Officials from the State Department, Defense Department, and U.S. Agency for International Development testified on U.S. strategy in the Pacific Islands region before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. They spoke on the strategic importance of the region and the challenges the island nations face, such as climate change and infrastructure needs. Several topic were addressed, including increased diplomacy, free trade, security agreements, and challenges posed by China's presence in the region.
FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez (D) discussed broadband implementation, FCC spectrum authority, and AI during the INCOMPAS Policy Summit in Washington, DC.
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), a member of the House Financial Services Committee, joins former financial services regulators to discuss the banking system and financial services sector at the American Bankers Association summit in Washington, DC.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner (D-VA) discusses national security and cybersecurity defense at the CrowdStrike Government Threat summit in Washington, D.C.
The Senate will vote on the confirmation of Service Employees International Union general counsel Nicole Berner to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley (Ret.) and former U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie (Ret.) testified on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley (Ret.) and former U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie (Ret.) testified on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Prairie View A&M history professor Ronald Goodwin discussed the early Republic and how Americans tried to define equality and interpret the Constitution in the first decades of the United States. Prairie View A&M University is an historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas.
This 1969 Remington Arms film showed how traditional gun making is aided by new technology. It was released as "One At A Time." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
NPR's Steve Drummond told the story of Senator Harry Truman's bipartisan investigation of corruption during the World War II defense build-up. The author built his account on the records of the Truman Committee, oral histories, letters, and newspaper archives. The book's subtitle is "How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War II."
This 1956 Dow Chemical film explained and promoted the 1956 Federal Aid Highway Act by showing a fictional town impacted by the new highway system. It was released as "Highway Hearing." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
Prairie View A&M history professor Ronald Goodwin discussed the early Republic and how Americans tried to define equality and interpret the Constitution in the first decades of the United States. Prairie View A&M University is an historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas.
This 1969 Remington Arms film showed how traditional gun making is aided by new technology. It was released as "One At A Time." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
NPR's Steve Drummond told the story of Senator Harry Truman's bipartisan investigation of corruption during the World War II defense build-up. The author built his account on the records of the Truman Committee, oral histories, letters, and newspaper archives. The book's subtitle is "How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War II."
This 1956 Dow Chemical film explained and promoted the 1956 Federal Aid Highway Act by showing a fictional town impacted by the new highway system. It was released as "Highway Hearing." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
Carnegie Mellon University professor Edda Fields-Black talked about Harriet Tubman's role in the 1863 Combahee River raid, a secret military mission against Confederates in South Carolina which rescued over 700 former slaves. The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore hosted this event.
Author Mark Kelly talked about Lydia Hamilton Smith, a free mixed-race woman from Pennsylvania who was the housekeeper and companion of abolitionist congressman Thaddeus Stevens. LancasterHistory in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, hosted this event.
Forty years ago, on July 1, 1976, President Gerald Ford spoke at the opening of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Leading up to the anniversary, Reel America is showcasing a series of NASA films. "Science Reporter: Suited for Space" is a half-hour 1966 NASA TV program - one of 13 produced in cooperation with MIT and WGBH Boston. This episode traces the development of space suits beginning with the Mercury program and ending with a look at a life support system prototype needed for the Apollo moon missions.
Historians marked the 125th anniversary of the war between American forces and Filipino nationalists that took place from 1899 to 1902. U.S. and Filipino dignitaries also unveiled a restored copy of the Philippine proclamation of independence. This event was hosted by the MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, Virginia.
Capitol Visitor Center curator Christine Blackerby took us through an exhibit looking at congressional investigations through the years, from Titanic to Watergate. She explained the steps in an investigation and showed us artifacts including a decoding machine used before Pearl Harbor, subpoenas to bank presidents after the 1929 stock market crash, and a security log from the Watergate complex.
Prairie View A&M history professor Ronald Goodwin discussed the early Republic and how Americans tried to define equality and interpret the Constitution in the first decades of the United States. Prairie View A&M University is an historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas.
This 1969 Remington Arms film showed how traditional gun making is aided by new technology. It was released as "One At A Time." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
NPR's Steve Drummond told the story of Senator Harry Truman's bipartisan investigation of corruption during the World War II defense build-up. The author built his account on the records of the Truman Committee, oral histories, letters, and newspaper archives. The book's subtitle is "How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War II."
This 1956 Dow Chemical film explained and promoted the 1956 Federal Aid Highway Act by showing a fictional town impacted by the new highway system. It was released as "Highway Hearing." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
Prairie View A&M history professor Ronald Goodwin discussed the early Republic and how Americans tried to define equality and interpret the Constitution in the first decades of the United States. Prairie View A&M University is an historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas.
This 1969 Remington Arms film showed how traditional gun making is aided by new technology. It was released as "One At A Time." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
NPR's Steve Drummond told the story of Senator Harry Truman's bipartisan investigation of corruption during the World War II defense build-up. The author built his account on the records of the Truman Committee, oral histories, letters, and newspaper archives. The book's subtitle is "How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War II."
This 1956 Dow Chemical film explained and promoted the 1956 Federal Aid Highway Act by showing a fictional town impacted by the new highway system. It was released as "Highway Hearing." Reel America is an American History TV series featuring 20th century archival films.
