WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2025: * * * Ahead of President Trump's New Deadline on Russia, Senators Shaheen and Cornyn Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Undermine Chinese Support for the Kremlin's War Machine Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and John Cornyn (R-TX), member of the Senate Fore more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The American Action Forum issued the following commentary on Aug. 1, 2025: * * * Is the $750B U.S.-EU Energy Deal a Fantasy? By Shuting Pomerleau and Jacob Jensen Executive Summary * The United States and the European Union (EU) have reached a trade agreement in which the EU pledged to purchase $750 billion worth of energy products (natural gas, oil, and nuclear fuel and reactors) from the United States over the next three years. * Notably, the United States exported  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Aug. 1, 2025: * * * The Dangerous Allure of Myanmar's Rare Earths By Gregory B. Poling Early this week, Reuters reported that the Trump administration has been approached with two different proposals to shift U.S. engagement in the four-and-a-half-year Burmese civil war, to access Myanmar's substantial reserves of rare earths. The former head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Myan more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Justice Action Center issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2025: * * * Federal Court Finds Trump Administration's Use of Expedited Removal for Parolees Contrary to Statute CHIRLA v. Noem Challenged Use of Rapid Deportation for Those Who Entered with Parole * A federal district court today issued an order in CHIRLA v. Noem, a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's use of expedited removal against those who entered the United States with parole. The plain more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Ranking Member Coons, Chairman McConnell lay out vision for military funding bill in Washington Post op-ed * WASHINGTON - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, and U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the subcommittee's chairman, published an op-ed in the Washington Post this morning celebrating yes more PR

NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- A July 2025 document from the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and The Arctic Institute, titled 'Restoring Arctic Exceptionalism: The Path Toward Sustainable Cooperation' (Legislative & Policy Note No. 13), outlines the discussions of a workshop and conference hosted by the two organizations. The report, co-authored by Pavel Devyatkin, Anatol Lieven, and Artin DerSimonian, highlights the need to reverse the militarization of the Arctic, pursue cooperation more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2025: * * * Senator Murray on OMB Blocking CDC Funds to Protect People's Health--Just Days After OMB Froze $15 Billion in NIH Funding Murray slams reckless funding freezes, complete lack of transparency as OMB cuts off funds in secrecy despite legal requirement to make public its funding decisions * Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vi more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Rep. Thomas Suozzi, D-New York, issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * Suozzi Urges DHS to Reverse Harmful Decision Ending Legal Status for Thousands of Hondurans TPS Holders Hicksville, NY - Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-NY) held a press conference today with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients to call on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reverse its harmful decision to terminate TPS protections for thousands of Hondurans and others who more PR