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Two congressional committees are preparing for hearings on Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, Libra.(Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Hearings on Facebook’s Libra could dim cryptocurrencies’ sheen

By Dean DeChiaro
Posted July 9, 2019 at 6:00am
To attract more tech experts, the Department of Defense should create a universities-to-Pentagon pipeline, professors say. (iStock)

Tech vanguard is dodging Pentagon

By Patrick Kelley
Posted July 9, 2019 at 5:30am
California Rep. Ro Khanna is leading an amendment to the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act that would block the Trump administration from using military force in Iran without congressional approval. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Road ahead: War powers debate shifts to House

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 9, 2019 at 5:00am
Sen. Marsha Blackburn says the Snapchat app is a haven for predators and exposes children to explicit content. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Sen. Marsha Blackburn calls Snapchat ‘a child predator’s dream’

By Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted July 8, 2019 at 1:29pm
South Koreans at the Seoul railway station on June 30 watch a TV screen depicting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meeting with President Donald Trump at the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two Koreas. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

3 ways Trump’s Asia swing — including his North Korea visit — was peak Trump

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 1, 2019 at 3:37pm
U.S. and Chinese flags on a table during a meeting of military leaders in 2014. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi will meet on Saturday in Japan as the U.S. leader tries to revive trade talks and a tariff battle. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Mikki L. Sprenkle/Released)

3 things to watch as Trump meets with China’s Xi amid stalled trade talks

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 28, 2019 at 1:06pm
President Donald Trump was criticized last year for siding with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s denials of meddling in U.S. elections. On Friday in Japan Trump appeared to mock such accusations. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images file photo)

Finger-wagging Trump mockingly tells Putin to stay out of 2020 election

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 28, 2019 at 8:06am
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a joint session of Congress as then-Speaker Paul D. Ryan and then-Vice President Joe Biden, watch on June 8, 2016. Three years later, he is in a trade spat with President Donald Trump. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump escalates trade tussle with India, putting U.S. farmers at risk — again

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 27, 2019 at 9:14am
Air Force One arrives with President Donald Trump for a rally in Montoursville, Pa., on May 20. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump jets to Japan to wing it at G-20 summit as Iran tensions build

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 26, 2019 at 6:00am
Peshmerga fighters are seen driving along the frontline outside the town of Altun Kubri on October 23, 2017 in Altun Kubri, Iraq. President Donald Trump long criticized George W. Bush and Barack Obama for their lack of exit strategies in the Middle East. Now, he might need one for war with Iran. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Trump admits he lacks exit strategy for an Iran war

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 25, 2019 at 5:01pm