SELINSGROVE, Pennsylvania, Feb. 17 -- Susquehanna University posted the following news: * * * Award-winning research reframes Venezuela's War of Independence from the ground up * At the center Sierra 's award-winning article is Almarza's role in undermining monarchical authority among displaced enslaved communities in the central and southwestern plains region during Venezuela's War of Independence. The last royal escribano, or notary, of Merida in the Captaincy of Venezuela, Almarza serves  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * DHS Sets the Record Straight on New York Time's FALSE Claims Regarding Medical Care at ICE Detention Facilities * For many illegal aliens, the medical care in ICE detention is the best care they have received in their entire lives WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released the following statement correcting the record on inaccurate reporting from the New  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Feb. 17, 2026, by Walter Russell Mead, Ravenel B. Curry III distinguished fellow in strategy and statesmanship, to the Wall Street Journal: * * * Iran's Crisis Is Trump's Sweet Spot For him, the worst thing about the standoff may be that it can't last forever. * The USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on Feb. 17, 2026, by Paul Goble, specialist on ethnic and religious questions in Eurasia, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Kazakhstan's Downgrading of Russian Language Infuriates Moscow Executive Summary: * The new draft Kazakhstan constitution downgrades the status of the Russian language by specifying that Russian exists "alongside" Kazakh rather than sharing legal equality with it, a move upsetting Moscow a more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- George Washington University posted the following news: * * * Media Tip Sheet: Oil, Geopolitics, and U.S./Venezuela Relations * WASHINGTON (February 17, 2026) - As the United States recalibrates its approach to Venezuela, major questions remain about who will benefit and how global oil markets, corporate strategy and geopolitics may shift. Robert Weiner, professor at the George Washington University School of Business and director of the MS in International Business  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- The Peterson Institute for International Economics issued the following commentary on Feb. 17, 2026, by senior research staffer Monica de Bolle: * * * Trump's latter day Monroe Doctrine is aimed at China The US intervention in Venezuela, attacks on vessels in the Caribbean, financial squeeze on Cuba, and its bailout of Argentina should perhaps have come as no surprise. After all, the Trump administration has made no secret of its intentions, as laid out in the 2025 Nati more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48641) on Feb. 2, 2026, entitled "Proposals to Limit Member of Congress Financial Activities: Analysis of Introduced Legislation in the 119th Congress" by Congress specialist Jacob R. Straus. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY In recent years, some Members of Congress have proposed reforms that would prohibit the purchase, sale, or ownership of certain financial instruments by Members of Congr more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on Feb. 17, 2026, by Nadia Schadlow, senior fellow and co-chair of the Hamilton Commission on Securing America's National Security Innovation Base, to Foreign Affairs: * * * . The Globalist Delusion Why America Needs to Build a New Operating System * Power shifts are never easy. A major one is now underway, not between r more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Feb. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado posted the following news release on Feb. 17, 2026: * * * Venezuelan Man Illegally in the United States Charged With Assault On Federal Officer, Destruction of Government Property The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announces that Jorge Torres-Perez, 29, of Venezuela, is facing one count of assault on a federal officer, one count of threatening to assault or kill a federal of more PR