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Live Stream: Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing on Election Security
The Senate intelligence committee is holding a hearing Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. on election security. The committee will hear testimony from the following witnesses: -
Document: Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Election Security
On Tuesday, the Senate intelligence committee released the following recommendations on election security based on evidence it examined during its investigation of Russian efforts to target electoral inf... -
Ignore the Hype: The Taiwan Travel Act is Legally Binding
Last Friday, President Trump signed into law the Taiwan Travel Act, which makes it a U.S. policy to allow high-level meetings between Taiwan and U.S. government officials. News reports about the law have... -
Summary: The Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act of 2017
On March 7, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted 10-to-one to approve legislation authorizing the operations of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the first ti... -
Confidence in Government on National Security Matters: February 2018
In July, we began a polling project to measure public confidence in government institutions on national security matters on an ongoing basis. This post provides our data for the month of February. It inc... -
Livestream: Confirmation Hearing of Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone as NSA Director
The Senate intelligence committee is holding a hearing Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. on the nomination of Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone to be director of the National Security Agency (Prepared Testimony). Watc... -
Livestream: Congressional Hearings on Space Warfighting Readiness, Somalia's Security Status, and Protecting Cutting-Edge Technology and U.S. National Security
The House Armed Services Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday morning at 10:00 a.m. on "Space Warfighting Readiness: Policies, Authorities, and Capabilities." The committee will hear testimony from t... -
Livestream: Senate Armed Services Hearing on the Cyber Posture of the Services
The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Cybersecurity is holding a hearing Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. on "The Cyber Posture of the Services." The subcommittee will hear testimony from the following... -
U.K. Prime Minister's Speech on the Russian Poisoning of Sergei Skripal: Decoding the Signals
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday that it was “highly likely” that the Russian government was behind the poisoning and attempted murder of former Russian military intelligence officer Sergei Sk... -
Livestream: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the Freedom of Information Act
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing Tuesday morning at 10:15 a.m. on "The Freedom of Information Act: Examining the Administration's Progress on Reforms and Looking Ahead." The committee ... -
Livestream: Senate Armed Services Hearing on U.S. Central and Africa Commands
The Senate Armed Services Committee is holding a hearing Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. on U.S. Central Command and U.S. Africa Command. The committee will hear testimony from Gen. Joseph Votel, commander ... -
Chaos at the State Department: Tillerson Is Out, Pompeo Is In—and Everybody Is Confused
Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect ProPublica's continued reporting on Gina Haspel's involvement in the CIA's enhanced interrogation program and its retraction of the assertion that ...
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