Category: National Security

HHS Official Can’t Say When Hill Will be Briefed on Unaccompanied Children Program

A senior Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) executive was unable to tell a congressional oversight subcommittee when a briefing requested four months ago will be scheduled on how the government processes placement of unaccompanied minors who cross into the U.S. at the Southern border. “On March 2, 2023, the [House Judiciary] Committee requested…


LIVE 10 AM ET: House Indo-Pacific Subcommittee Holds Hearing on ‘Achieving Peace Through Strength in the Indo-Pacific’

The House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Indo-Pacific Subcommittee holds a hearing on “Achieving Peace Through Strength in the Indo-Pacific” at 10 a.m. ET on July 18. Witnesses: The Honorable Daniel J. Kritenbrink Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the U.S. Department of State Mr. Michael Ronning Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, Asia Bureau…


LIVE NOW: House Indo-Pacific Subcommittee Holds Hearing on ‘Achieving Peace Through Strength in the Indo-Pacific’

The House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Indo-Pacific Subcommittee holds a hearing on “Achieving Peace Through Strength in the Indo-Pacific” at 10 a.m. ET on July 18. Witnesses: The Honorable Daniel J. Kritenbrink Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the U.S. Department of State Mr. Michael Ronning Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, Asia Bureau…


House Indo-Pacific Subcommittee Holds Hearing on ‘Achieving Peace Through Strength in the Indo-Pacific’

The House Foreign Affairs Committee’s Indo-Pacific Subcommittee holds a hearing on “Achieving Peace Through Strength in the Indo-Pacific” at 10 a.m. ET on July 18. Witnesses: The Honorable Daniel J. Kritenbrink Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the U.S. Department of State Mr. Michael Ronning Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, Asia Bureau…


Treasury Secretary Yellen Doesn’t Expect a Recession in US

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said during an interview that the U.S. economy would not be hit by a recession. While Ms. Yellen was in attendance at a G-20 summit in Gandhinagar, India, she told Bloomberg on July 17 that the United States was making good progress in bringing inflation down this year. Ms. Yellen…


LIVE 9 AM ET: House Armed Services Committee Hearing on Artificial Intelligence on the Battlefield

The House Armed Services Committee meets on July 18 to receive testimony on the barriers that prevent the Department of Defense from adopting and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) effectively and safely, the Department’s role in AI adoption, and the risks to the Department from adversarial AI. The hearing starts at 9 a.m. ET. Witnesses Alexandr…


LIVE NOW: House Armed Services Committee Hearing on Artificial Intelligence on the Battlefield

The House Armed Services Committee meets on July 18 to receive testimony on the barriers that prevent the Department of Defense from adopting and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) effectively and safely, the Department’s role in AI adoption, and the risks to the Department from adversarial AI. The hearing starts at 9 a.m. ET. Witnesses Alexandr…


House Armed Services Committee Hearing on Artificial Intelligence on the Battlefield

The House Armed Services Committee meets on July 18 to receive testimony on the barriers that prevent the Department of Defense from adopting and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) effectively and safely, the Department’s role in AI adoption, and the risks to the Department from adversarial AI. The hearing starts at 9 a.m. ET. Witnesses Alexandr…


Lawyers for Pentagon Leak Suspect Ask Court to Release Him Ahead of Trial, Citing Trump Case

Lawyers for Jack Teixeira, the former Air National Guardsman accused of leaking top secret Pentagon documents, have asked a judge to reconsider an earlier decision to keep him behind bars as he awaits trial, citing the pretrial release of former President Donald Trump and others charged in similar high-profile cases involving classified documents. Mr. Teixeira was…


UC Berkeley Faces Congressional Investigation Over China Ties

A congressional committee has formally requested the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) to provide information regarding its partnership with a Chinese state-controlled university, citing grave research security concerns. In a letter to UC Berkeley’s president and chancellor on July 13, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) said the Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen…