National Security

The National Association of Scholars (NAS) has found that many once-defunct, controversial Confucius Institutes have reopened under new names. The Chinese government had sponsored Confucius Institutes -- which are educational and cultural programs -- since 2004 on college and university campuses worldwide, the NAS said. The institutes provided teachers, textbooks and operating… Read more »

For the first time since 2010, Mississippi’s fourth Congressional District is not represented by Steven Palazzo. Former Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell defeated Palazzo in the midterms and was recently sworn in to the 118th Congress. The 63-year-old Rep. Mike Ezell, R-MS, said this is an emotional time for him after working his way up from a local beat cop into the halls of… Read more »