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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...
HIGHLIGHTS: President Trump presents Commander-in-Chief Trophy to Navy Midshipmen football team

HIGHLIGHTS: President Trump presents Commander-in-Chief Trophy to Navy Midshipmen football team

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...
Trump Forecasts U.S.-Europe Trade Deal as Italian PM Giorgia Meloni Visits White House

Trump Forecasts U.S.-Europe Trade Deal as Italian PM Giorgia Meloni Visits White House

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...
House Foreign Affairs Committee advances bill to block U.S. aid from reaching Taliban

House Foreign Affairs Committee advances bill to block U.S. aid from reaching Taliban

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...
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