Category: National Security

Lawmakers Seek Review of Ford’s Agreement With Chinese Battery Maker

U.S. lawmakers are seeking to review the license agreement between Ford Motor and a Chinese battery maker. They are concerned that the deal will facilitate China’s global dominance in electric vehicle battery technology with American taxpayers’ money and increase America’s reliance on Chinese critical raw materials. According to the lawmakers, the Chinese battery maker’s supply…


Cruz and Manchin Join Forces to Stop Sale of Oil From Strategic Stockpile

The U.S. Senate passed an amendment to the annual defense bill on Thursday that would ban oil exports to China from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which sits half empty after President Joe Biden ordered a drawdown to reduce soaring inflation. The amendment, spearheaded by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) passed the…


Border Patrol Chief Relieved of Command Same Day He Testified Before Congress, Raising Retaliation Concerns: House GOP

House Republican leaders have raised the prospect that a Border Patrol chief was the target of retaliation by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) chief after the Border Patrol official sat for a transcribed interview with Congress. Gregory K. Bovino, the chief patrol agent of the El Centro Border Patrol sector in California’s imperial…


Blinken Calls for Engagement With China After State Department Hack

The United States’ top diplomat is calling for increased diplomatic engagement with China’s communist regime following a massive hack of State Department emails by China-linked cybercriminals. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Biden administration would redouble its efforts to engage diplomatically with communist China following the hack of hundreds of thousands of U.S. government…


REPLAY: Sharpening the Air Force’s Cyber and Spectrum Edge—A Hudson Institute Event

Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs Lt. Gen. Richard G. Moore Jr. and Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Cyber Effects Operations, Lt. Gen. Leah G. Lauderback of the U.S. Air Force, discussed the U.S. Air Force’s plans to improve its cyberspace and spectrum superiority with Hudson Institute Senior Fellows…


Sharpening the Air Force’s Cyber and Spectrum Edge—A Hudson Institute Event

Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs Lt. Gen. Richard G. Moore Jr. and Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Cyber Effects Operations, Lt. Gen. Leah G. Lauderback of the U.S. Air Force, discussed the U.S. Air Force’s plans to improve its cyberspace and spectrum superiority with Hudson Institute Senior Fellows…


LIVE NOW: Biden’s National Security Advisor Sullivan Speaks at Aspen Security Forum

Jake Sullivan, President Biden’s national security advisor, participates in a fireside chat at the Aspen Security Forum at 2:30 p.m. ET on July 21. Edward Luce of the Financial Times moderates the event. …


Biden’s National Security Advisor Sullivan Speaks at Aspen Security Forum

Jake Sullivan, President Biden’s national security advisor, participates in a fireside chat at the Aspen Security Forum at 2:30 p.m. ET on July 21. Edward Luce of the Financial Times moderates the event. …


Leading AI Companies Commit to Safeguards at Meeting With Biden

The Biden administration has announced new voluntary commitments from seven major artificial intelligence (AI) companies, another milestone in the White House’s attempt to get ahead of the fast-moving technology. “This is pushing the envelope on what companies are doing and raising the standards for safety and security and trust of AI,” a senior White House…


White House Says AI Companies Have Promised to Address ‘Bias and Discrimination’

The Biden administration has announced new voluntary commitments from seven major artificial intelligence (AI) companies, another milestone in the White House’s attempt to get ahead of the fast-moving technology. “This is pushing the envelope on what companies are doing and raising the standards for safety and security and trust of AI,” a senior White House…