The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission held a hearing to assess China's military power and global influence. This portion of the hearing focused on China's expeditionary force efforts and included testimony from two defense analysts and an assistant professor with the China Maritime Studies Institute at the U.S. Naval War College.
Top military officials told lawmakers precautions are being taken abroad to protect U.S. forces and their families as the coronavirus continues to spread. Gen. Tod Wolters, commander of European Command, told lawmakers that service members stationed in Italy are banned from traveling to certain parts of the country where there is an outbreak. His comments came during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee regarding the European and Transportation Commands' fiscal year 2021 defense authorization requests.
Criminal defense attorney Alan Dershowitz debated Democratic consultant Robert Shrum on the politics of impeachment, the #MeToo movement and anti-Semitism. Former Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski moderated a portion of the debate, which was hosted by the Beverly Hills Temple of the Arts.
U.S. Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen testified on the president's 2021 budget request before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. During the hearing, they discussed forest management, recreational permits, sexual harassment in the workplace, forest restoration efforts, and fire prevention.
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the parents of a Mexican national cannot sue a U.S. border patrol officer for damages after that officer shot and killed their son in a 2010 cross-border incident. Justice Samuel Alito authored the majority opinion. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the court's dissent. Oral argument was heard in Hernandez v. Mesa in November 2019. Sergio Hernandez was 15 years old at the time and playing with friends in a culvert that separates El Paso, Texas and Mexico. Officer Jesus Mesa, Jr., detained one of the friends on the U.S. side of the culvert, but Hernandez ran back to the Mexico side. The officer, who was still on the U.S. side, fired his gun at Hernandez across the border. One shot hit him in the face and killed him. The teen's parents filed a lawsuit against several people including the officer, alleging that their son's Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights were violated. The Supreme Court first heard oral argument in this case in 2017 and subsequently
National Governors Association hosted a session on infrastructure and economic prosperity during their annual winter meeting held in Washington, DC. During this panel discussion, premiers from Canada shared their infrastructure priorities and offered ways the U.S. and Canada can work together on issues like the environment, trade and energy.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC hosted a series of discussions on security in the Persian Gulf. The first panel heard from former Acting Director of Central Intelligence John McLaughlin and former Defense Under Secretary Christine Wormuth.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC hosted a series of discussions on security in the Persian Gulf. The second panel featured remarks by former U.S. diplomats and Middle East scholars, who talked about policy toward Iran and the implications of the U.S. killing Iranian Gen. Soleimani.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf testified on Capitol Hill about the president's 2021 budget request. Members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security asked about coronavirus preparedness, efforts to protect migrant children, border wall construction and the administration's expanded travel ban. The Homeland Security Department budget proposal includes approximately $49.7 billion in net discretionary funding, along with an additional $5.1 billion for the disaster relief fund.
Georgetown Law's Institute for Technology Law and Policy hosted a series of panel discussions on election integrity. In this portion, panelists discussed various ways to regulate and protect users' online data from being targeted for political advertisements.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC hosted a series of discussions on security in the Persian Gulf. The first panel heard from former Acting Director of Central Intelligence John McLaughlin and former Defense Under Secretary Christine Wormuth.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC hosted a series of discussions on security in the Persian Gulf. The second panel featured remarks by former U.S. diplomats and Middle East scholars, who talked about policy toward Iran and the implications of the U.S. killing Iranian Gen. Soleimani.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf testified on Capitol Hill about the president's 2021 budget request. Members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security asked about coronavirus preparedness, efforts to protect migrant children, border wall construction and the administration's expanded travel ban. The Homeland Security Department budget proposal includes approximately $49.7 billion in net discretionary funding, along with an additional $5.1 billion for the disaster relief fund.
Georgetown Law's Institute for Technology Law and Policy hosted a series of panel discussions on election integrity. In this portion, panelists discussed various ways to regulate and protect users' online data from being targeted for political advertisements.
Policy analysts discussed economic and fiscal trends at an annual conference hosted by the National Association for Business Economics. Topics included global financial stability and productivity, climate change, the coronavirus outbreak, and the economic policies of the Democratic presidential candidates.