WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * As Gas Prices Rise, Durbin Presses Defense Secretary Hegseth, Chair Of The Joint Chiefs Of Staff General Caine About The Rationale For The Iran War * May 12, 2026 In today's Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Durbin also urged the DoD to obligate bipartisan appropriated FY26 funds for Ukraine and the Baltics WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of t  more

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York, May 13 -- Bard College issued the following news release: * * * Bard College Holds One Hundred Sixty-Sixth Commencement on Saturday, May 23, 2026 Peabody- and Emmy-Award Winning Journalist and Author Fareed Zakaria to Give Commencement Address * Bard College will hold its one hundred sixty-sixth commencement on Saturday, May 23, 2026. Bard President Leon Botstein will confer 501 undergraduate degrees on the Class of 2026 and 197 graduate degrees. Bard will als  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 13 [Category: BizMedia] -- CNN posted the following news: * * * CNN Films and TIME Studios Present New Documentary Short "Top of the World" from Julie Cohen & Betsy West * Produced in Association Montalto Pictures, Tribeca Studios and Storyville Films  Portrait of the Windows on the World Restaurant and Its Enduring Cultural Impact to Premiere This Fall on CNN Following Limited Theatrical Run NEW YORK, NY - (May 13, 2026) - CNN Films and TIME Studios today announced   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on May 13, 2026: * * * Hegseth on the Hill: Appropriators Weigh FY27 Defense Request The Defense Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA), hosted Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine, and Acting Undersecretary of Defense Jules Hurst for a hearing on the Department of Defense's FY27 budget request. App  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Presses for Answers on High Fertilizer Prices, Calls for Increased Transparency to Drive Down Costs * WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong family farmer and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, pressed for answers on the high cost of fertilizer at a committee hearing today. Grassley repeated his call for the Trump administration to remove the Biden Phosphate D  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Hoyer, Meeks, Fitzpatrick, Kaptur, Bacon, Keating, Kiley Statement on Securing Final Signature to Force a Vote on the Ukraine Support Act * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) and U.S. Representatives Gregory Meeks (NY-05), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus,  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * IN CASE YOU MISSED IT... Sen. Rick Scott Emphasizes Need for Florida Training Facility, Drone Defense in SASC Hearing * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Senator Rick Scott participated in a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) hearing on the Department of the Army's Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2027 and the Future Years Defense Program. During the hearing, Senator Scott emphasized the c  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy to Hegseth On Iran War: History Is Not On Your Side, Time Is Not On Our Side * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Tuesday questioned U.S. Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, during a hearing of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. With the Strait of Hormuz still closed, and price inc  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 13 -- NATO issued the following news: * * * NATO Secretary General at B9 and Nordic Allies Summit in Bucharest: We need a stronger Europe in a stronger NATO * On Wednesday (13 May 2026), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte participated in the Bucharest Nine (B9) and Nordic Allies Summit, co-hosted by President Nicusor Dan of Romania and President Karol Nawrocki of Poland. The Secretary General said the gathering of NATO Allies, from the Black Sea to the Arctic, "demons  more

LONDON, England, May 13 -- The British Ministry of Defence issued the following news: * * * Next-generation remote controlled artillery systems to transform British Army * * Procurement of 72 Remote Controlled Howitzers (RCH 155) for the British Army will deliver a step change in artillery capability. * The UK's PS1 billion investment delivers on the UK-Germany Trinity House Agreement, and supports at least 500 British jobs, including at Rheinmetall's Telford facility and KNDS Stockport.  more

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 14 -- The Swedish Ministry of Defence issued the following news release: * * * Pal Jonson to take part in EU Foreign Affairs Council defence minister configuration On 12 May, EU defence ministers will meet in Brussels within the framework of the EU Foreign Affairs Council. Continued EU support to Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East and its implications for European defence and security, and strengthening European defence preparedness are on the agenda. Minister fo  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following joint statement on May 13, 2026, with six colleagues: * * * Meeks, Hoyer, Fitzpatrick, Kaptur, Bacon, Keating, Kiley Statement on Securing Final Signature to Force a Vote on the Ukraine Support Act Representatives Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05); Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Marcy Kaptur (O  more

BERLIN, Germany, May 14 -- Deutsche Telekom, a telecommunications comapny, issued the following news: * * * Rheinmetall and Telekom Plan to Develop a Drone Defense Shield * Hybrid threats from drones and sabotage are on the rise * Multi-threat protection is intended to secure critical infrastructure * Rheinmetall and Telekom are combining their expertise to provide effective protection * Jointly at the AFCEA security trade show starting May 12, 2026, in Bonn * Rheinmetall and Telekom pl  more

LONDON, England, May 13 -- The British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office issued the following news: * * * Russia's Militarised Economy and the Destabilising Effects on Regional Security: UK Statement to the OSCE * The United Kingdom remains unequivocally committed to Ukraine's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders. We warmly welcome President Trump's achievement in brokering a 3-day ceasefire and a substantial prisoner ex  more

STRASBOURG, France, May 14 -- The Council of Europe issued the following news: * * * Secretary General discusses democratic security and support for Ukraine on official visit to Estonia Accountability, democratic resilience and Europe's common legal order all on agenda with Tallinn leadership * Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset has concluded his official visit to Tallinn, where discussions focused on democratic security, international law, support for Ukraine and the resilien  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement on May 13, 2026, at a hearing entitled "Democrat Attacks Against Whistleblowers Are a Disgrace": * * * Today, I come to the floor to speak about the Democrat Judiciary Committee Minority in the House of Representatives. They wrote a letter on May 12, 2026, that I found to be more than troubling. That letter made disgraceful and wrongful accusations regard  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: Kansas Farmers Need Competitive, Affordable Fertilizer Markets * Senator Marshall Questions Witnesses at the Senate Ag Committee Washington - On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), questioned witness Mr. Corey Rosenbusch, President and CEO of the Fertilizer Institute, at the Senate Agriculture Committee hearing. The hearing focused on the fertilizer industry an  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Shaheen Presses Hegseth, Senior Pentagon Officials on Ukraine Funding and Relaxing Sanctions on Russia Amid War in Iran * **Shaheen questioned why the U.S. is not ramping up pressure on Russia as they aid Iran and financially benefit from the conflict** (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a top member of th  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Wilson and Jackson Introduce Bipartisan 'Countering Russia's Forced Recruitment and Kidnapping in Africa Act' * Washington, DC - Representatives Joe Wilson (R-SC), senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and Jonathan Jackson (D-IL), member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, introduced the' Countering Russia's Forced Recruitmen  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The Wilson Center, an organization that provides nonpartisan insights and analysis on global affairs to policymakers and the public through deep research, open dialogue and independent scholarship, issued the following news release: * * * Wilson Center Announces Class of 2026-2027 Research Fellows * Experts Will Bridge Scholarship and Most Pressing Foreign Policy Challenges  The Wilson Center today announced the 2026-2027 c  more