STRASBOURG, France, Feb. 23 -- The Council of Europe issued the following statement: * * * Tomorrow, 24 February, marks four years since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Strikes on homes, schools, hospitals, and energy infrastructure continue unabated, leaving people without electricity and heat in the harshest winter of the war. As the war enters its fifth year, 2026 must be the year peace returns to Ukraine. But peace cannot be a pause in violence. It must be just, lasting, and secu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Blumenthal: Week in Review 2/13/2026-2/20/2026 * Slamming Trump's Tariffs After Supreme Court Decision [WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) released the following statement today after the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump does not have the unilateral authority to issue sweeping tax hikes on consumer and household necessities in the form of ta  more