WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Beyer To Oppose Appropriations Minibus * Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who represents a Northern Virginia congressional district with one of the largest concentrations of federal workers and contractors in the U.S. House, today announced his opposition to H.R. 7006, the Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act. Beye  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Jan. 13, 2026: * * * Russia's Propagandists: Welcome to 2026, the Year of the Savage Humanity's base nature is once again triumphing, say Putin's commentators. Say hello to the return of cruelty, greed, and bloodlust. By Julia Davis For Russia's propaganda mouthpieces, the political is personal. Having returned from their winter vacations, Russian state media frontmen and women complained that   more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Jan. 13 -- The European Policy Centre issued the following commentary by Fabian Zuleeg: * * * Greenland is Europe's credibility litmus test - it must show Trump that aggression carries a price Donald Trump's intervention in Venezuela is not a one-off shock. It epitomises his approach of interventionist isolationism based on a revisionist, neo-nationalist agenda in which power is exercised bluntly, international rules are optional and alliances are transactional. In such a d  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Groundwork Collaborative, a think tank and progressive advocacy group, posted the following news release: * * * Groundwork's Jacquez Reacts to December CPI: Inflation Is Here to Stay as Trump's "Day One" Price Promises Fall Flat * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today's Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for December shows inflation at 2.7% year over year, with core inflation unchanged at 2.6%, still well above the Federal Reserve's 2% target and likely artific  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Bennet, Colleagues Call for Oversight Hearings on Trump's War in Venezuela * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet, along with seven of their Senate colleagues, called for oversight hearings about President Trump's military operation in Venezuela. "The Trump administration has, thus far, failed to explain its plans for Venezuela's future, how th  more

ST. CATHERINES, Ontario, Jan. 13 -- Brock University posted the following news: * * * Is Venezuela a test case for America's wider imperialist ambitions? * A week after the U.S. invaded Venezuela and ousted its president, questions remain about what comes next for the South American nation -and the rest of the world -as a result. Brock University Associate Professor of Political Science Pascal Lupien says this recent military action against Venezuela fits into a long-standing pattern of th  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2026: * * * Ranking Member Shaheen, Senator Murkowski Introduce Legislation to Prevent Trump Administration from Threatening NATO Unity Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced the NATO Unity Protection Act, bipartisan legislation to   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2026: * * * Ranking Member to Join Bipartisan, Bicameral Congressional Delegation to Copenhagen Led by Senator Coons This week, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will join a bipartisan, bicameral congressional delegation to Copenhagen, Denmark led by Senator Chris Coons (  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Jimmy Gomez Introduces Bill to Block Any U.S. Effort to Invade, Annex or Purchase Greenland * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) introduced the Greenland Sovereignty Protection Act, legislation that would prohibit federal funds from facilitating the invasion, annexation, or any other form of acquisition of Greenland by the United States. The bill comes amid President Donald   more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * UMass Amherst Experts to Examine Law, Politics of US Intervention in Venezuela Public invited to attend Jan. 20 webinar featuring Social and Behavioral Sciences faculty * A webinar hosted by the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst will examine the legal and political implications of the recent U.S. military raid in Venezuela and the arrest of   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Jan. 13 -- Washington University in St. Louis issued the following news: * * * WashU Expert: International alliances, global stability on shaky ground By Sara Savat World leaders were stunned to learn of the U.S. military operation against Venezuela in the early morning hours of Jan. 3 that resulted in the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The unfolding crisis in Venezuela, as well as President Donald Trump's subsequent threats to countries  more