by Amy L. Wong | May 20, 2026 | Cybersecurity, Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — China constructed headquarters for a massive Cambodian-based scam network harming victims and is failing to hold them accountable, according to never-before-revealed findings in a bipartisan congressional investigative report released on Tuesday. House...
by Wisdom Howell | May 20, 2026 | Featured, Politics, Transportation
WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) — The administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration told senators in a hearing Tuesday that “bad design” of the airspace above Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport caused an American Eagle commuter flight and a...
by Reece Dower | May 20, 2026 | National Security, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s move to build a national missile defense system would leave millions of Americans vulnerable to nuclear attack despite the program’s exorbitant cost, the author of a new scientific report said at a press...
by Samantha Freeman | May 19, 2026 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON, May 19 (UPI) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, in a Senate hearing Tuesday, refused to rule out payments to convicted Jan. 6, 2021, rioters and Jeffrey Epstein-related sexual abuse perpetrators as part of the Justice Department’s...
by Olivia Ardito | May 19, 2026 | Politics
WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) The House on Thursday passed the Cashless Bail Reporting Act, which is intended to deter states and communities from releasing people charged with crimes before trial without paying bail. Ninety-six Democrats joined most Republicans to approve...
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by Rebecka Eriksdotter Pieder | May 14, 2026 | Featured, National Security, Politics
WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) — A State Department official told Congress on Thursday that NATO remains a critical deterrent to Russian aggression, and he reaffirmed U.S. support for the Baltic states. That reassurance comes as the war in Iran has resulted in delayed...
