WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * BREAKING: Pressley Wins Key Vote on Extending Temporary Protected Status for Haiti * Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Co-Chair of the House Haiti Caucus, won a key procedural vote on her bipartisan discharge petition to extend Temporary Protected Status for Haiti. The House of Representatives agreed to Congresswoman Pressley's motion to discharge by a vote of 219-209, and final passage is se  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine Statement on USS Gerald R. Ford Breaking Record for Longest Modern Deployment * WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement on USS Gerald R. Ford breaking the record for the longest carrier deployment since the Vietnam War: "  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson and Democratic Colleagues File Articles of Impeachment Against U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth * Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01) joined Rep. Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) and a group of their Democratic colleagues to file articles of impeachment against U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Today's introduction of articles of  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release on April 15, 2026: * * * Economic Fury Targets Illicit Oil Smuggling Network Run by Iranian Regime Elite Action Also Targets Hizballah Gold Scheme Benefitting Iran's Military * Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) intensified pressure on Iran's illicit oil transportation infrastructure by sanctioning more than two dozen individuals, companies, and vessels   more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness released the following testimony by Adm. James W. Kilby, vice chief of naval operations at the U.S. Navy, from an April 15, 2026, hearing entitled "Military Readiness for FY27": * * * Chairman Bergman, Ranking Member Garamendi, distinguished Members of the Subcommittee on Readiness, thank you for the opportunity to testify about the readiness of the United States Navy. On behalf of our Sailors, civilians, and families a  more