WASHINGTON, May 26 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs released the following testimony by Secretary of State Marco Rubio from a May 21, 2025, hearing on the fiscal 2026 budget request: * * * Thank you, Chairman Diaz-Balart, Ranking Member Frankel, and distinguished members of this Subcommittee for inviting me to address you today. Let me add, judging by this room, the Floridian takeover of American Foreign Policy is proceedin more PR

WASHINGTON, May 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The State Department Inspector General issued the following audit report entitled "Special Inspector General for Operation Atlantic Resolve | Quarterly Report to the United States Congress | January 1, 2025 - March 31, 2025." Here are excerpts: * * * Since February 2022, Congress has appropriated or otherwise made available $184.81 billion for OAR and the broader Ukraine response, of which $34.26 billion remained available for obligation. Most of the available  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48543) on May 23, 2025, entitled "Transportation Security - Background and Issues for the 119th Congress:" (Continued from Part 1 of 3) * * * The Use of Terrorist Watch Lists in the Aviation Domain Airlines had been responsible for checking passenger names against terrorist watch lists maintained by the government before the Intelligence Reform and Terrorist Prevention Act of 2004 (P.L. 108- more PR