WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla, Merkley, Colleagues Denounce Trump's Partisan, Self-Celebrating Changes to National Park Service Access for 2026 * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, joined Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and 10 other Senators in sounding the alarm over the Trump Administration's so-called "modernization" plans for   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: * * * USINDOPACOM enhances collaboration at Regional Ambassadors Conference * Admiral Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, hosted the Regional Ambassadors Conference at USINDOPACOM headquarters in Hawaii, Jan. 15, 2026. Regional U.S. ambassadors, military representatives, and foreign policy advisors come together at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command headquarters on Camp H.M. Smith in Hawaii  more