WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Leads Colleagues in Laying Out Worker-First American Trade Policy WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the Trump Administration plans to reshape the nation's trade policy, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is leading her Midwest colleagues, U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), in laying out a vision to prioritize American workers in trade policy, re-establish the United States as  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Brendan Boyle, D-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Boyle and Merkley Call for GAO Investigation into Trump Administration's Funding Freezes WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, announced they have formally requested that the Government Accountability Office  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following written testimony by Victor D. Cha, president of geopolitics and foreign policy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, from a March 26, 2025, hearing entitled "Shared Threats: Indo-Pacific Alliances and Burden Sharing in Today's Geopolitical Environment": * * * Chairman Risch, Ranking Member Shaheen and distinguished members of the committee, it is an honor to appear before this committee on th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on March 31, 2025: * * * Effects of the Trump Administration's Tariff Threats Against Canada and Mexico By Christopher Hernandez-Roy President Trump's repeated on again, off again tariff threats against the United States' two largest trading partners, Canada and Mexico, along with his musings about making Canada the fifty-first state have rattled equity markets, created confusion and unc more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on March 31, 2025: * * * How to Secure the Black Sea During a Russia-Ukrainian Ceasefire By Benjamin Jensen and Mark Montgomery After Ukraine and Russia's agreement to a Black Sea ceasefire as part of broader talks being brokered by the United States in Saudi Arabia, the next step is to design a coalition maritime force to secure the peace. This force will need multiple layers of defense more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following news: * * * Europe's Vital Nordic-Baltic Shield The Nordic and Baltic region is now NATO's front line. The war in Ukraine and growing uncertainty over the US commitment mean that the so-called Nordic-Baltic Eight group are at the heart of European defense. Like a heart, they are both critical and vulnerable. The group has cooperated on defense for decades but often lacked urgency. Early efforts focused on p more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- FiscalNote, a technology company, issued the following news release: * * * FiscalNote Launches New EU Defense and Space Policy Vertical to Drive Customer Impact and Fuel Growth Expanded Coverage Delivers Comprehensive Insights and Unlocks a Strategic Advantage for Customers as EU Defense Policy Undergoes Historic Transformation WASHINGTON, D.C. -- March 31, 2025 -- FiscalNote Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NOTE), the leading provider of AI-driven policy and regulatory intellig more PR

HAMILTON, New York, March 31 -- Colgate University posted the following news: * * * Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith to Deliver Colgate University's 2025 Commencement Address Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith will deliver the commencement address at Colgate University's 2025 Commencement on Sunday, May 18. Smith is a distinguished national security expert with more than two decades of experience in U.S. and European defense policy, transatlantic relations, and geost more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following news: * * * Grow Up: Europe's Challenge Vaulting ambitions are no bad thing. Should Britain put nuclear weapons back on board the warplanes of the Royal Air Force? Yes, probably. Should Europe have its own military command structure? Intelligence agency? Armed forces? Super. Comprehensive air defences would be nice too. Fix the Brexit divide with a UK-EU defence pact. Take a strategic approach to soft power,  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement released the following testimony by Lora Ries, director of the Border Security and Immigration Center at the Heritage Foundation, from a March 25, 2025, hearing entitled "Part 1: Consequences of Failure: How Biden's Policies Fueled the Border Crisis": * * * My name is Lora Ries and I am the Director of the Border Security and Immigration Center at The Heritage Foundation. The views I express in t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party, issued the following news release on March 31, 2025: * * * Krishnamoorthi, Auchincloss Request Investigation into Possible Sanctions Violations by Yantai iRay Technology Co. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following news: * * * Latvians Prepare as the 'Long Peace' Ends When, in 2019, Latvia introduced its comprehensive defense model, the world was a different and safer place. No perceived internal threat to transatlantic military cooperation could be identified, and Russia still had not launched its bid for the full-scale destruction and conquest of Ukraine. With hindsight, one could say that by highlighting comprehens more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on March 31, 2025: * * * Merkley and Boyle Call for GAO Investigation into Trump Administration's Funding Freezes WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, and Congressman Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, announced they have formally requested that the Government Accou more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sen. Schiff Leads Senators in Demanding DHS Release Detained Harvard Medical School Researcher "Absent evidence that Petrova is a flight risk or a danger to the community, we strongly urge you to reconsider ICE's recent decision not to grant Petrova parole and exercise discretion within your authority to release her from detention while her asylum case is pending." "We urge the Administrat more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following news: * * * Putin's Warpath Goes Through Arctic By Pavel K. Baev Executive Summary: * Russia's war in Ukraine remains in a stalemate, with recent ceasefire hopes fading due to Russian President Vladimir Putin's inflexible demands amid negotiations on reducing hostilities in the Black Sea. * Moscow has shifted its focus to operations in the Arctic and aims to rekindle strategic dialogue with the United States, offering Arc more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 31 -- The European Parliament posted the following news release: * * * Remembering Bucha: Real peace must be based on justice Russia must be held accountable for war crimes committed during its war of aggression in Ukraine, said EP Vice-President Hojsik in Kyiv at the event commemorating victims of Bucha tragedy. Martin Hojsik represented European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Monday at the 2025 Bucha Summit, a conference of Speakers and Heads of Delegatio more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 30 -- The European Parliament posted the following news release: * * * Remembering Bucha: Real peace must be based on justice Russia must be held accountable for war crimes committed during its war of aggression in Ukraine, said EP Vice-President Hojsik in Kyiv at the event commemorating victims of Bucha tragedy. Martin Hojsik represented European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Monday at the 2025 Bucha Summit, a conference of Speakers and Heads of Delegatio more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 31 -- The Council of the European Union posted the following news release: * * * Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures against ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them On 17 March 2025, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2025/514 1. The Decision adds one entity to the list of persons, groups, undertakings and entities set ou more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 31 -- The Council of the European Union posted the following news release: * * * Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo On 17 March 2025, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2025/510 1. The Council decided that nine persons and one entity should be added to the list of natural or legal persons, entities and bodies s more PR

