Category: National Security

House GOP Discuss Fentanyl Epidemic and Its Impact on American Lives

U.S. congressional Republicans hold a news conference at 3:15 p.m. ET on May 23 to discuss the fentanyl epidemic and its impact on American lives. …


GOP Lawmaker Seeks to Block US Taxpayer Dollars From Funding CCP-Affiliated Entities

A Republican lawmaker recently introduced a bill prohibiting U.S. taxpayer dollars from funding companies with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The legislation from Rep. John James (R-Mich.), titled “No American Tax Dollars to CCP Act,” would bar taxpayer dollars from funding state-backed Chinese companies and forbids joint ventures or partnerships with “foreign entities…


US Not Considering Lifting Sanctions on China’s Defense Minister: Official

The United States has no intentions of lifting the sanctions imposed on Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu, a State Department spokesperson said on May 22. The spokesperson’s comments seem to retract those made by President Joe Biden during the G-7 leaders’ summit in Japan on May 21, when he said the idea of easing Li’s…


LIVE 10 AM ET: House Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on ‘The Biden Border Crisis: Part III’

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on “The Biden Border Crisis: Part III” at 10 a.m. ET on May 23. Tammy Nobles, mother of Kayla Hamilton, who was allegedly murdered by a minor illegal immigrant who was an MS-13 gang member and entered the country during the Biden Border Crisis; The Honorable Teresa…


LIVE NOW: House Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on ‘The Biden Border Crisis: Part III’

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on “The Biden Border Crisis: Part III” at 10 a.m. ET on May 23. Tammy Nobles, mother of Kayla Hamilton, who was allegedly murdered by a minor illegal immigrant who was an MS-13 gang member and entered the country during the Biden Border Crisis; The Honorable Teresa…


House Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on ‘The Biden Border Crisis: Part III’

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on “The Biden Border Crisis: Part III” at 10 a.m. ET on May 23. Tammy Nobles, mother of Kayla Hamilton, who was allegedly murdered by a minor illegal immigrant who was an MS-13 gang member and entered the country during the Biden Border Crisis; The Honorable Teresa…


New York Democrats Call on Biden to Fast Track Illegal Alien Work Permits

Top New York Democrats have called on President Joe Biden to grant work permits to unemployed illegal aliens residing in NYC. Mayor of New York City Eric Adams, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Reps. Dan Goldman and Jerry Nadler of New York held a May 22 press conference in Brooklyn with progressive labor and business leaders, reported Politico. The leading…


Senators Receive ‘Precautionary’ Satellite Phones Just Before Hurricane Season

Members of the Senate have been given satellite phones by the chamber’s sergeant-at-arms. “Satellite phones are important precautionary communication devices that provide critical lifelines during disasters that impact local communication capabilities (such as cellular and landline phones, and/or internet),” an official with knowledge of the matter informed The Epoch Times in a May 22 email….


China Has ‘an Edge’ Over US Naval Power: Expert

China has advantages over the United States in naval power in actual combat, according to former Navy Capt. Brent Sadler. “I think we’ve been spending years quietly building up our munitions production capability, but we’re not there yet for the type of fight that we would be in with China. Then … on shipyards, China’s…


REPLAY: Prosperity at Risk: The Quantum Computer Threat to the US Financial System

Hudson Senior Fellow and Director of the Quantum Alliance Initiative (QAI) Arthur Herman and QAI Associate Director Alex Butler discuss their most recent report on the potential consequences of a future quantum computer attack on the Federal Reserve, specifically the Fedwire Funds Service, which facilitates large-scale interbank transactions. Mises Institute Senior Fellow, former Deputy Director…