by Matthew Shea | Apr 23, 2025 | National Security, Topics
HIGHLIGHTS: On April 15, President Trump hosted the Navy Midshipmen football team at the White House to present them with the Commander-in-Chief Trophy. Yesterday, I was at the White House for @medillonthehill as @POTUS presented the Commander-in-Chief trophy...
by Amalia Huot-Marchand | Apr 17, 2025 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON D.C. – As the first European leader to visit the White House since Trump imposed sweeping tariffs, Giorgia Meloni, on Thursday, attempted to balance Italy’s interests, European interests and her relationship with Trump, who welcomed her warmly. “There will...
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...
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...
by Karishma Bhuiyan and Andrew Fang | Apr 26, 2024 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — As Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up his trip to China, a human rights group released a report calculating that China currently imprisons more than 449,000 Uyghurs in Xinjiang, about one in 17. According to the Uyghur Human Rights Project, a...
by Andrew Zi-Qi Fang | Mar 12, 2024 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Taiwan’s choice of president in the January elections sent a strong message that the island nation wants to maintain its autonomy from China, but voters also sent an appeasing signal to China by denying the president-elect’s party a...