WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (Rep.) -- Del. Aumua Amata Radewagen, R-American Samoa, issued the following news release: * * * Amata Leads Foreign Affairs CODEL to Colombia Presidential Inauguration, City Struck by Devastating Earthquake After Departure * Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata, traveling at the request of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC), led the Radewagen CODEL with Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-NY) over the weekend to Colombia for the new President's inauguration, ensuring that the Committee was appropriately represented there. more PR

SANTA BARBARA, California, Aug. 10 [Category: Health Care] -- Direct Relief posted the following news: * * * Colombia Earthquake: Direct Relief Mobilizing Medical Aid for Immediate Health Needs * A 7.4-magnitude earthquake reverberated through Colombia today, the largest earthquake to impact the country in a decade, according to the Associated Press. The earthquake shook the country at 7:34 a.m. local time on Monday, and the epicenter was recorded about three miles outside of San Jose del Palmar, a town in western Colombia with a populatio more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto Demands State Department Report on Human Rights Abuses in Venezuela * U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto joined Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) in a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding the U.S. Department of State share an assessment detailing Venezuela's human rights violations under Acting President Delcy Rodriguez. The letter also calls for the State Department to commit to preventing additional human rights  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific released the following testimony by Brent D. Sadler, senior research fellow of naval warfare and advanced technology at the Heritage Foundation Allison Center for National Security, from a July 22, 2026, hearing entitled "Charting a New Course: Countering China's Dominance in Global Shipbuilding": * * * There is a comprehensive contest playing out today with China. This societal, economic, and military contest has only in recent years been acknowledged in W more PR

WESTPORT, Connecticut, Aug. 11 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, posted the following news release: * * * Children at Risk After Strongest Earthquake in a Decade Strikes Colombia BOGOTA -- The strongest earthquake to hit Colombia in a decade has struck the western part of Colombia, causing widespread destruction across the Pacific Region. The disaster has left children and families facing uncertainty, fear and the loss of homes, school more PR