by Reece Dower | Apr 29, 2026 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth alternated between championing a proposed massive increase to defense spending and fielding attacks from Democratic lawmakers during testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday. It marked the secretary’s first...
by Gabriel Matias Castilho | Apr 29, 2026 | Energy, Environment, Featured
A key Republican joined Democrats in pushing back against the Trump administration’s proposal to slash the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s research and data collection programs at a House environment subcommittee hearing Tuesday. NOAA requested a 26...
![Supreme Court examines constitutionality of police accessing cellphone location data]()
by Kaitlin Bender-Thomas | Apr 29, 2026 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in a case that could change how law enforcement uses cell phone location data to investigate crimes in the digital age. At the center of Chatrie v. United States is whether law enforcement’s use of...
![Supreme Court mulls liability of tech firms in overseas rights abuses]()
by Nicole Cheah | Apr 28, 2026 | Business & Tech, Politics
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices appeared divided Tuesday morning about whether a U.S. tech company can be held liable for aiding the Chinese government’s alleged torture of a spiritual minority. The case is centered on whether practitioners in China of the...
![‘The Indo-Pacific is the defining strategic theatre’: How committed is US to this region?]()
by Nicole Cheah | Apr 28, 2026 | Foreign Affairs, National Security
WASHINGTON – The Indo-Pacific remains the US military’s most consequential foreign theatre, the region’s top commander told members of Congress, dispelling concern that the movement of Asia-based munitions to the Middle East has undermined deterrence against China....
![King Charles III speaks before joint session of Congress, first monarch of UK to do so since 1991]()
by George Alexandrakis | Apr 28, 2026 | Events, Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics
WASHINGTON — A joint session of Congress played host to a British monarch for the first time in 35 years on Tuesday as King Charles III stood before the legislative branch and spoke about the importance of the alliance between the United States and the United Kingdom....
