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...
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...
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...
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...
Committee Reshapes U.S. Tech Export Controls
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is set to mark up more than two dozen bills on April 22 that would reshape how the United States controls exports of...
Congress Scrutinizes U.S. Africa Counterterrorism Strategy
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy has scheduled a hearing on U.S. counterterrorism strategy in Africa...
Senate Intel Weighs Iran Operations, Intelligence Sharing Risks
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will convene a closed Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on April 22, at 219 Hart Senate Office Building —...
Pentagon Readiness Under Scrutiny Amid Pacific Tensions
The Senate Armed Services Committee is set to examine the readiness and posture of two of America's most strategically consequential military commands —...
Committee Examines Russia-Iran Intelligence Threat to Troops
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence convenes Tuesday in closed session to examine intelligence matters at a moment when several committee members...
Senate Finance Committee To Scrutinize Trade Policy Fueled By $2.6m In Lobbying
The Senate Finance Committee is set to scrutinize the administration's trade agenda at a moment when tariffs have reshaped supply chains, rattled markets,...
Senate Rejects Israel Arms Sale Block, Clearing $295 Million Bulldozer Transfer
The Senate on Wednesday rejected the S.J.Res. 32 vote to discharge a joint resolution that would have blocked a proposed foreign military sale to Israel...
House Rejects War Powers Resolution
The House voted Thursday to reject H.Con.Res. 40, a Democratic-led effort to force the Trump administration to withdraw U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities...
Senate Blocks Effort to Stop Israel Arms Sale as Democrats Split as GOP Stands Firm
The motion to discharge S.J.Res. 138 — a joint resolution that would have blocked a $151.8 million sale of 1,000-pound gravity bombs to Israel — failed in...
Congress Probes Vatican Diplomacy Amid Trump-Pope Clash
Why it matters: The Helsinki Commission's Vatican diplomacy hearing, held April 13, 2026, landed at a politically combustible moment — convened on the same...
Committee Confirms Nuclear Diplomacy Ambassadors Today
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is moving through a packed slate of ambassador-level nominations this week, with a pending nominations hearing...
USTR Budget Hearing Determines Future Trade Policy Direction
Ambassador Jamieson Greer will face House appropriators on April 16, 2026, at a moment when U.S. trade policy has been more disruptive — and more...
In a Divided Congress, a Rare Diplomatic Truce
A House bill targeting State Department risk aversion has drawn support from both sides of the aisle — a notable moment in a Congress defined by gridlock....
Political Theater: Trump Nominees Face Grilling Over Defunding Their Own Agencies
Why it matters: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing held March 26, 2026 at the Dirksen Senate Office Building examined three nominees whose...