National security

Congress and the Biden administration have a rare opportunity, by acting swiftly to extend and fully fund the compacts, to support democratic allies whose interests coincide with those of the United States.

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Dr. Kathleen Hicks appears set for an easy and quick Senate confirmation

The original 'threat assessment' for the event didn't foresee pro-Trump rioters. Now it's 'all hands on deck' with facial-recognition software, surveillance aircraft, bomb-sniffers.

"I never understood why we don't go as aggressively after domestic terrorists as we do Islamic terrorists," Scarborough said on Friday.

The FBI has observed "an extensive amount of concerning online chatter" about events surrounding Joe Biden's inauguration, the bureau said.

Mass amnesty with no increase in border security and the promise of less enforcement will have one side effect: unifying and galvanizing Republicans.

"It doesn't seem like it's just individual, lone actors," a former senior Pentagon official told Newsweek, "but very coordinated and well-trained individuals, many of which have served in the military or have advanced weapons and explosives training."

"I'm hoping he will have been stripped of the perks of a former president by being convicted by the U.S. Senate and barred from further participation in public office," Comey said.

Rioters stole electronics from U.S. senators' offices that could've contained sensitive information relating to domestic and foreign intelligence, acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin said.

"If al Qaeda or Iran undertakes an attack, even if the Russians nuke us, we'll be ready," a senior military officer says sardonically. "But if there's a domestic breakdown, I'm not so sure."

"The truth is, many of the agencies that are critical to our security have incurred enormous damage," the president-elect said. "Many of them have been hollowed out, in personnel, capacity and in morale."

A mobile security expert told The Guardian newspaper that China is exploiting the global telecommunications system to spy on Americans' phones.

More than 1,000 researchers affiliated with Chinese military have already fled the country amid Justice Department investigations into spying activity, top U.S. security officials said Wednesday.

The Trump administration effectuated a total sea change on Israel, its adversaries and the adversaries of America.

"You can do something that's really destructive," retired Admiral Michael Mullen, who was appointed as chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by former President George W. Bush, said.

In a series of tweets, the outgoing president also accused Twitter's trending topics section of showing "absolutely nothing to do with what is really trending in the world."

"It is now time for the rest of the Republican leadership to put politics aside and insist that President Trump cease his dilatory and anti-democratic efforts," the former GOP officials wrote.

The poll, which was conducted by Monmouth University, found 61 percent of Americans saying that President Donald Trump delaying the transition process following Joe Biden's projected win in the 2020 presidential election is a threat to national security.

Robert O'Brien, a Trump loyalist, said that it "obviously" looks like "the Biden-Harris ticket [will be] determined to be the winner" and that the National Security Council will support a smooth transition like it has "even in the most contentious periods" in history.

"Delaying the transition further poses a serious risk to our national security," the officials' letter to the General Services Administration said.

The U.S. is pushing to deploy hypersonic missiles across its service branches to maintain its military edge on rivals including Russia and China.

Moderator Kristen Welker has released the topics she has chosen for the upcoming debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

We, Republicans and Democrats, firmly believe Joe Biden will protect American national security better than Donald Trump.

After Wednesday's vice presidential debate, President Trump called the California senator a "communist" who wants to open borders "to allow killers and murderers and rapists" into the country.

Former CIA Director Michael Hayden endorsed Joe Biden in a new ad from Republican Voters Against Trump.

According to a Gallup poll, response to COVID-19 ranked 14th in what Republican voters view as "extremely" or "very important" when considering their choice for president.

President Donald Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis could pose problems for national security, especially if the vice president also gets the disease.

"Before this election, I have never spoken out for or against a candidate for any office," Robert Cardillo wrote. "But I can be silent no longer."

Jamil N. Jaffer of George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School debates Bonnie Kristian of Defense Priorities.