Thousands of demonstrators gathered around the U.S. Capitol on July 24 as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress on the ongoing war between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group. D.C. Metropolitan Police arrested five people who chained themselves together to block an intersection near the capitol on Wednesday. A few hours […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for U.S. support amid his country’s ongoing war with terror group Hamas in an address to a joint session of U.S. Congress on July 24. “America and Israel must stand together,” said Mr. Netanyahu. “When we stand together something really great happens: we win, they lose.” The Israeli prime […]

U.S. President Joe Biden is anticipating meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on July 22 to discuss ending the war in the Gaza Strip. White House national security advisor Jake Sullivan affirmed the meeting plans during an interview with the Aspen Security Forum on July 19. Mr. Netanyahu is already slated to address a […]

The U.S. Department of Defense has proposed a new framework for determining whether a film or television production receiving U.S. military assistance is bowing to the demands of Chinese communist regime censors. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2023 included a provision barring the U.S. military from providing film production assistance for […]

A federal appeals court has reversed a criminal conviction against a former University of Kansas professor for concealing his ties to a university in China. The Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, on July 11, ruled 2–1 in favor of tossing out the criminal conviction against Feng “Franklin” Tao for making a false statement […]

President Joe Biden announced on July 12 Israeli and Hamas negotiators have both agreed to a framework for Hamas to release hostages and for both sides to impose a cease-fire in the ongoing Israel–Hamas war. President Biden said this development stems from a three-phase peace proposal he laid out on May 31. Progress on the […]

The U.S. military will soon shut down its Gaza humanitarian aid pier, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan. “I’ll let CENTCOM [U.S. Central Command] speak about their plans with respect to the pier, but I do anticipate that in relatively short order, we will wind down pier operations,” Mr. Sullivan said during […]

The Department of Justice recently seized control of two internet domains and searched 968 accounts on social media platform X, which it accused of helping spread disinformation for the Russian government. The seizures were part of an FBI investigation into an alleged artificial intelligence-enhanced social media bot farm that has created hundreds of fake social […]

The United States, Canada, and Finland are launching a trilateral security partnership to boost the production of icebreaking ships, amid growing competition in the Arctic region. President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Finnish President Alexander Stubb formally announced the agreement on July 11, during the ongoing North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in […]

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban visited Moscow on Friday, saying that peace between Russia and Ukraine requires a more proactive effort. Mr. Orban met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 5, following up his visit earlier this week with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The Hungarian leader wanted to meet with the opposing leaders even […]

The U.S. government conducted its first large-scale flight since 2018 to remove multiple Chinese nationals ineligible to remain in the country. The Department of Homeland Security announced on July 2 that its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency carried out the removal flight over the weekend, in coordination with authorities in the Chinese regime. The […]

The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned one Mexican resident and two Chinese residents suspected of laundering drug trafficking proceeds for the Sinaloa Cartel. The Treasury Department, on July 1, named Mexico-based Diego Acosta Ovalle and China-based Tong Peiji and He Jiaxuan as suspected Cartel moneymen. The Treasury Department sanctioned the trio, in accordance with a […]

The offices of the inspectors general for the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are both launching reviews into the temporary Gaza humanitarian aid pier, which has operated in fits and starts amid delays and inclement weather. On June 27, the Pentagon’s inspector general and USAID’s inspector general jointly […]

The U.S. State Department marked 13 countries as the worst at protecting against human trafficking in its 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report, which it released on Monday. “The 2024 Trafficking in Human Persons Report is a comprehensive, objective assessment of the state of anti-trafficking efforts across 188 countries and territories, including the United States,” Secretary […]

Israel’s highest judicial court ruled on June 25 that highly observant religious Jewish men should not be excluded from the country’s compulsory military requirements. It also said the Israel Defense Forces must begin recruiting more of these men for service. The unanimous decision was made by the Israeli Supreme Court, which sided with petitioners known […]

The Biden administration has proposed new requirements that would constrain U.S. investments in artificial intelligence and other critical technology sectors in China due to national security concerns. The U.S. Treasury Department, on Friday, announced new proposed requirements for some transactions and bans on others involving U.S. outbound investments in the development of artificial intelligence, quantum […]

President Joe Biden’s administration will begin redirecting deliveries of new batches of air-defense missiles to Ukraine at the expense of other countries waiting for the United States to fill their orders. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that Ukrainian forces are “in desperate need of additional air defense capabilities” amid a particularly […]

Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed on June 18 that although the U.S. government is continuing to hold up a shipment of bombs to Israel, all other shipments of U.S. military aid for Israel are moving forward as they “normally would.” President Joe Biden’s administration first said in May that it had decided to halt […]

A federal appeals court on Friday ruled against the U.S. Justice Department in its bid to force casino magnate Steve Wynn to register as a foreign agent of China. The DOJ filed a civil lawsuit in May 2022 to compel Mr. Wynn—who has had a hand in multiple Las Vegas resorts and has served as […]

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies have reached a new agreement to shift some of the responsibility for security assistance and training for Ukrainian forces more broadly across the Western alliance. The United States has, in recent years been the leading NATO member handling security assistance and training for Ukraine’s military, particularly as it […]