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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...