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What impact might Jay Clayton's role as the new intelligence chief have on U.S. policies and public trust in intelligence?

The Senate voted to confirm Jay Clayton as President Donald Trump‘s director of national intelligence on Tuesday amid a record-long lapse in government spy powers. Clayton was confirmed by a party-line vote of 51-47. As DNI, Clayton will oversee the country’s 18 intelligence agencies. The office was formerly headed by Tulsi Gabbard. “Amid a heightened […]

United States
Geopolitics

How should countries respond to missile attacks on Ukraine to protect its citizens and support peace?

By Olena Harmash and Yurii Kovalenko KYIV, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Russia pounded Kyiv in a heavy ballistic missile attack early on Saturday, killing nine people, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned that Ukraine had run out of interceptor missiles for its U.S. Patriot air defence systems. Zelenskiy said that Russia launched 35 missiles at Ukraine, including 27 ballistic missiles, and also 185 drones. Only one ballistic missile was intercepted, "simply because there are no interceptors for the Patriot system", he said

Ukraine
Geopolitics

What should the U.S. do if it believes another country is stealing its technology?

The White House on Wednesday accused Chinese artificial intelligence startup Moonshot AI of stealing proprietary U.S. technology to develop its latest AI model, as Washington and Beijing compete for dominance in the advancing technology. “We have information that Moonshot AI distilled Anthropic’s Fable for the development of its K3 model,” Michael Kratsios, director of the […]

Global
Geopolitics

What should be the role of Congress in decisions about military action in Iran?

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives backed a resolution on Thursday directing President Donald Trump to halt U.S. military action against Iran unless he obtains Congress' approval, but the Senate voted hours later to block a separate, similar measure. The House vote, the latest rebuke of Trump from Congress, was 214-208 in favor of the war powers resolution as four Republicans joined Democrats in voting for it

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