WASHINGTON, April 5 --The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released the following testimony by Kenneth Stern, director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate, from a March 27, 2025, hearing entitled "Antisemitic Disruptions on Campus: Ensuring Safe Learning Environments for All Students": * * * Dear Chairman Cassidy, Ranking Member Sanders, and the other honorable members of the Committee: My name is Kenneth Stern. I am the director of the Bard Center for the Study of  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution released the following written testimony by investigative journalist and columnist Benjamin Weingarten from a March 25, 2025, hearing entitled "The Censorship Industrial Complex": * * * I. Introduction Chairman Schmitt, Ranking Member Welch, and esteemed members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify, and particularly on a matter of such vital importance.1 Free speech is the bedrock of a free soci more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy: "Pres. Putin in Russia is not acting with respect toward the U.S." Watch Kennedy's comments here. WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) argued that Russian President Vladimir Putin has not been taking peace negotiations with Ukraine seriously and warned him not to disrespect President Trump in a speech on the U.S. Senate floor. Key excerpts of the speech are below: "To get respect,  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following news: * * * Poland Prepares for Direct War with Russia By Janusz Bugajski Executive Summary: * Poland is accelerating its military build-up for a projected war with Russia as Ukraine faces a potentially unfavorable outcome in the peace talks brokered by the Donald Trump administration. * Warsaw plans to introduce voluntary military training for all adult males and bolster Poland's armed forces to half a million military p more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following news: * * * The End of European Fecklessness? Over the last weeks, Europeans have been hit with tariffs, called freeloaders, and have been accused of being pathetic. This has left Europeans confused and asking themselves: after all these decades of transatlantic partnership, which most would say benefitted both sides, why the sudden change of heart? To be sure, US complaints on the shortcomings of European s more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * To Improve Republican Budget Resolution, Shaheen Offers Dozens of Amendments that Would Lower Health Care Costs, Shield Families and Businesses from Rising Prices, Keep Americans Safe and Secure (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), a top member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations and Armed Services Committees and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, w more PR

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Sen. Schiff Slams the Trump Administration's Reckless Disregard of Sensitive National Security Matters in Floor Speech "The plain, simple, indisputable fact of the matter is this: all of us, all of us, are less safe because of this administration. We are lucky - damn lucky - that no one has died as a result of their repeated incompetence and mishandling of classified information. We are damn more PR