Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Police report details alleged sexual assault involving Hegseth Hegseth, President-elect Trump's pick to be the next secretary of Defense, has denied that he sexually assaulted the woman, identified in the police report only as Jane Doe....

Ukraine raised alarm suggesting Russia may have used an intercontinental ballistic missile to hit the city of Dnipro, but the U.S. National Security Council does not believe it was an ICBM.

In September, President Biden announced a surge in security assistance and additional actions to help Ukraine as it continues to resist Russias aggression. And today, the United States is imposing significant new sanctions on over 50 financial institutions to further degrade Russias ability to use the international financial system to fund and prosecute its brutal…The post

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo emphasized the importance of integrating security with innovation when it comes to something as rapidly advancing and as powerful as artificial intelligence.

Jimmy Lai, founder of Hong Kongs Apple Daily, testified Wednesday in his national security trial

The U.S. has seen no change to Russia's nuclear posture, according to a U.S. National Security Council official who was not authorized to comment publicly and requested anonymity. As a result, the Biden administration has "not seen any reason to adjust our own nuclear posture or doctrine in response to Russia's statements today," the official added.

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Russia lowers threshold for using nuclear weapons Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a warning to Western allies of Ukraine just two days after the U.S. approved Kyiv's use of long-range missiles inside of Russia. AP...

They were prosecuted under the 2020 national security law for their roles in an unofficial primary election.

The Beijing-imposed National Security Law was harnessed to retroactively prosecute 45 pro-democracy figures over an unofficial primary in 2020.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” former Defense Secretary and former CIA Director Leon Panetta stated that the Trump campaign “made clear that Joe Biden’s record was not one that really stood strong in terms ofThe post

45 ex-lawmakers and activists were sentenced to four to 10 years in prison undera Beijing-imposed lawthat crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement.

A Hong Kong court sentenced 45 pro-democracy advocates in a mass trial on Tuesday, marking the largest case yet brought under the city's draconian National Security Law.