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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol addressed a joint meeting of Congress as Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Vice President Kamala Harris look on, in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol on April 27, 2023.

Seoul helps pave a soft-power superhighway

By Patrick B. Pexton
Posted September 1, 2023 at 3:16pm
A U.S. flag is seen in Talent, Ore., on Sept. 16 amid charred cars and structures destroyed by wildfires.

Disinformation can hurt you locally, too

By Patrick B. Pexton
Posted May 10, 2021 at 10:30am
Christopher Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, says the rise in ransomware attacks put us “on the verge of a global emergency.”

Cybersecurity is not a tech problem, it’s a matter of national survival

By Patrick B. Pexton
Posted February 16, 2021 at 10:30am
Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter, testifies remotely Nov. 17 before the Senate Judiciary Committee as Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., looks on.

All media properties self-censor, social media can too

By Patrick B. Pexton
Posted November 23, 2020 at 10:30am
New York University associate professor Carol Dysinger conducts her weekly class for graduate filmmaking students via Zoom at her Brooklyn apartment on April 9, 2020.

Scatology and salvation: Why Zoom is so damn tiring

By Patrick B. Pexton
Posted July 20, 2020 at 10:33am
Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., and Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Ga., talk as they leave the House Democrats’ caucus meeting in the Capitol on June 4, 2019. Lowey said changes made to a border aid package adopted Wednesday by House were aimed at getting the money to the border agencies as quickly as possible but making sure that the safety and proper care of migrants and children was not forgotten. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate won’t take up House Democrats’ changes to border bill

By David Lerman and Patrick B. Pexton
Posted June 27, 2019 at 11:11am
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., looks over papers before the start of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the "Department of Justice’s Investigation of Russian Interference with the 2016 Presidential Election" on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Attorney General Bill Barr testified during the hearing. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Graham, Klobuchar introduce internet ads bill to boost transparency

By Patrick B. Pexton
Posted May 8, 2019 at 11:40am
Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks in May. She has dodged questions about serving out her term. (Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Big Tech’s Breakup With Democrats

By Shawn Zeller, Patrick B. Pexton and Dean DeChiaro
Posted March 22, 2019 at 2:46pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Shutdown ends but its damage will last

By Shawn Zeller and Patrick B. Pexton
Posted January 25, 2019 at 4:15pm
Sen. John McCain speaks with Roll Call senior reporter Niels Lesniewski. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Remembering McCain: Personal Stories From CQ Roll Call Journalists

By Jason Dick, Megan Scully, Niels Lesniewski and Patrick B. Pexton
Posted August 29, 2018 at 3:51pm
Vice President Mike Pence warned China to avoid meddling in "America's democracy" in a speech Thursday that likely will further chill relations with the Asian power. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Space Farce? The Challenges of Creating a New Military Department in Just 2 Years: Podcast

By Patrick B. Pexton and Andrew Clevenger
Posted August 10, 2018 at 2:48pm
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., is one of the more outspoken GOP lawmakers questioning President Donald Trump's foreign policy. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

A GOP Congress Tries to Limit Its Republican President on Foreign Policy: Podcast

By John M. Donnelly, Patrick B. Pexton and Rachel Oswald
Posted August 3, 2018 at 4:46pm
South Koreans watch a television broadcast reporting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping at Seoul Railway Station in March. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images file photo)

Podcast: Why the Made-for-TV Summit With North Korea Flopped

By Shawn Zeller and Patrick B. Pexton
Posted May 25, 2018 at 10:04am
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., warned on Thursday that the U.S. and its allies are engaged in a new Cold War, and the West isn't holding its own. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Mark Warner Warns of New Cold War With Russia

By Patrick B. Pexton
Posted March 1, 2018 at 3:16pm