WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on April 8, 2025: * * * The Possible European Response to Trump's "Reciprocal" Tariffs By Federico Steinberg and Jeffrey Anderson On April 2--dubbed "Liberation Day" by the U.S. administration-- President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on nearly every country in the world, targeting both allies and rivals alike. These include a 34 percent tariff on China, 24 percent on Japan, 20 more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on April 7, 2025: * * * Where Is the United States? An Earthquake in Myanmar Is the First Test of President Trump's Emergency Aid Cuts By Michelle Strucke and Lily Kennedy On March 28 at 12:50 am local time, disaster struck war-torn Myanmar in the form of a 7.7-magnitude earthquake, the strongest to hit Southeast Asia in decades. This "once-in-a-century" earthquake was followed by strong more PR

HANOVER, New Hampshire, April 9 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: * * * 100 Days Series Examines U.S. Energy Policy Former Trump energy secretary warns of growing demand for electricity. On President Donald Trump's first day in office as he returned to the White House in January, he declared a national energy emergency, saying that the current infrastructure is inadequate to meet the energy needs of the U.S. now and in the future. That action helped frame the April 7 discussio more PR

GENEVA, Switzerland, April 4 -- The International Commission of Jurists issued the following news: * * * EU: Joint statement calls for strong defense of the ICC amid rising geopolitical tensions EU Should Defend the ICC International Criminal Court Under Attack by US, Others (Brussels, April 4, 2025) - The European Union should defend the International Criminal Court (ICC) amid serious attacks on its mandate and mission, 58 nongovernmental groups said today. These attacks could undermine ju more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following news: * * * Global Trade War Does Not Diminish Pressure on Russia to End Its War By Pavel K. Baev Executive Summary: * Russia faces significant economic strain due to declining oil and gas revenues, disrupted supply chains, and falling stock markets, which are exacerbated by global trade disruptions and internal demographic challenges that impact military recruitment. * Russian President Vladimir Putin sent envoy Kirill D more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following news release: * * * Murkowski, Shaheen Seek Explanation for Alarming Email from Department of Homeland Security to Ukrainians in the United States Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem yesterday seeking answers following reports that Ukrainians on humanitari more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on April 8, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Remarks at Hearing for Nominees for Ambassador to the Vatican, Chile and Croatia WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered opening remarks at the hearing on the nominations of Brian Burch to be Ambassador to the Vat more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Alabama, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, issued the following news release on April 8, 2025: * * * Rogers: U.S. & NATO Allies Must Work Together to Ensure Credible Deterrence Washington, D.C. -U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the following opening remarks at a hearing on U.S. military posture and national security challenges in Europe. Chairman Rogers' remarks as prepar more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following news: * * * Russia's Double Game in Arctic is Cooperation in Name, but Confrontation in Practice By Gabriella Gricius Executive Summary: * Moscow portrays itself as a constructive actor advocating for economic cooperation in the Arctic and Baltic seas while also conducting an increasing rate of hybrid attacks and engaging in provocative discourse. * This double game of cooperation has long marked the Kremlin's Arctic agen more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following floor remarks on April 7, 2025: * * * Madam President, I come to the floor today once again to make a simple point, and that is that the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has once again shown the world that he has no interest in peace. In Saudi Arabia, representatives of the United States and representatives of Ukraine are continuing to work in good faith toward a just end to the war in Ukraine. In the coming weeks,  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen, Murkowski Seek Immediate Explanation for Department of Homeland Security's Erroneous and Threatening Email to Ukrainians in the United States (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem yesterday seeking answers following report more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on April 8, 2025: * * * Spartz: Lasting Peace in Ukraine is Not Possible Now, but Ceasefire is Needed Washington, DC - Yesterday, the UK Telegraph wrote an article with a headline intentionally misrepresenting Congresswoman Spartz's position on Ukraine. This headline was "conveniently" used by the Zelensky propaganda machine to smear her and President Trump and continue blaming the United States for Zele more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following transcript on April 7, 2025: * * * Transcript of U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Interview with Tucker Carlson on President Donald Trump's Tariff Plan and Its Impact on the Middle Class Tucker Carlson: Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for joining us. So, the Treasury Department--President Trump had a press conference yesterday, next door, in which he announced a whole new global tariff regime. He'd been pr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Secretary Scott Bessent's Interview with Tucker Carlson WASHINGTON - Secretary Bessent sat down with Tucker Carlson to discuss President Trump's tariff plan and its impact on the middle class. Secretary Bessent select interview quotes: TARIFFS "The good news is, we have President Trump's previous term, when everyone said none of this was going to work: 'Oh, the China tariffs are going more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The House Armed Services Committee released the following testimony by Gen. Gregory M. Guillot, commander of the U.S. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command, from an April 1, 2025, hearing entitled "U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in North and South America": * * * Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Smith, and distinguished members of the Committee: I am honored to appear today and to represent the men and women of United States more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senator Katie Britt Joins Lindsey Graham, Richard Blumenthal, Colleagues in Introducing Hard-Hitting Russia Sanctions WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and 49 of their bipartisan Senate colleagues to introduce primary and secondary sanctions against Russia and actors supporting Russia's aggression in Ukraine more PR