WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on July 30, 2025: * * * The U.S.-EU Trade Deal: Geopolitical Victory and Economic Uncertainty for the United States By Federico Steinberg There are few certainties in the global economy. But one of them is that President Trump has decided to set the average U.S. tariff at around (or above) 15 percent, some 10 points higher than before his second arrival at the White House. Although some more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines in Foreign Relations Subcommittee: We Need to End America's Dependence on Russia's Critical Minerals * U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with Jonathan Pratt, the Senior Bureau Official at the Bureau of African Affairs, and Scott Woodard, the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Economic Growth, Energy, and Environment in a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing. Daine more PR

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley: Exhaustive Efforts to Vet Emil Bove's Nomination Prove He's Fit for the Job * WASHINGTON - Ahead of the Senate's vote on the nomination of Emil Bove to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released an exhaustive overview of his work to thoroughly vet Bove's nomination in light of three whistleblower allegation more PR

WASHINGTON, July 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12297) on July 17, 2025, by military ground forces specialist Andrew Feickert. Here are excerpts: * * * PATRIOT Air and Missile Defense System for Ukraine The PATRIOT air and missile defense (AMD) system is an integral component of U.S. air and missile defense. The system and its interceptors are both expensive and limited in supply. On December 21, 2022, the Department of Def more PR

LONDON, England, July 28 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued the following news release: * * * PM meeting with President Trump of the United States: 28 July 2025 * The Prime Minister met US President Donald Trump in Scotland today. The leaders began by discussing the appalling scenes in Gaza and agreed that urgent action was needed to bring an end to the suffering, which has reached new depths. Humanitarian aid had to be allowed in at scale and pace. They committed to work togeth more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The American Center for Law and Justice issued the following news on July 30, 2025: * * * President Trump's Warning Sparks an International Meltdown In today's breaking news, President Trump has issued an ultimatum to Russian President Vladimir Putin, demanding he end the war with Ukraine, and end it in 10 days. As Trump explained when questioned by a reporter: I'll give it to you now. Do you want a big scoop? Everybody else close your ears, OK? You ready? I'm 10 days more PR

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen Presses Commerce Secretary On Trump Administration's Decision to Ease AI Export Controls to China Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick regarding the Administration's recent d more PR