National security articles
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Landgraf says Biden risks economic, national security for political gain
AUSTIN (KMID/KPEJ)-State Representative Brooks Landgraf and the members of the House Select Committee on Protecting Texas LNG Exports held a hearing in Port Arthur on Thursday to discuss the potential impacts of the Biden administration’s temporary pause on pending approvals of Liquefied Natural Gas exports to countries without a free trade agreement with the United []
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Republicans raise national security threat concerns over admitting Gazan refugees
Republican senators pushed government intelligence officials to better guard Americans from national security threats, including Hamas terrorists, who could seek to enter the United States under the Biden administration. Sens. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) raised significant concerns during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday that the Biden administration’s reported plan to […]
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Dutch minister fears 'national security risk' from Chinese ownership of Anteryon
Another Dutch tech firm has been caught in the simmering tensions between the West and China. Amid growing calls to curb Chinese access to chipmaking equipment from ASML, a Dutch minister has raised a separate alarm about the sale of Philips spinoff Anteryon. Although the digital-optics developer remains based in Eindhoven, the business was bought in 2019 by China's Jingfang Optotelectronics. The Suzhou-based firm reportedly spent between €40mn and €50mn on the acquisition. Following a...