POLITICS

Experts Warn of China’s Grip on Key US and Latin American Ports

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A Homeland Security Department subcommittee heard testimony on how to counter China’s growing maritime threat. Experts testifying before a congressional subcommittee said Chinese companies have stakes in ports throughout the Western Hemisphere—including five major U.S. ports—that pose security concerns. While China’s influence on the Panama Canal may be the shiny object at the moment, China

Ronald Rowe, Who Led Secret Service After Trump Rally Attack, to Retire

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An agency spokesperson said that Rowe ‘is currently enjoying a well-deserved break before his retirement.’ Ronald Rowe, who led the U.S. Secret Service after the attempted assassination of then-candidate President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, is retiring, according to an agency spokesperson. Rowe, the deputy director of the U.S. Secret Service,

Trump Names New Members of President’s Intelligence Advisory Board

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The advisory board will be chaired by Devin Nunes, the former Republican congressman from California. President Donald Trump has named a new slate of appointees to the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, a panel tasked with advising the president on national security and intelligence matters. The list, announced by the White House on Feb. 11, includes

Appeals Court Declines DOJ Request to Pause Order to Unfreeze Federal Spending

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The DOJ is appealing a Rhode Island federal judge’s ruling requiring the executive branch to unfreeze government spending. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday denied an appeal by the Trump administration to pause an order by a Rhode Island federal judge which ruled that the administration can’t freeze government spending for