International Affairs
Southeast Asia Scam Centers Cost Americans $12.5B in 2025
Americans lost an estimated $12.5 billion in 2025 to online scam centers operating from Southeast Asia, and the problem is growing, according to a new...
Senate Rejects Push for Report on Israel Human Rights Practices
The Senate this week rejected an effort to require the State Department to report on Israel's human rights practices and the killings of American citizens...
State Department Lacks Data On Decision Process For USAID Programs
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) terminated approximately 6,780 of 7,510 foreign assistance awards between January 2025 and March 2026,...
Senate Bill Targets Foreign Support Fueling Sudan's Civil War
A bipartisan Senate bill would expand U.S. sanctions, diplomatic efforts, and financial restrictions aimed at pressuring the warring parties and their...
Senate Bill Seeks Coordinated U.S. Strategy in South China Sea
The South China Sea Strategy Act would require the State Department to develop a formal U.S. diplomatic strategy for the South China Sea as Washington seeks...
Iran's Nuclear Compliance Can No Longer Be Independently Verified
Iran nuclear program compliance can no longer be independently confirmed after United States and Israeli strikes broke inspection continuity, according to a...
U.S. Declines USMCA Renewal; Pact Remains in Force
The United States declined to renew the pact in its current form at the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) joint review on July 1, while Canada...
State Department Lacks Anti-Terror Safeguards for West Bank Aid
The U.S. has poured more than $7.8 billion into the West Bank and Gaza since 1993, yet a new GAO report on anti-terrorism oversight of that assistance finds...
Congress Flags U.S.-Mongolia Policy Tensions
Mongolia's relations with neighboring China and Russia have only strengthened at a time when both countries pose security risks to the United States. As a...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...