by Kelsey Baker | Oct 4, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday evening that the U.S. faces two extraordinary challenges, a full-swing power struggle with Russia in Ukraine, and an all-out economic competition with China. “The common denominator is approaching...
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by Andrew Zi-Qi Fang | Oct 2, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – When Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, asked two expert witnesses on Wednesday whether they expect China to increase its meddling in the 2024 U.S. elections, “Yes” and “Absolutely yes” were their answers. “The Chinese Communist Party’s activities to influence...
by Kelsey Baker | Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON– House lawmakers agreed Thursday that they want to limit the many US military actions underway across the world. But there’s little consensus on how to reform the laws that have authorized all of those military operations. “War should not be on autopilot,”...
by Phillip Powell | Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress and top experts disagreed yesterday about whether the Biden administration has been complying with the Trump-era law to withhold economic assistance from the Palestinian Authority. The 2018 Taylor Force Act ended economic aid for...
by Catherine Buchaniec | May 2, 2022 | Featured, National Security
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — At a pretrial hearing in the case against the accused mastermind of the USS Cole bombing, a former Army interrogator — nicknamed the “King of Torture” — said he subjected a prisoner held at Bagram prison in...
by Catherine Buchaniec | Apr 29, 2022 | Featured, National Security
GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 27 (UPI) — Defense lawyers who represent the accused mastermind behind the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole sought Wednesday to limit testimony from federal agents who interviewed an alternative suspected organizer of the attack. The...
