Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Thursday that Boasberg should not be on the Signal case and other cases involving the Trump administration, describing him as among several federal judges “trying to obstruct Donald Trump’s agenda”. “He cannot be objective. He’s made that crystal clear,” Bondi said during an interviewContinue Reading
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will visit the Philippines later this week, the first stop on a regional tour that will also take him to Hawai’i, Guam, and Japan and aimed at bolstering relations with “like-minded countries.” Hegseth will visit Manila on March 28-29, to “advance security objectives with PhilippineContinue Reading
Trump’s “America First” foreign policy thrust has triggered concerns about the scale and depth of US commitment to the region under his new term. “It’s a strong message to China on solid bilateral relations” between the US and the Philippines,” Romualdez said of Hegseth’s upcoming visit. China claims virtually theContinue Reading
“Civilizations die by suicide, not by murder.”—Arnold Toynbee This observation by historian Arnold Toynbee encapsulates the strategic risk now facing U.S. power in the Indo-Pacific. While U.S. naval vessels continue their patrols and military hardware flows to allies, a dangerous pattern has emerged: the institutional foundations that translate military presenceContinue Reading
