WASHINGTON, March 4 -- House Democratic Caucus issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Aguilar: The American people don't want this war. * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, Vice Chair Ted Lieu, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Representatives Gil Cisneros, Jason Crow, Maggie Goodlander, Chrissy Houlahan and Pat Ryan held a press conference to condemn the Trump Administration's military strikes in Iran and call for passage of House Democrats'  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on March 2, 2026, by Mary Speck, former senior advisor to the Latin America Program at the U.S. Institute of Peace, and Mark Feierstein, senior adviser (non-resident) with the Americas Program: * * * Venezuelans Welcome U.S. Intervention, But Hope for a Rapid Democratic Transition Post-Maduro Venezuela has remained in political limbo for nearly two months since the January 3 capture of Ni more PR

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following Critical Questions Q&A on March 3, 2026, involving Kuhu Badgi, program coordinator and research assistant, and Lauryn Williams, deputy director and senior fellow, both of the Strategic Technologies Program: * * * How Will Cyber Warfare Shape the U.S.-Israel Conflict with Iran? In the early hours of February 28, the United States, alongside Israel, launched a large-scale strike more PR

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following transcript of an event on March 2, 2026, entitled "U.S. and Israel Strike Iran - What Comes Next?". Event participants included Mona Yacoubian, director and senior adviser of the Middle East Program, Seth G. Jones, president of the CSIS Defense and Security Department and Harold Brown Chair, Clayton Seigle, senior fellow and James R. Schlesinger Chair in Energy and Geopolitics, Energy Security and Cli more PR

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, March 4 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Energy and mineral engineering doctoral student named international fellow * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -Qian Zhang, a doctoral student in Penn State's John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME), has been awarded the Nico van Wingen Memorial Graduate Fellowship in petroleum engineering by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Foundation. Zhang will receiv more PR

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * In Floor Speech, Senator Murray Blasts Trump for Breaking Promises of "No New Wars" and "Lower Prices," Calls on Congress to Vote to End Trump's War in Iran * Murray : "This President is ordering our kids to be shipped off into war from his beach club in Florida-that is obscene. And, tragically, American families are already paying the cost of Trump's war as the lives of our brave American servic more PR

WASHINGTON, March 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The Use of Anti-Terrorism Courts to Suppress Dissent in Venezuela - A report from International Commission of Jurists, Geneva, Switzerland - February 2026 (28 pages) * * * The International Commission of Jurists issued a report analyzing how special "terrorism" courts and counterterrorism legislation have been used within the Venezuelan justice system to prosecute political opposition, civil society actors and human rights defenders. The report examines judicia more ST

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * McConnell Comments on War Powers, Next Steps in Iran * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor ahead of the roll call vote related to S.J.Res.104, Kaine War Powers Resolution (Iran): Later today, the Senate will consider a resolution from Senator Kaine. The purpose, as our colleague puts it, is to prevent the nation from sendin more PR