As I stood in Poland, watching American military equipment move across the Ukrainian border, what I saw was clear: there is no immediate end to this war. Six days after my trip with a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers, President Biden's historic trip to Kyiv sent an emphatic message to Russia: The United States will stand with Ukraine throughout this entire war and beyond.
China is everywhere—operations targeting American politicians and theft of commercial information from American companies are just two deeply established (and frankly, successful) lines of effort. While American leaders are thankfully working to close these security gaps, they are still paying inadequate attention to a major vulnerability at the state level: U.S. state governments have purchased millions of dollars' worth of technology manufactured by companies beholden to Beijing.
The undertaking required courage and determination. Biden is the first president since Abraham Lincoln to venture into a war zone not under the control of American forces.
Overall, cities are wonderful engines of economic dynamism and opportunity and African Americans should be able to benefit fully from the urban renaissance.
A national divorce isn't a serious policy proposal. There is no constitutional mechanism for states to secede (remember that Civil War thing?). The economic, diplomatic, and military complications would be disastrous. And there is not even a coherent plan to divide the nation.
As Republicans settle into a slim and fractured majority in the House, the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), now including nearly half of all House Democrats, is reportedly preparing a policy agenda for the years ahead. Among the priorities of the CPC is the development of a new progressive foreign policy vision, which has often been regarded as a troublesome weakness for the left.
Mitch McConnell and other Republicans still selling America as the first responder to a variety of global hot spots may soon be greeted with louder pushback.
Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want unity because it's not politically expedient for her==. She is willing to hurt red state residents to further her career.
U.S. and NATO officials immediately denounced Putin for unilaterally suspending the most crucial bilateral U.S.-Russia arms control treaty on the books.
Sen. Maria Cantwell's (D-WA) Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation recently convened a hearing on "Strengthening Airline Operations and Consumer Protections." It's critical the committee follow this hearing up with airline reform based on the information and testimonies it received.
