Deputy State Secretary Urges Lawmakers to Step Up China Competition in Shipbuilding, Rare Earth Mining

US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the CCP’s expansive global influence. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell urged lawmakers at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to expand their efforts to counter the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on multiple fronts. At the July 30 hearing,

Deputy Secretary of State Urges Lawmakers to Step Up Competition With China in Shipbuilding, Rare Earth Mining

US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the CCP’s expansive global influence. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell urged lawmakers during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to expand their efforts to counter the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on multiple fronts. At the July 30 hearing,

Report Finds US Military Lacks Ability to Defeat China, Suggests Cold War Style Defense Spending

The congressional report found that ’the US military lacks both the capabilities and the capacity required to be confident it can deter and prevail in combat.’ A new congressional report suggests that the U.S. military lacks the required capabilities to preserve the nation’s strategic interests and could lose a potential war against China. The report,

Sen. Kennedy Questions Secret Service Chief About When Snipers First Saw Trump Shooter

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) and Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. discussed at a Tuesday Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing when and how the Secret Service’s snipers first discovered Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning For

‘I Am Committed to Being a Change Agent’: Acting Secret Service Director

Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. said he is committed to changing the work culture and listening to agents’ concerns, while testifying to Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) at a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Tuesday over what happened leading up to the attempted assassination of former President Donald… Original News Source Link –

Senator, Secret Service Chief, Have Heated Exchange Over Secret Service Staffing for Trump, RFK Jr.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe wound up in a heated exchange at a Tuesday Senate Homeland Security hearing over the number of agents assigned to former President Donald Trump’s and candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s details during the current election season. Original News Source Link – Epoch TimesRunning For

Sen. Gary Peters Introduces Bill to Increase Declassification of Government Documents

Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) has introduced legislation to streamline the declassification of government documents, increasing transparency and information-sharing across government agencies. “Our current classification system is not just costly, outdated, and inefficient—it’s a growing crisis that undermines both our national security and government transparency,” Mr. Peters, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs