WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (TNSxrep) -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following commentary on Jan. 5, 2026: * * * The Last U.S. Hunger Data: What We Lose with the Termination of the USDA's Household Food Security in the United States Report By Caitlin Welsh Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its Household Food Security in the United States report, assessing that 13.7 percent of U.S. households were food insecure in 2024, marking the highest   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Statement on Maduro's Arrest * WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued a statement regarding the United States' arrest of Venezuelan narco-terrorist Nicolas Maduro: "Maduro was a fugitive of American justice and is responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of innocent Americans. The Department of Justice has had a warrant out fo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12084) on Jan. 8, 2026, by defense policy analyst Anya L. Fink. Here are excerpts: * * * Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile (SLCMN) Congress and the executive branch have debated the merits of a new nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N) since the weapon was proposed by the first Trump Administration in 2018. The Biden Administration proposed cancelling the S  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Huffman Statement on Trump's Withdrawal from International Climate Agreements * Washington, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement after President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum withdrawing the United States from 66 international organizations, including from the UN Framework Convention on Cli  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Huffman Statement on Trump's Withdrawal from International Climate Agreements Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released the following statement after President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum withdrawing the United States from 66 international organizations  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Trump Illegally Quits World's Bedrock Climate Treaty * NEW YORKPresident Donald Trump announced today that he is withdrawing the United States from the world's foundational climate treaty, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC. Trump also pulled out of dozens of other global environmental agreements and bodies, including the Intergovernmental P  more