WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * As Families Begin Travel for Memorial Day Weekend, Senator Markey Demands DOT Ban Expensive Airline Family Seating Fees * Letter Text (PDF) Washington (May 22, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today wrote to Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy urging DOT to finalize a draft rule to ban family sea  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton to Bessent: Sanction Entities Illegally Paying Iran for Strait of Hormuz Passage * Contact: Hannah McCarthy (202) 465-5601 May 22, 2026 Washington, D.C. -Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent encouraging the administration to use existing authorities to sanction any entity assisting Iran with illegally blocking the Strait of Hormuz, including the  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Lujan, Cantwell, Colleagues Raise Major Alarms Over Foreign Government Influence in American News Media if FCC Greenlights Paramount-Warner Brothers Investment Deal * Paramount's financing scheme needs FCC approval so Saudi Arabia, UAE & Qatar can own significant stakes in its television stations Foreign governments hostile to a free press could exert extraordinary influence over CNN, CBS News,  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN12534) by Russian and European affairs specialists Andrew S. Bowen and Cory Welt. Here are excerpts: * * * Russia's War Against Ukraine: Diplomatic Talks and U.S. Policy The Russian Federation (Russia) launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. More than four years later, Russia and Ukraine remain engaged in Europe's largest war in scope and scale since World Wa  more

TAMPA, Florida, May 23 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Blockade of Iran Reaches Milestone of Redirecting 100 Ships * TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces reached the milestone of redirecting 100 commercial vessels, May 23, while enforcing a maritime blockade against Iran. American forces began implementing the blockade April 13 against commercial ships entering and exiting Iranian ports, in accordance with a presidential proclamation  more

NEW YORK, May 23 -- United Against Nuclear Iran posted the following news release on May 22, 2026: * * * UANI Applauds Justice Department Indictment of Iranian Regime-backed Kataib Hezbollah Commander Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi Plotted Attacks Against Americans * United Againt Nuclear Iran (UANI) CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace released the following statement after the U.S. Justice Department filed criminal charges against Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi on May 15 for directing  more