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Veterans speak out as VA seeks new health and benefits leadership

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...
VA Secretary Doug Collins faces bipartisan criticism at Senate VA Committee hearing

VA Secretary Doug Collins faces bipartisan criticism at Senate VA Committee hearing

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...
DOGE’s takeover of USIP failed. The ripple effects can hurt Trump policy.

DOGE’s takeover of USIP failed. The ripple effects can hurt Trump policy.

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...
Commemoration of Tiananmen Square keeps focus on Chinese Communist Party

Commemoration of Tiananmen Square keeps focus on Chinese Communist Party

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...
U.S. to eliminate conflict response, war crimes investigation programs

U.S. to eliminate conflict response, war crimes investigation programs

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...
WTO Warns Trump’s Tariffs Risk Reshaping Global Trade into Two Rival Blocs

WTO Warns Trump’s Tariffs Risk Reshaping Global Trade into Two Rival Blocs

by Amalia Huot-Marchand | Apr 23, 2025 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON D.C. – The Sino-American trade war could have drastic implications on the global economy and even split the world into two geopolitical trading blocs, according to the director general of the World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.  The United States...
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