The American team thought it was signaling restraint. The Chinese team saw preparations for combat. In a closed-door Sino-American crisis simulation I helped organize in the 2010s — which the U.S.

The U.S.-Iran war could stretch on for years, according to ex-U.S. defense secretary Mark Esper. Esper told CNBC that focus on the Middle East was distracting away from efforts to curb Chinese power ...

An alleged Chinese agent arrested at Los Angeles International Airport over the weekend will remain in federal custody, a federal judge ruled Wednesday during a court hearing. The decision comes amid ...

The strange story behind the first federal terrorism prosecution of American protesters. Credit...Source: Johnson County Sheriff’s Office Supported by By Janet Reitman On the night of July 4, 2025, Lt ...

They first need to win their own reelection races — and their party needs to gain control nationwide — but members of Connecticut’s delegation are starting to sketch out what Democrats’ possible ...

A Democratic wave in November would likely decimate President Donald Trump’s signature defense programs — from a mammoth missile shield to a fleet of nuclear-powered battleships — that he had hoped ...

The Trump administration’s retreat from programs that track foreign influence operations has weakened various cross-sector relationships used to identify and confront those campaigns as midterm ...

Three years before California realtor Wanying "Heather" Zhang was arrested as an alleged Chinese agent, she showed up in San Francisco celebrating the visit of President Xi Jinping. Zhang was ...

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