Category: National Security

Senate Democrat, GOP Leaders Mum About Bottom Lines in Annual Defense Bill

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (D-Ky.) were unclear about what red lines their parties have in the $876.8 billion annual defense policy bill. The Democrat-controlled Senate began on July 19 to vote on what will be a total of 51 amendments—21 each from Democrats and Republicans and nine…


Senate Democrat, GOP Leaders Mum About Red Lines in Annual Defense Bill

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (D-Ky.) were unclear about what red lines their parties have in the $876.8 billion annual defense policy bill. The Democrat-controlled Senate began on July 19 to vote on what will be a total of 51 amendments—21 each from Democrats and Republicans and nine…


US Venture Capital Firms Are Supporting China’s Military: House Panel

Leadership from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is launching investigations into several U.S. companies that it claims are funding China’s development of artificial intelligence (AI) and military modernization. Select Committee Chairman Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) sent letters to the leaders of four American venture capital…


LIVE NOW: House Homeland Security Committee Hearing on ‘Biden and Mayorkas’ Open Border: Advancing Cartel Crime in America’

The House Committee on Homeland Security holds a hearing on “Biden and Mayorkas’ Open Border: Advancing Cartel Crime in America” at 2:00 p.m. ET on July 19. …


House Homeland Security Committee Hearing on ‘Biden and Mayorkas’ Open Border: Advancing Cartel Crime in America’

The House Committee on Homeland Security holds a hearing on “Biden and Mayorkas’ Open Border: Advancing Cartel Crime in America” at 2:00 p.m. ET on July 19. …





DeSantis Rolls out Plan to ‘Rip the Woke’ out of America’s Armed Forces

Ron DeSantis rolled out his plan to “rip the woke out of the military and return it to its core mission” at a campaign stop in Columbia, South Carolina, on July 18. DeSantis’s plan doesn’t address military weaponry or theaters of engagement, subjects he often touches on in his speeches. The program instead focuses on…


Senate Begins Consideration of 2024 National Defense Bill

The Senate voted on July 18 to begin consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the fiscal year 2024, bringing it one step closer to a final passage. Senators voted 72 to 25 to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to its version of the bill, which sets forth policies for Department of Defense (DOD)…