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 1 -- The Swedish Ministry of Defence issued the following news release: * * * Biggest support package to Ukraine so far increases Swedish support to SEK 29.5 billion for 2025 The Swedish Government has presented its largest military support package to Ukraine to date, valued at almost SEK 16 billion. Ukraine has requested capabilities related to air defence, artillery, satellite communication, and naval capabilities. Together with the support package announced earlier more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Here's a look at the research products created by the Congressional Research Service, a part of the Library of Congress for the week ending March 30, 2025: * * * Congressional Budget Office: 'Long-Term Budget Outlook - 2025 to 2055' (Part 2 of 3) The Congressional Budget Office issued the following report on March 27, 2025, entitled "The Long-Term Budget Outlook - 2025 to 2055:" (Continued from Part 1 of 3) * * * Chapter 2: Spending and Revenues Overview In the Congress more ST

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following news: * * * Tragic Fate of U.S. Soldiers in Lithuania Highlights Growing European Security Concerns By Justas Kazlauskas Executive Summary: * Four U.S. soldiers, members of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, went missing on March 25 during training near Lithuania's border with Belarus. The U.S. Army has confirmed that three were found dead after their armored vehicle was recovered from a deep swamp. * Lithuania's arm more PR

SANTA CLARA, California, April 1 -- Intel, an industry that says it creates world-changing technology that enables progress and enriches lives, issued the following news on March 31, 2025: * * * Vision Keynote: Intel's New Era Emphasizes Engineering, Culture, Customers Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan emphasizes creating a culture of innovation driven by a renewed focus on customers and an engineering-first mindset. Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, speaking to a broad tech ecosystem on Monday at Intel Vision 2025, more PR

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following news: * * * War and Sino-Russian Partnership: An Indispensable but Uneasy Relationship Executive Summary * While Moscow and Beijing remain strongly committed to their strategic relationship, the war in Ukraine has exposed major differences in their views on the international order. * China and Russia are strategically autonomous actors that pose different challenges to US interests. China's leader, Xi J more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * What People Are Saying About Houlahan's UNFPA Bill Introduction What Organizations Endorsing the Support UNFPA Funding Act Are Saying: "Everyone deserves access to quality health care, no matter who they are or where they live. Full stop. Yet ever since President Trump took office, he and his administration have attacked foreign aid programs, including funding for UNFPA, endangering the h more PR

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a policy forum for tackling global issues through independent research and open dialogue to inform actionable ideas for the policy community, issued the following news: * * * The Future of France's Far-Right Party By William Drozdiak Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, was convicted of embezzlement by a criminal court in Paris on March 31, which banned her from running for president in 2027 and deepened a po more PR