Carnegie Mellon University professor Edda Fields-Black talked about Harriet Tubman's role in the 1863 Combahee River raid, a secret military mission against Confederates in South Carolina which rescued over 700 former slaves. The Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore hosted this event.
Author Mark Kelly talked about Lydia Hamilton Smith, a free mixed-race woman from Pennsylvania who was the housekeeper and companion of abolitionist congressman Thaddeus Stevens. LancasterHistory in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, hosted this event.
Forty years ago, on July 1, 1976, President Gerald Ford spoke at the opening of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Leading up to the anniversary, Reel America is showcasing a series of NASA films. "Science Reporter: Suited for Space" is a half-hour 1966 NASA TV program - one of 13 produced in cooperation with MIT and WGBH Boston. This episode traces the development of space suits beginning with the Mercury program and ending with a look at a life support system prototype needed for the Apollo moon missions.
Historians marked the 125th anniversary of the war between American forces and Filipino nationalists that took place from 1899 to 1902. U.S. and Filipino dignitaries also unveiled a restored copy of the Philippine proclamation of independence. This event was hosted by the MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, Virginia.
Capitol Visitor Center curator Christine Blackerby took us through an exhibit looking at congressional investigations through the years, from Titanic to Watergate. She explained the steps in an investigation and showed us artifacts including a decoding machine used before Pearl Harbor, subpoenas to bank presidents after the 1929 stock market crash, and a security log from the Watergate complex.
Counterpoint Institute president Shea Bradley Farrell talked about Hungary's fight against communism and the lessons she thinks the United States should learn from it. The Embassy of Hungary in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
National Interest editor Jacob Heilbrunn discussed American conservatives' views of foreign autocrats in the 20th and 21st centuries. This event was hosted by Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.
New School economic professor Teresa Ghilarducci offered her thoughts on how to make retirement in the U.S. attainable for more Americans. She was interviewed by Washington Post economics correspondent Abha Bhattarai.
University of Milwaukee English professor Jason Puskar examined how the invention of buttons and switches has changed humans. Boswell Book Company in Milwaukee hosted this event.
New School economic professor Teresa Ghilarducci offered her thoughts on how to make retirement in the U.S. attainable for more Americans. She was interviewed by Washington Post economics correspondent Abha Bhattarai.
Dekalb County chief executive officer Michael Thurmond spoke about Georgia colony founder James Oglethorpe and his journey from slave trader to abolitionist.
Journalist Victor Luckerson chronicled the rise and fall of Tulsa's Greenwood District also known as "Black Wall Street" through the lens of the Goodwin family from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre through today.
Writer Dayton Duncan looked at the history of the American buffalo, from prehistoric times to their co-existence alongside Native Americans, to their near extinction during western expansion efforts by early American settlers.
New Yorker cartoonist Amy Kurzweil examined how artificial intelligence and art can connect the past and future through the lens of her family's personal history, spanning three generations.
Historian James Swanson recounted a Colonial-era massacre of American settlers living in Deerfield, Massachusetts, by hundreds of Native Americans and their French allies. Survivors of the 1704 attack - which became legendary in early America - were sent on a forced march to Canada.
Philip Howard, attorney and chair of Common Good, talked about what he considers to be the root causes of government failures and addressed how to turn things around. This event was held at the offices of Covington & Burling in New York City.
Counterpoint Institute president Shea Bradley Farrell talked about Hungary's fight against communism and the lessons she thinks the United States should learn from it. The Embassy of Hungary in Washington, DC, hosted this event.
National Interest editor Jacob Heilbrunn discussed American conservatives' views of foreign autocrats in the 20th and 21st centuries. This event was hosted by Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.
New School economic professor Teresa Ghilarducci offered her thoughts on how to make retirement in the U.S. attainable for more Americans. She was interviewed by Washington Post economics correspondent Abha Bhattarai.
University of Milwaukee English professor Jason Puskar examined how the invention of buttons and switches has changed humans. Boswell Book Company in Milwaukee hosted this event.
New School economic professor Teresa Ghilarducci offered her thoughts on how to make retirement in the U.S. attainable for more Americans. She was interviewed by Washington Post economics correspondent Abha Bhattarai.
Dekalb County chief executive officer Michael Thurmond spoke about Georgia colony founder James Oglethorpe and his journey from slave trader to abolitionist.
Journalist Victor Luckerson chronicled the rise and fall of Tulsa's Greenwood District also known as "Black Wall Street" through the lens of the Goodwin family from the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre through today.
Writer Dayton Duncan looked at the history of the American buffalo, from prehistoric times to their co-existence alongside Native Americans, to their near extinction during western expansion efforts by early American settlers.
New Yorker cartoonist Amy Kurzweil examined how artificial intelligence and art can connect the past and future through the lens of her family's personal history, spanning three generations.
Historian James Swanson recounted a Colonial-era massacre of American settlers living in Deerfield, Massachusetts, by hundreds of Native Americans and their French allies. Survivors of the 1704 attack - which became legendary in early America - were sent on a forced march to Canada.
Philip Howard, attorney and chair of Common Good, talked about what he considers to be the root causes of government failures and addressed how to turn things around. This event was held at the offices of Covington & Burling in New York City.