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January 31, 2023

United States
The Violent Far-Right Terrorist Threat to the U.S. Military

In addition to minority communities and those on the political left, far-right and white supremacist extremism threatens violence against institutions conservatives cherish as well, such as the U.S. …

military

May 9, 2011

China
U.S.-China Talks: What to Look for

China's Vice Premier Wang Qishan delivers a speech as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sit behind during the opening ceremony of the U.S.-China Str…

China’s Vice Premier Wang Qishan delivers a speech as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sit behind during the opening ceremony of the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue in Beijing in 2010.

August 23, 2012

Trade
Morning Brief: CBO Warns Fiscal Cliff Will Cause Recession

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts a recession in 2013 with an economic contraction of 0.5 percent if the "fiscal cliff" is not addressed (TheHill). The CBO director implored …

Congressional Budget Office Director Elmendorf gestures as he testifies before the first Joint Deficit Reduction Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington

June 18, 2020

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: June 18, 2020

Internal report says elite CIA hacking unit failed to secure its own systems; Chinese scientists report progress in developing secure satellite transmissions; Russian scientist charged with passing c…

The logo for LinkedIn Corporation is shown in Mountain View, California.

September 25, 2018

Women and Women's Rights
New Refugee Ceiling Disproportionately Hurts Female Refugees

The Trump administration announced intentions to lower the refugee ceiling in fiscal year 2019, a change that would disproportionately affect women and children, who represented 72 percent of refugee…

Central American asylum seekers, including a Honduran girl, 2, and her mother, are taken into custody near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 in McAllen, Texas.

March 18, 2011

Economics
A New Chapter in U.S.-Brazil Economic Relations

As Obama heads to Brazil this weekend, much has been made of the trade agenda. 

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff