United States Congress

August 7, 2025 | Jack Burnham |

China Releases Footage of Major Missile Test To Threaten U.S.

China’s military celebrated its birthday by subtly threatening the United States. On July 31, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force, the military service responsible for China’s conventional...

August 4, 2025 | |

‘Irredeemably Compromised’: UNRWA Sued by Terror Victims as U.S. Calls for Agency’s Dismantlement

UNRWA Aids and Fuels Terrorism: American victims of Hamas and Hezbollah terrorism are suing the UN agency UNRWA for aiding the terrorist organizations and fueling their terrorism....

July 30, 2025 | Max Meizlish, Amelia Melo

House Committee Moves to Overhaul U.S.-South Africa Relationship Ahead of Potential FATF Delisting

U.S. pressure is mounting on Pretoria. The House Foreign Affairs Committee cleared a consequential piece of legislation on July 22 aimed at reevaluating America’s longstanding relationship with South...

July 30, 2025 | Jiwon Ma, Stefan Videnovic

New York Acts To Avert Cyberattacks Against State’s Drinking Water Systems

With the federal government slow to act, New York State government is stepping in to protect its water systems from cyber threats. On July 22, Governor Kathy Hochul announced a new $2.5 million cybersecurity...

July 25, 2025 | Peter Doran, Dmitriy Shapiro

In the Caucasus, Donald Trump Has an Opportunity

With Azerbaijan defying Russia, the region has the opportunity to clinch a historic peace deal.

July 25, 2025 | Cameron McMillan, Bradley Bowman

Trump Administration Announces New Security Assistance as Ukrainians Face ‘Russian Terror’

Ukraine will be getting more American weapons as it faces escalating Russian aggression. In the latest evidence of a positive but insufficient policy shift, the Trump administration approved four arms...

July 24, 2025 | John Hardie |

Intercepting Terror

Strengthening Ukrainian Air Defense

July 22, 2025 | Emily de La Bruyère |

Foreign Abuse of U.S. Courts

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July 21, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Johanna Yang

Protecting Our Communications Networks by Promoting Transparency Regarding Foreign Adversary Control

July 18, 2025 | Max Meizlish |

Wall Street Misprices South Africa’s Collapse

While Washington acts against Pretoria’s foreign alignments, financial markets fail to spot the reckoning ahead.

July 18, 2025 | Leah Siskind, Meera Hatangadi

Defending Against DeepSeek: Congress’ Federal Firewall

A NATO ally has branded China’s AI chatbot as a Trojan horse for Beijing’s spies. The Czech Republic’s [DA1] cybersecurity agency issued a warning on July 10 that led to an immediate ban of...

July 16, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Miles Kershner

Reversing Previous Restrictions, Washington Allows NVIDIA To Sell Advanced Chips to China

The Trump administration is giving China a much-needed boost in the race for artificial intelligence (AI). After a White House meeting between President Donald Trump and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, the company...

July 15, 2025 | Ryan Brobst, Cameron McMillan, Bradley Bowman

Can the U.S. Arm Itself and Ukraine?

Donald Trump announced on Monday that the United States will continue arming Ukraine through a deal with NATO, whereby European allies will pay for American-made weapons to be delivered to Kyiv. That...

July 15, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

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Peace in Sudan is a fantasy as long as Islamist factions like the Muslim Brotherhood keep fueling the war and hijacking power.

July 14, 2025 | Emily Hester |

Putin Hails Alternative To Western Financial System

Russian President Vladimir Putin is celebrating the emergence of an alternative to the U.S.-led global financial system. Speaking virtually at the BRICS annual summit on July 6, he boasted that the current...

July 13, 2025 | Natalie Ecanow |

Reckoning Needed Between Terror-Sponsoring Qatar and United States

The emirate of Qatar continues to play an outsized role in the diplomatic efforts to end the war in Gaza. Over the weekend, these efforts once again failed to end the crisis and release the remaining 50...

July 9, 2025 | Annie Fixler, Stefan Videnovic

U.S. Cybersecurity at Risk Without Congressional Action

Congress has less than 90 days to avert a cybersecurity nightmare. At the end of September, a keystone law enabling information sharing between private companies and government and among private companies...

July 9, 2025 | Max Meizlish |

U.S. Severs Ties With Mexican Banks Enabling China-Fueled Fentanyl Trade

The war on fentanyl is entering a new phase. The U.S. Treasury Department moved decisively on June 25 against several Mexican financial institutions accused of laundering drug money and fueling the fentanyl...

July 3, 2025 | |

‘Unfit for Office’: U.S. Calls on UN to Fire Francesca Albanese in Light of Report Accusing Companies of Contributing to ‘Genocide’

‘Antisemitism and Support for Terrorism’: The Trump administration formally requested that the United Nations fire Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for the “Occupied...

July 2, 2025 | Bradley Bowman, Sinan Ciddi

S-400s or not, don’t give Turkey the F-35

Thomas Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkey, suggested on Sunday that the impasse with Washington over Ankara’s procurement of the Russian S-400 air and missile defense system could be resolved...