WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Blumenthal Grills Hegseth on Deployment of Active Duty Military in U.S. Cities * [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - At a Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing today, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) pressed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on the Trump Administration's deployment of active-duty troops in cities across the United States. Blumenthal's line of questioning comes as President Trump  more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 18 -- The European Parliament posted the following news release: * * * EP TODAY * Wednesday, 18 June NATO summit In a debate with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, starting at 09:00, MEPs will outline their expectations for the upcoming NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, on 24-26 June 2025. NATO country leaders are expected to discuss how to ramp up defence spending, in the context of Russia's continued war of aggression against Ukraine and calls from US Pr more PR

NEW YORK, June 16 -- The Counter Extremism Project issued the following news release: * * * Extremist Content Online: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Calls for the Killing of American Leaders, Praises Killing of Two Israeli Embassy Employees in Washington, D.C. Leader of Neo-Nazi Accelerationist Group The Base Defends Himself and Group in Nearly Three-Hour Podcast * (New York, N.Y.) -- The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists and terrorist group more PR

WASHINGTON, June 19 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN12566) on June 18, 2025, by European affairs analyst Paul Belkin. Here are excerpts: * * * NATO's June 2025 Summit in The Hague Heads of state and government from the 32 member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are scheduled to meet in The Hague, the Netherlands, on June 24-26, 2025. According to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, "the core deliverable" of more PR

SOLNA, Sweden, June 16 (TNSrep) -- The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute issued the following news release: * * * Nuclear risks grow as new arms race looms--new SIPRI Yearbook out now (Stockholm, 16 June 2025) The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) today launches its annual assessment of the state of armaments, disarmament and international security. Key findings of SIPRI Yearbook 2025 are that a dangerous new nuclear arms race is emerging at a time when a more PR

STANFORD, California, June 20 -- Stanford University Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies issued the following news: * * * Understanding the War between Israel and Iran: Q&A with Amichai Magen and Abbas Milani Amichai Magen and Abbas Milani explore the geopolitical dynamics and implications of the ongoing violence between Israel and Iran. * As tensions flare between Israel and Iran, the longstanding rivalry between these two nations has entered a critical juncture, marked by  more PR