When the NATO defense ministers meet in Brussels in two weeks, a top agenda item will be how to prepare thousands of military personnel to be deployed to Eastern Europe in 2020 in case of a crisis with Russia.
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The U.S. needs to withhold foreign assistance to Guatemala and apply sanctions, Rep. Norma Torres, D-Calif, said Wednesday, in reaction to the dismissal of an anti-corruption United Nations commission from that country.
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A joint resolution to quickly end U.S. support for the Saudi-backed forces at war in Yemen was reintroduced on Wednesday after failing to receive a vote in the Republican-controlled House last year.
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Foreign interference in U.S. elections and social media warfare are the primary threats facing Americans in 2019, the nation’s top intelligence officials told senators Tuesday at an annual hearing on “Worldwide Threats.”
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The U.S. government has improved its practices in helping families when a family member is taken hostage, due in large part to prodding by James W. Foley Legacy Foundation President Diane Foley, but the “no ransom” policy should be changed, according to experts at a Jan. 24 panel at the Newseum.
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The FBI Agents Association advocacy group released a report Tuesday saying that the ongoing government shutdown has strained bureau resources.
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Austin Tice is believed to still be alive more than six years after being kidnapped in Syria, according to U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Richard O’Brien. O’Brien would not give specifics while speaking at the National Press Club Tuesday, but repeated that the U.S. government believes that Tice is alive.
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The Military Reporters & Editors association expressed deep concern Thursday about President Donald Trump’s latest attacks on the press and about the blackballing of a White House reporter. Trump verbally abused Jim Acosta, a CNN reporter, at a Nov. 7 news conference at the White House as Acosta was trying to question the president. After the event, the president’s spokeswoman said Acosta’s press pass is being revoked.
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Days before Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, press freedom and journalists’ safety advocates said assessing risks in an increasingly dangerous environment for journalists is crucial to their safety.
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The deputy secretary of defense, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard are among the top brass who will address the annual conference of the Military Reporters & Editors association this fall.
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