, as incidents in Europe and the Indo-Pacific expose vulnerabilities in the networks that carry global communications and...
by Jacques Abou-Rizk | Apr 29, 2026 | Featured, Foreign Affairs
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Some time since President Donald Trump’s second term began, the White House removed a reference to April’s Arab American Heritage Month from its website. Former President Joe Biden’s 2024 proclamation now only exists in internet archives. As the...
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by Nicole Cheah | Apr 28, 2026 | Foreign Affairs, National Security
WASHINGTON – The Indo-Pacific remains the US military’s most consequential foreign theatre, the region’s top commander told members of Congress, dispelling concern that the movement of Asia-based munitions to the Middle East has undermined deterrence against China....
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by George Alexandrakis | Apr 28, 2026 | Events, Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics
WASHINGTON — A joint session of Congress played host to a British monarch for the first time in 35 years on Tuesday as King Charles III stood before the legislative branch and spoke about the importance of the alliance between the United States and the United Kingdom....
by Rebecka Eriksdotter Pieder | Apr 27, 2026 | Featured, Foreign Affairs
WASHINGTON — Exactly 20,000 tiny teddy bears adorned a fence on the National Mall, each stuffed toy representing one Ukrainian child abducted by Russia since the start of the war. Created by two Ukrainian advocacy groups, the display near the U.S. Capitol on Thursday...
