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Rubio hearing heats up over US role in Venezuela

Rubio hearing heats up over US role in Venezuela

by Sarah Han and Isabel Papp | Jan 28, 2026 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., clashed at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Wednesday over whether U.S. actions could spark international conflict after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. ...
VIDEO: Humanitarian aid must be delivered to the Afghanistan people, not the Taliban, lawmakers worry

VIDEO: Humanitarian aid must be delivered to the Afghanistan people, not the Taliban, lawmakers worry

by Jenny Huh | Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON — Amid Afghanistan’s growing humanitarian crisis, lawmakers are brainstorming ways to ensure humanitarian aid reaches the Afghan people, while not empowering the Taliban. “The worst case scenario of all would be if humanitarian aid were...
Lawmakers seek out lessons from US involvement in Afghanistan

Lawmakers seek out lessons from US involvement in Afghanistan

by Zinya Salfiti | Nov 18, 2021 | National Security

Lawmakers blamed the eventual collapse of the U.S.-supported Afghan government on current and past administrations and pushed for quick action to help Americans and Afghans still there during a Wednesday Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing aimed at learning...

Senate committee approves sanctioning Russia despite Republican reluctance

by Stephanie Haines | Mar 12, 2014 | Politics

WASHINGTON – The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday approved legislation that would impose sanctions on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine. The Senate bill would also provide a $1 billion loan to Ukraine and reform the U.S. participation in the...

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