South America: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on July 15, 2025.
MIL-Evening Report: Is there any hope for the internet?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aarushi Bhandari, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Davidson College Hate and mental illness fester online because love and healing seem to be incompatible with profits. Ihor Lukianenko/iStock via Getty Images In 2001, social theorist bell hooks warned about the dangers of a loveless zeitgeist. In “All About Love: […]
MIL-OSI USA: Governor Newsom signs legislation 7.14.25
Source: US State of California Governor Jul 14, 2025 SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that he has signed the following bills: AB 78 by Assemblymember Phillip Chen (R-Yorba Linda) – Attorney’s fees: book accounts. AB 223 by Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco (D-Downey) – Jury selection: acknowledgment and agreement. AB 233 by Assemblymember Mike Gipson […]
MIL-OSI USA: Luján Secures Over $6.9 Million in Federal Investments for New Mexico Communities in Committee-Passed Appropriations Bill
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, announced the Appropriations Committee’s bipartisan passage of the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations […]
MIL-OSI USA: Duckworth Joins Durbin, Colleagues in Pressing Trump Administration on Weaponizing Immigration Court Hearings to Trap, Arrest, Deport Immigrants
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Illinois Tammy Duckworth July 11, 2025 [WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Alex Padilla (D-CA) and 20 Senate Democrats in pressing the Trump Administration on its recent initiatives to weaponize immigration […]
MIL-OSI USA: Hickenlooper, Bennet, Colleagues Press Trump Admin on Weaponizing Immigration Court Hearings to Arrest Immigrants
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator John Hickenlooper – Colorado According to recent reports, the administration has targeted noncriminal immigrants who show up for their court hearings WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet joined 22 of their Senate colleagues to call out the Trump administration’s recent efforts to arrest noncriminal immigrants […]
MIL-OSI USA: Joint Statement from Senators Graham and Blumenthal
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for South Carolina Lindsey Graham WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) today made this joint statement after President Trump made a series of announcements regarding the Russia-Ukraine war, including his intention to impose secondary tariffs on Russia if they do not agree to […]
MIL-OSI USA: Cortez Masto, Senate Democrats Press Trump Administration on Weaponizing Immigration Court Hearings to Deport Immigrants
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Nevada Cortez Masto Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joined a group of 22 Senate Democrats led by Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) pressing the Trump administration on its recent initiatives to weaponize immigration court hearings to arrest and deport immigrants who are trying to […]
MIL-OSI USA: Durbin, Kelly, Padilla, Senate Democrats Press Trump Administration on Weaponizing Immigration Court Hearings to Trap, Arrest, Deport Immigrants
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Illinois Dick Durbin July 11, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) led a group of 21 Senate Democrats in pressing the Trump Administration on its recent […]
MIL-OSI USA: Murray, Durbin, Kelly, Padilla, Senate Democrats Press Trump Administration on Weaponizing Immigrant Court Hearings to Trap, Arrest, Deport Migrants
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Washington State Patty Murray KUOW: ICE agents at Seattle courthouse arrest people whose deportation hearings are dismissed Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator […]
Heinrich Announces Committee Passage of Over $12.5 Million for New Mexico
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for New Mexico Martin Heinrich Investments Heinrich championed fully fund SNAP & WIC, increase funding for the Southwest Border Commission, support Tribes & farmers, provide rental assistance, & more WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) announced the bipartisan Senate Appropriations Committee passage of the Fiscal Year 2026 […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: Security Council renews UN’s Haiti mission amid spiralling crises
Source: United Nations 2 By adopting resolution 2785, the Council renewed the authorization of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), reaffirming support for a Haitian-led solution to the island nation’s overlapping crises. The decision comes as armed gangs maintain their grip on most of the capital, Port-au-Prince, with over 1.3 million people displaced and […]
MIL-OSI Security: Environmental Crimes Bulletin – June 2025
Source: United States Attorneys General 7 View All Environmental Crimes Bulletins In This Issue: Cases by District/Circuit District/Circuit Case Name Conduct/Statute(s) 7th Circuit Court of Appeals United States v. Clark Conspiracy; False Statement; Mail Fraud; Obstruction District of Alaska United States v. Matanuska Diesel, LLC, et al. Emissions Tampering; Clean Air Act; Conspiracy Central District […]
MIL-OSI Security: Defense Contractor Berg Co. Agrees to Pay $3.3M to Resolve Allegations of Causing Fraudulent Bids
Source: United States Attorneys General Berg Companies Inc. (Berg) has agreed to pay $3.3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting, or causing the submission of, false claims under prime vendor contracts with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), which the Department of Defense (DoD) uses to purchase goods and […]
MIL-OSI Russia: BRICS expansion is a new era of global cooperation – Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan Han Chunlin
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – An important disclaimer is at the bottom of this article. Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News Almaty, July 14 /Xinhua/ — In an exclusive article for DKnews.kz, Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan Han Chunlin […]
MIL-OSI Europe: Study – A comprehensive analysis of the updated trade part of the EU-Mercosur Partnership Agreement – 14-07-2025
Source: European Parliament After more than two decades of negotiations, the EU and Mercosur reached an initial agreement text (EUMETA) in 2019. Since then, however, several political developments – most notably the increase in deforestation rates in Brazil under President Bolsonaro – have called for further negotiations. Concerns over sustainability led the EU to demand […]
MIL-OSI USA: States sue to release $7B in federal education funding illegally withheld
Source: Washington State News SEATTLE — Attorney General Nick Brown today announced his office has joined litigation against the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of Management and Budget for the government’s illegal withholding of $7 billion in formula grants allocated to the states. “Student success and wellbeing is a nonpartisan issue. It’s inexcusable that […]
MIL-OSI USA: Attorney General Bonta Sues Trump Administration for Freezing Billions in Education Grants Just Weeks Before School Year Start
Source: US State of California In California, over $900 million in federal education funding is frozen, jeopardizing key programs for after school and summer learning, teacher preparation, and to support students learning English OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today sued the Trump Administration over its unconstitutional, unlawful, and arbitrary decision to freeze funding for six […]
MIL-OSI USA: Attorney General James Sues Trump Administration for Illegally Freezing Billions in Education Funds
Source: US State of New York EW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and 22 other attorneys general, as well as the governors of Pennsylvania and Kentucky, today sued the Trump administration for illegally freezing nearly $7 billion dollars in critical education funding. On June 30, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and […]
MIL-OSI Europe: EU – Central America Association Council, 14 July 2025 – Joint Communiqué
Source: Council of the European Union The European Union and the six Central American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama met in Brussels on 14 July 2025 for an historical first EU-Central America Association Council in the framework of the Association Agreement between Central America and the EU. MIL OSI […]
MIL-OSI USA: Welch for Fox News: I’m a Democrat and we need to fix FEMA with local control
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Peter Welch (D-Vermont) WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) this morning published an opinion in Fox News entitled: “I’m a Democrat and we need to fix FEMA with local control.” Read Senator Welch’s op-ed and view an excerpt below: SENATOR PETER WELCH: I’m a Democrat and we need […]