Craig Singleton, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, testifies during a US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine transparency and trust, focusing on foreign influence in higher education, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Robert Daly, senior fellow at the Asia Society, testifies during a US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine transparency and trust, focusing on foreign influence in higher education, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

President of the National Association of Scholars Peter Wood, Craig Singleton, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Robert Daly, senior fellow at the Asia Society, testify during a US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine transparency and trust, focusing on foreign influence in higher education, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

(L/R) US Air Force General Alexus G. Grynkewich, Commander of the US European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and US Air Force General Randall Reed, Commander of US Transportation Command, testify during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on defense readiness and budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

US Air Force General Alexus G. Grynkewich (2R), Commander of the US European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and US Air Force General Randall Reed (R), Commander of US Transportation Command, testify during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on defense readiness and budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

A statue of US President Donald Trump and late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is seen near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

(L/R) US Air Force General Alexus G. Grynkewich, Commander of the US European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and US Air Force General Randall Reed, Commander of US Transportation Command, testify during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on defense readiness and budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

US Air Force General Randall Reed, Commander of US Transportation Command, testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on defense readiness and budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)