Politics News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on May 21, 2025.
MIL-OSI USA: Senator Murray Responds to RFK Jr.’s Continued Lies About NIH Staffing Cuts Delaying Clinical Care
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Washington State Patty Murray READ MORE — CNN: After NIH staffing cuts, cancer patient in clinical trial worries she may lose crucial time; Washington Post: NIH scientists have a cancer breakthrough. Layoffs are delaying it. Senator Murray: “If RFK Jr.’s mass firings weren’t having an impact on […]
MIL-OSI USA: Warren, Reed Press Treasury and DOJ on North Korea’s $1.5 Billion Crypto Heist
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Rhode Island Jack Reed “In the wake of the Bybit hack, it is essential that the United States redouble its efforts to prevent North Korean crypto theft.” WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, […]
MIL-OSI USA: Warren, Reed Press Treasury and DOJ on North Korea’s $1.5 Billion Crypto Heist
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Rhode Island Jack Reed “In the wake of the Bybit hack, it is essential that the United States redouble its efforts to prevent North Korean crypto theft.” WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, […]
MIL-OSI USA: Senator Reverend Warnock Encourages Atlanta Business, Civic Leaders to Continue Putting Service Over Self in Remarks to Rotary Club of Atlanta
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock – Georgia Senator Reverend Warnock Encourages Atlanta Business, Civic Leaders to Continue Putting Service Over Self in Remarks to Rotary Club of Atlanta Senator Reverend Warnock encouraged over 100 Georgia business and civic leaders to continue living out their motto of “service above self” in […]
MIL-Evening Report: NZ Budget 2025: science investment must increase as a proportion of GDP for NZ to innovate and compete
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicola Gaston, Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Shutterstock/Olivier Le Queinec A lack of strategy and research funding – by both the current and previous governments – has been well documented, most comprehensively in the first report […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Animal Rights – Roaring call for Government to halt funding of cruel octopus farming
Source: Animals Aotearoa (New Zealand – May 21, 2025) – As calls to ban the practice of octopus farming continue to gain momentum worldwide, the government of New Zealand is set to make a decision about providing more funding to octopus farming on May 21. 168 organisations are united in strongly advising against wasting any […]
MIL-OSI USA: At Hearing, Air Force Secretary Expresses Support for Right-to-Repair, Preventing Price Gouging in Defense Contracting
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Massachusetts – Elizabeth Warren May 20, 2025 Over 70% of voters favor Congress passing a defense right-to-repair law Warren: “[W]e all agree the Air Force’s hundreds of billions of dollars should be spent efficiently to benefit our service members and our taxpayers, not just to benefit contractor […]
MIL-OSI USA: Hawley, Schmitt Introduce Resolution Honoring Former Senator and Governor Kit Bond
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo) Tuesday, May 20, 2025 Today, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) introduced a resolution honoring former United States Senator and Missouri Governor Christopher ‘‘Kit’’ Bond. Bond passed away on May 13, 2025 at the age of 86. Bond served as the 47th and 49th Governor […]
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Record 81 criminal investigations launched into water companies under Government crackdown
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments 2 Press release Record 81 criminal investigations launched into water companies under Government crackdown New crackdown is the largest criminal action against water companies in history. A record 81 criminal investigations into water companies have been launched in England since the election, as part of the Government’s […]
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Foreign Minister Lin hosts welcome banquet for Canadian parliamentary delegation
Source: Republic of China Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin hosts welcome banquet for Canadian parliamentary delegation Date：2025-02-20Data Source：Department of North American Affairs February 20, 2025 No. 043 Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung hosted a welcome banquet on February 17 for a delegation from the Parliament of Canada led by Senator Michael MacDonald, Chairman of the Canada-Taiwan […]
MIL-OSI USA: RELEASE: Mullin Introduces Black Vulture Relief Act to Protect the Livelihoods of Farmers and Ranchers
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator MarkWayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma) RELEASE: Mullin Introduces Black Vulture Relief Act to Protect the Livelihoods of Farmers and Ranchers Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), along with SenatorsTommy Tuberville (R-AL) and Eric Schmitt (R-MO), introduced the Black Vulture Relief Act of 2025 which would allow farmers and ranchers the ability to protect their […]
MIL-OSI USA: Ernst Announces Third Annual Entrepreneur Expo in Ames
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) Published: May 20, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, announced that she will host her third annual Entrepreneur Expo at Iowa State University on Tuesday, August 12. The event gives unprecedented access to opportunities across the […]
MIL-OSI USA: Tuberville Joins Colleagues in Celebrating National Charter School Week
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Alabama Tommy Tuberville WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) in a resolution to celebrate National Charter Schools Week. Sen. Tuberville has helped introduce this resolution every Congress he has served in. “Our kids are the most precious resource we have,” said Sen. Tuberville. “We don’t need […]
MIL-Evening Report: After another call with Putin, it looks like Trump has abandoned efforts to mediate peace in Ukraine
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham After a two-hour phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on May 19, US president Donald Trump took to social media to declare that Russia and Ukraine will “immediately start negotiations” towards a ceasefire and an end to […]
MIL-Evening Report: Feats of the human body behind Tom Cruise’s stunts in Mission: Impossible movies
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol He’s leapt from cliffs, clung to planes mid-takeoff and held his breath underwater for as long as professional freedivers. Now, at 62, Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt for one final mission – and […]
MIL-Evening Report: The public service has a much smaller gender pay gap than the private sector. It’s a big achievement
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leonora Risse, Associate Professor in Economics, University of Canberra NDAB Creativity/Shutterstock After two years of publishing the gender pay gaps of Australia’s private-sector companies, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency has released public-sector employer data for the first time. The report shows a stark contrast between the private […]
MIL-OSI USA: Governor Lamont Applauds House Approval of His Plan To Increase the Wages of Connecticut State Police Troopers
Source: US State of Connecticut (HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont is applauding the Connecticut House of Representatives for voting today to approve the agreement he negotiated with the Connecticut State Police Union that will enact pay increases for the Connecticut State Police. The governor and the union reached the agreement in April. It must […]
MIL-Evening Report: ‘Outdated and irrelevant’: what do young Australians think of their schooling?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jun Eric Fu, Senior Research Fellow, Youth Research Collective, The University of Melbourne LBeddoe/Shutterstock Australia’s school system – and whether it is doing its job – is often under the microscope from politicians, experts and parents. The most recent NAPLAN results in 2024 triggered a wave of […]
MIL-OSI USA: Ciscomani Questions VA Secretary Doug Collins about the Need to Strengthen Veteran Suicide Prevention Efforts and Prioritize Survivor’s Assistance within the VA
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Juan Ciscomani (Arizona) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Juan Ciscomani, who represents nearly 80,000 veterans in Arizona’s 6th Congressional District, questioned Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Doug Collins during an oversight hearing about the VA’s preliminary requested budget. During the hearing, Ciscomani urged Secretary Collins to […]
MIL-OSI USA: Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Reintroduces the Protect Children’s Innocence Act in the 119th Congress
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA, 14) Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has reintroduced her landmark legislation, the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, a bold step to end the barbaric practice of so-called “gender-affirming care” for minors. This legislation, now designated as H.R. 3492, criminalizes genital mutilation, chemical castration, and all […]