PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 21 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania issued the following statement on Feb. 20, 2026: * * * Voting Rights Organizations Respond to Sen. Dave McCormick's False Account of Chester County The following statement is in direct response to Sen. Dave McCormick's claims about the Chester County voter rolls incident and can be attributed to the ACLU of Pennsylvania, New Pennsylvania Project, and the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania: Sen. McCo  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 21 -- The U.S. Mission to the United Nations issued the following remarks on Feb. 19, 2020, by Massad Boulos, senior adviser to the president for Africa, Arab and Middle Eastern affairs, at a Security Council briefing on the ongoing conflict and humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan: * * * Thank you, Madam President and Foreign Secretary Cooper. I'd like to thank Ms. DiCarlo and Ms. Wosornu and Ms. Al-Karib for their valuable contributions. Foreign Secretary, your leadership has be  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12448) on Feb. 19, 2026, by Latin American affairs specialist Clare Ribando Seelke. Here are excerpts: * * * Venezuela's Natural Gas: Opportunity Knocks? The capture and arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 3, 2026, and the formation of an interim government working with U.S. officials have renewed possibilities for developing Venezuela's hydrocarbons. Foll  more