National Security and Foreign Affairs
HANDS OFF OUR CYBER DIPLOMATS — Congress is still out on recess and lawmakers are still back in their districts, but we're already seeing rumblings of the legislative cyber debates to come. On Wednesday, six House Democrats moved to block Secretary of State Rex Tillerson from closing the State Department office that coordinates government-wide cyber diplomacy. Rep. Debbie Dingell filed an amendment — co-sponsored by Reps.
(CNN) – Following President Donald Trump's speech in Arizona on Tuesday, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on CNN voiced concerns about Trump's mental stability, particularly in relation to his access to the US nuclear arsenal. "The whole system is built to ensure rapid response if necessary," Clapper said.
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ICYMI: REP. LIEU'S OP-ED FEATURED IN THE HILL
"N. Korea threat makes work on game-changing missile defense technology a priority"
Online at The Hill, Mr. Lieu writes about the threat of North Korea and the need for the U.S. to create a robust missile defense system.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) is claiming that Ivanka Trump has blocked him on Twitter.
On Sunday, Lieu tweeted out an image showing that Trump, who is the president's daughter and serving as an unpaid adviser in the White House, had blocked him on the social media site.
Hey look, a senior White House official is afraid of tweets from a Congressman. Ivanka blocked me. Also, why is she in the White House?
President Donald Trump has the authority to launch a strike against North Korea without congressional approval, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday.
"There's nothing in the Constitution limiting the ability to use force to protect America," Graham told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, as the president ramped up his war of words with Pyongyang.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Friday slammed President Trump's rhetoric toward North Korea as "reckless" and urged him to pursue a diplomatic solution to Washington's escalating tensions with Pyongyang.
"We need to engage in diplomacy. That's the one thing that Donald Trump has not yet done," Lieu said in a video posted on Twitter by VoteVets, a progressive advocacy group.
The past week has turned the news into a white-knuckle experience for many. What's at stake?
Fifty-four years ago, 27 volunteers ensconced themselves for 48 hours in the basement of the Courier-Journal building, one of the dozens in the Louisville area selected as official fallout shelters.
President Donald Trump doesn't do diplomacy. He hurls broadsides.
Calling out unstable North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is a recipe for disaster. That's how you tumble into a war. Nothing good can come from Trump lashing out at Kim on a whim, three times in the last week alone.
But our question is this: Where are voices of prudence within the president's own party? Where are the Republicans, especially in Congress, who are prepared to call out Trump for his irresponsibility, putting our country first?