by Enes Calli & Gerald Harris | Jan 17, 2018 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON- Despite renewed diplomatic communication between North and South Korea, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday that the North’s nuclear threat is at a “tenuous stage,”ahead of the Winter Olympics in February. The negotiations between North and South...
by Yingjie Gu & Jasmine Khayami | Dec 6, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Promoting religious freedom is the only way to counter violent religious extremism, but the U.S. is focused more on military action against terrorist groups, the president of Religious Freedom Institute said at a congressional hearing on Wednesday....
by Gerald Harris | Dec 6, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON- In a podcast episode of “Stories from our Neighbors”, Medill News Service reporter, Gerald Harris, sat down with United States Veterans. Special thanks to the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, D.C. The veterans tell stories of love,...
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by Jasmine Khayami & Ricky Zipp | Nov 30, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON- Specialist Brandi J. Fox grew up in small-town Kingston, Michigan. She spent her time hunting, playing saxophone in the school band and earning a spot as the only girl on the high school football team. Fox has gone from her family farm in Kingston,...
by Yingjie Gu & Jasmine Khayami | Nov 30, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Terrorism poses a greater threat to the U.S. than ever before because of extremists’ use of technology and social media, FBI Director Christopher Wray said at a congressional hearing Thursday. “These terrorists’ use of social media...
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by Ricky Zipp | Nov 30, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Just over a month after the liberation of Raqqa – the Syrian city that was once the self–proclaimed capital of the Islamic State group – more than 400 Marines who operated in the country are leaving, according to a statement released Thursday by officials...
