International Affairs

Senate Venezuela Briefing to Focus on Post-Maduro Transition

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will receive a classified briefing on Venezuela as the country navigates a political transition following the U.S....

International Affairs

World Trade Organization Faces Administration Questions On Value

The World Trade Organization (WTO) faces serious challenges, a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report finds, as the Trump administration has expressed...

Politics

Commission Will Examine Ukraine Energy Strikes, U.S. Vulnerabilities

Russia has attacked Ukrainian energy infrastructure nearly 300 times in 2026 alone, according to reporting by the Associated Press, while diplomatic efforts...

International Affairs

Senate Grills Ambassadorial Nominees on Human Rights

A Senate Committee hearing examined human rights conditions in El Salvador's CECOT prison, with one U.S. senator calling that country's President Nayib...

Politics

U.S.-China Relations Face November Tariff Deadline

A tariff truce between the U.S. and China is set to expire in November 2026, and both sides have paused, not resolved, their core disputes. The...

Politics

Colombia's New Leader Shifts U.S. Security Strategy

Colombia's political realignment carries direct consequences for U.S. counternarcotics strategy, foreign assistance, and regional security, as a...

Defense

Gulf Strategy In Question After U.S. Naval Base in Bahrain Damaged

The U.S. naval headquarters in Bahrain, Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain, has sustained damage that preliminary estimates put at a minimum of $400...

International Affairs

Senate To Examine Nicaragua's Democratic Collapse

Nicaragua's government has eliminated electoral competition, documented enforced disappearances, and is now accused by United Nations experts of crimes...

Commerce

U.S.-Mexico Relations: USMCA Review and Trade Pressure

A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report updated September 23 examines the full U.S.-Mexico bilateral relationship under the Trump administration and...

Elections

GOP Candidates Break With Trump on Iran as Gas Prices Spike

Diesel prices hit $6.50 per gallon as of last Sunday, according to AAA, squeezing rural voters, truckers, and farmers in critical swing states. Polling...

Congress

Senate Panel Accelerates Pending Nominations Amid Ambassador Vacancies

More than 100 U.S. ambassador posts remain vacant, including critical positions in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Iraq and Kuwait, while 37...

Politics

Maduro Faces Immunity Claims in U.S. Drug Prosecution

Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan leader seized by U.S. armed forces in Caracas on January 3, is now facing federal charges in New York. A Congressional...

International Affairs

U.S.-Japan Trade Talks Stall Amid Overlapping Tariffs

The U.S.-Japan trade relationship faces mounting uncertainty as multiple tariff mechanisms overlap and key policy commitments remain unfulfilled, according...

International Affairs

Case-Zablocki Act: Tensions Over Executive Agreement Disclosure

The State Department's handling of international agreements is facing legal and legislative pressure as Congress seeks greater transparency into executive...

International Affairs

Congress Funds China Human Rights Programs as Administration Cuts Them

The scope of repression facing religious minorities, ethnic groups, and dissidents as the Trump administration curtails funding for programs designed to...

Congress

Senate Panel Scrutinizes Mideast and Africa Military Readiness

The Senate Armed Services Committee is set to scrutinize the military posture of U.S. Central Command and U.S. Africa Command on May 14 — a closed-then-open...

Legislation

Committee Challenges Trump's Trade Authority Grab

The House Ways and Means Committee is set to put U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in the hot seat on April 22, as the Trump administration's...