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by Matthew Shea | Jul 14, 2025 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, National Security
WASHINGTON (MNS) — President Donald Trump on Monday issued a sharp ultimatum to Russian President Vladimir Putin: agree to a cease-fire in Ukraine within 50 days or face sweeping new tariffs and sanctions. The proposed policy would impose 100% secondary tariffs on...
by Bridget Craig | Jun 11, 2025 | National Security
WASHINGTON – As the Department of Veterans Affairs last week announced a nationwide search for new leaders to oversee its health and benefits systems, veterans around the country said they hoped the new leaders would make meaningful reform so they get better health...
by Bridget Craig | Jun 11, 2025 | National Security
WASHINGTON – Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins faced bipartisan criticism on May 6 over plans to cut thousands of jobs across the department as part of the Trump administration’s major effort to “rightsize,” the federal workforce. Republicans and Democrats alike...
by Matthew Shea | Jun 11, 2025 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, Immigration, National Security
WASHINGTON (AN) — Mary Speck was working at her office at a congressional-funded think tank on a Friday afternoon in March when she heard a loud message. “There was an address over the intercom saying: ‘Lock yourselves in the office. Please stay in your...
by Leonardo Pini | Jun 5, 2025 | Foreign Affairs, National Security
WASHINGTON–On June. 4, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation hosted its annual candlelight vigil to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre. During the Spring and Summer of 1989, the Chinese government cracked down on student-led protests that demanded...
by Khaleel Rahman | May 31, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON (AN) — The U.S. State Department has announced a major reorganization plan that would eliminate its ability to document alleged war crimes in Ukraine and Russia. Among the targets is a program critical to the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants...
