Naval News / YouTube screen shot US Navy Converting Oil Rigs Into Active Missile Launch Stations with Five Times the Capacity of a Destroyer The U.S. Navy plans to use oil rigs in the Pacific as resupply depots and missile defense systems with countering China in mind. By Samuel Short April 25, 2024
Kent Nishimura / Getty Images ; Mandel Ngan - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Watch: Top Democrat Chuck Schumer Cheers on Mike Johnson, Thanks Him for Pushing Ukraine Aid Speaker of the House Mike Johson is receiving praise for his support of billions in foreign aid being passed by Democrat Chuck Schumer. By Samuel Short April 24, 2024
Nathan Howard / Getty Images House Passes $61 Billion Foreign Aid Package for Ukraine After Speaker Johnson Forces Bill to the Floor Despite mass defections on the part of Republicans, the House OK'd a Ukraine aid bill as well as other multi-billion-dollar aid packages. By Jack Davis April 20, 2024
Brendan Smialowski - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Even FBI Director Wray Says Chinese Hackers Targeting US Critical Sites China, Wray said, has access to "critical telecommunications, energy, water and other infrastructure sectors.” By C. Douglas Golden April 20, 2024
Alex Wong / Getty Images; Mary Altaffer - Pool / Getty Images; Kent Nishimura / Getty ImagesCommentary Rand Paul Urges Trump to Ditch Mike Johnson's Ukraine Plan, Says He'll Lose Support if He Doesn't Paul wasn't the only one who was urging Johnson to back away from the legislation -- or face another motion to vacate. By C. Douglas Golden April 18, 2024
@Reuters / X screen shot Japan, the Philippines, and Others Respond After Tsunami Warnings Caused by Taiwan Earthquake Spread Aftershocks were felt in the hours immediately after the main quake and the region could experience more aftershocks for days to come. By Johnathan Jones April 3, 2024
Armed Forces of the Philippines via AP Confrontation Near Disputed Shoal in South China Sea, Chinese Coast Guard Ship Engages Supply Boat Repeated high-seas confrontations have sparked fears about a larger conflict that could bring China and the United States into a collision. By The Associated Press March 22, 2024
Sam Yeh / AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary US Troops Moved to China-Claimed Territory in Direct Move Against Beijing If a conflict breaks out between the rapacious Chinese and Taiwan, the U.S. will be at a steep disadvantage. By Warner Todd Huston March 21, 2024
@TaiwanNewsEN / X screen shot College Student with Leg Amputations Tried to Collect $1.3 Million Payout, But Investigators Say He Did the Unthinkable with Dry Ice A bizarre scheme that officials say was intended to bilk insurance companies out of more than $1 million has been exposed. By Jack Davis March 17, 2024
Taiwan Coast Guard Administration via AP China Ramping Up Patrols Near Taiwan After Island's Coast Guard Involved in Death of Two Mainlanders "The Mainland reserves the right to take further action, and all the consequences will be borne by Taiwan." By The Associated Press February 18, 2024