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A Chinese-born U.S. citizen and seismologist, Youlin Chen, has been held in China since November while accused of espionage, his wife and advocacy groups say. Chen, who became a U.S. citizen in 2011 and is based in Boston, authored U.S.-funded research on distinguishing North Korean nuclear test blasts from earthquakes. U.S. officials have designat…
A bipartisan group of over two dozen U.S. senators, led by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, has urged the Pentagon to release within a week the results of its investigation into a Feb. 28 strike on a girls' school in Minab, Iran. Lawmakers seek an unclassified briefing for Congress and the public and a detailed prevention and remediation plan after an i…
The New York Times reported that the U.S. Department of Justice has issued subpoenas requiring several of its journalists to appear before a federal grand jury in connection with reporting on security issues involving President Trump's new Qatari-donated Air Force One. The subpoenas, attributed to Jay Clayton, were reportedly served on Friday and d…
The sudden passing of Senator Lindsey Graham and the ongoing absence of Senator Mitch McConnell reduce Republican Senate ranks and complicate efforts to advance defense and national security legislation, renew surveillance authority, secure confirmations and negotiate government funding in a tightly scheduled four-week summer work period.
The United Kingdom announced sanctions on 24 people and organisations tied to cyber-attacks, election meddling and disinformation aligned with Russian state interests. The package is the first coordinated UK and EU action specifically focused on cyber-enabled operations and targets senior GRU figures, FSB-linked actors, cybercriminal tools and a me…
The New York Times says several of its reporters were subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury to testify about their coverage of security concerns related to President Trump's new Air Force One, donated by Qatar. The subpoenas, issued by Jay Clayton, the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, reportedly demanded appearances on Wednesday in connection…
Senior White House figures spent months evaluating ways to bypass the federal Election Assistance Commission and use emergency powers to compel changes to voting machines and registration forms, according to people familiar with the discussions. President Donald Trump subsequently removed the agency’s Democratic commissioners and accepted the resig…
On July 10 the Trump administration finalized a revision to how threatened species are considered in federal agency actions, removing regulatory language that treated damage to wildlife habitat as "harm" under the Endangered Species Act. Interior and Commerce officials say the change will cut permitting and compliance expenses for industries includ…
The U.S. Department of Justice has initiated civil litigation against the state of Maryland, asserting that certain state and local laws, policies and practices - described by the DOJ as sanctuary-style - interfere with federal immigration enforcement efforts. The action, filed in federal court, follows a directive from Acting U.S. Attorney General…
President Donald Trump terminated the remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission on July 9, removing three commissioners from the four-member bipartisan body. Two Democratic appointees were notified by email from the White House Presidential Personnel Office and one Republican appointee resigned. The commission, which supports election…
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston’s Magnolia Park, a historic Hispanic neighborhood also called Little Mexico. The incident has prompted large street protests, family calls for an independent probe, and heightened fear among immigrant residents who say stepped-up enforcement threate…
The U.S. Senate returns for a four-week legislative period expected to take up defense and other national security measures while Republican Senator Mitch McConnell remains hospitalized with undisclosed health problems. McConnell, 84, who chairs the Senate Rules Committee and a defense appropriations panel, has been absent since mid-June. His offic…
The Trump administration's termination of the U.S. Department of Agriculture food security survey removes a long-standing tool used to measure household access to sufficient food. Analysts and former agency officials say the move complicates efforts to determine whether recent reductions to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program have increas…
Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch pushed back against a White House Domestic Policy Council report that accuses the National Museum of American History of anti-American bias and political activism. In a memo to staff, Bunch called the report an unfair portrayal of the museum’s work, while the Organization of American Historians rejecte…
The U.S. Department of Justice sent letters to all 50 states and the District of Columbia warning that election officials who keep noncitizens on voter registration lists could face criminal charges. The notices, dispatched by Harmeet Dhillon of the DOJ Civil Rights Division, underscore federal enforcement risks ahead of November's midterm election…
President Donald Trump announced he will file for a rehearing at the U.S. Supreme Court after the court rejected his bid to curtail birthright citizenship. Trump called the 6-3 decision authored by Chief Justice John Roberts a "miscarriage of justice" and said he will request the rehearing immediately. The action comes after an executive order issu…
Maine’s Democratic Party said it will not accept a unilateral selection by Graham Platner to replace him on the ballot, pressing the embattled Senate candidate to formally withdraw after allegations of sexual misconduct. The party signaled that it must follow its internal process to name any successor ahead of mid-July deadlines as party leaders an…
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have asked a federal judge in Manhattan to delay authorizing payment of a roughly $5.8 million damage award to writer E. Jean Carroll while Trump pursues renewed review at the U.S. Supreme Court. The request, filed late Tuesday, argues that immediate disbursement could cause irreparable harm if Carroll di…
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has scheduled a confirmation hearing for Jay Clayton to become the U.S. director of national intelligence on July 15. Clayton was nominated last month to oversee the nation's 18 intelligence agencies, an appointment that follows criticism of an interim pick with no national security background and a presi…
Senator Bernie Sanders urged Maine Democratic nominee Graham Platner to leave the Senate race after a woman accused Platner of having forcibly had sex with her nearly five years ago, an allegation Platner has denied. Sanders said he recommended Platner step aside and has spoken with him about the best path for Maine. Democratic leaders and an allie…
A planned shutdown of a rural Iowa clinic and broader concerns about Medicaid reductions and healthcare affordability have energized Democratic campaigns in Iowa and other battleground states. Voters in communities served by clinics reliant on Medicaid payments are questioning long-time partisan loyalties as candidates and outside groups frame the …
Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Maine, on July 6 said he and his team would take time to consider the future of his campaign while denying a Politico report that a woman he had dated accused him of forcing her to have sex nearly five years ago. The report said the woman spoke in three interviews and that documents incl…
On July 6, prosecutors were due to begin a week-long preliminary hearing in Provo, Utah, where they will seek to establish probable cause that Tyler Robinson fired the single shot that killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk on September 10, 2025. The hearing will include video evidence, DNA results tied to an alleged murder weapon, and witness s…
During the Supreme Court’s most recent nine-month term that ended on Tuesday, Chief Justice John Roberts and President Donald Trump achieved significant, sometimes overlapping victories when their institutional priorities converged. The court issued several high-profile rulings that expanded presidential control over regulatory agencies and struck …
A recent Supreme Court ruling that struck down caps on coordinated spending between candidates and national political parties has the potential to neutralize Democratic cash advantages in several competitive Senate races. The decision permits national committees to spend unlimited sums in coordination with campaigns, a change that may disproportion…
