Politics News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 27, 2025.
MIL-OSI Global: Supreme Court rules that states may deny people covered by Medicaid the freedom to choose Planned Parenthood as their health care provider
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia Abortion-rights demonstrators holds a sign in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington as the Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic case is heard on April 2, 2025. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Having the freedom to choose […]
MIL-Evening Report: The NDIA is changing how it pays for disability supports. What does that mean for rural communities?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Edward Johnson, Lecturer in Social Entrepreneurship and Co-Founder of Umbo, University of Sydney Shutterstock Each year, the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) reviews its pricing rules to ensure services funded under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) remain sustainable. This year’s annual pricing review outlines changes that […]
MIL-OSI USA: Cornyn, Intelligence Committee Colleagues Introduce Bill to Streamline Intelligence Community Acquisition Processes
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Texas John Cornyn WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-VA), and Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) today introduced the Intelligence Community Technology Bridge Act, which would enable the Intelligence Community (IC) to streamline acquisition […]
MIL-OSI USA: Pelosi on the 80th Anniversary of the United Nations: “One of the world’s greatest organizations for peace and the advancement of humanity.”
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi Representing the 12th District of California Washington, D.C. – Today, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi commemorated the 80th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter, recognizing the founding of one of the world’s most enduring institutions for peace and global cooperation. Speaking on the […]
MIL-OSI China: Iran says no agreement made to resume US talks
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday that no arrangement or commitment had been made to resume negotiations with the United States, amid heightened tensions following attacks by Israel and the United States on Iranian territory. In an interview with state broadcaster IRIB, Araghchi […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: SOPA Announces the Winners of its 2025 Awards for Editorial Excellence
Source: Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Bloomberg’s Mishal Husain delivered the keynote address about image, voice and trust in the age of AI HONG KONG, June 26, 2025 – The Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA), a Hong Kong-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to encouraging the highest standards in journalism, announced the winners of its […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Politics – People’s Select Committee on Pay Equity encourage submissions
Source: People’s Select Committee on Pay Equity The People’s Select Committee on Pay Equity, formed by 10 former women MPs, has today provided an update on progress and released its Terms of Reference, following the Committee’s first meeting. “We are thrilled that hundreds of New Zealanders have already sent in submissions and taken the time to […]
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Boost to mental health services from thousands of extra staff
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments 2 Press release Boost to mental health services from thousands of extra staff Latest data shows 6,700 more mental health workers have been recruited towards government’s 8,500 target. More than 6,700 extra mental health workers have been recruited since July, latest data shows, as the government prepares […]
MIL-Evening Report: NATO’s 5% of GDP defence target ramps up pressure on Australia to spend vastly more
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jennifer Parker, Adjunct Fellow, Naval Studies at UNSW Canberra, and Expert Associate, National Security College, Australian National University After lobbying by US President Donald Trump, NATO leaders have promised to boost annual defence spending to 5% of their countries’ gross domestic product (GDP) by 2035. A NATO […]
MIL-OSI USA: Chairman Wicker Leads SASC Hearing to Consider Five Senior Pentagon Nominations
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Mississippi Roger Wicker Watch Video Here WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today led a hearing to consider the qualifications of five senior nominees to serve within the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, and the […]
MIL-OSI Analysis: Computers tracking us, an ‘electronic collar’: Gilles Deleuze’s 1990 Postscript on the Societies of Control was eerily prescient
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By Cameron Shackell, Sessional Academic, School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology Our cultural touchstones series looks at influential works. Gilles Deleuze was one of the most original and imaginative thinkers of postwar France. A lifelong teacher, he spent most of his career at the University of […]
MIL-OSI USA: House Appropriations Committee Approves Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman David G. Valadao (California) WASHINGTON – The House Appropriations Committee met today to consider the Fiscal Year 2026 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act. Congressman David Valadao (CA-22), Chairman of the Legislative Branch Subcommittee, released the following statement on the bill’s passage out of full committee markup: “After months of hard […]
MIL-OSI USA: Murphy, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Recognizing Tunisia’s Leadership in the Arab Spring, Calling Out Troubling Democratic Backsliding
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Connecticut – Chris Murphy June 26, 2025 WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined four of his Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution recognizing Tunisia’s leadership in the Arab Spring and expressing support for upholding its democratic principles and […]
MIL-OSI USA: Governor Stein On Budget Impasse
Source: US State of North Carolina Headline: Governor Stein On Budget Impasse Governor Stein On Budget ImpasselsaitoThu, 06/26/2025 – 17:54 Raleigh, NC Today Governor Stein released the following statement after the General Assembly adjourned without passing a budget: “The Senate and the House failed to come together to meet the needs of North Carolinians before […]
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Blackburn Introduces Legislation to Ensure U.S. Foreign Aid Recipients Cannot Undermine America’s Interests
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) introduced legislation to ensure United States foreign aid does not squander taxpayer dollars by propping up governments represented in the United Nations (U.N.) that undermine U.S. interests: “No more should American taxpayers have to question the value of foreign assistance to countries that […]
MIL-OSI USA: Ciscomani Leads Effort to Honor Former Arizona Congressman Jim Kolbe
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Juan Ciscomani (Arizona) TUCSON, AZ — U.S. Congressman Juan Ciscomani reintroduced a bipartisan effort to honor former Congressman Jim Kolbe by naming a post office after him in Patagonia, AZ. Reintroduction of the legislation is timed to coincide with what would have been Kolbe’s 83rd birthday on […]
MIL-OSI USA: Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene Applauds House Passage of Her Special Interest Alien Reporting Act
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA, 14) Today, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA-14) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed with bipartisan support her bill, the Special Interest Alien Reporting Act (H.R. 275), which requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to publicly disclose monthly reports on […]
MIL-OSI USA: HILL, GOTTHEIMER, KEAN JR., LAWLER, AND MOSKOWITZ INTRODUCE BILL TO CRACK DOWN ON COUNTRIES THAT WRONGFULLY DETAIN AMERICANS
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman French Hill (AR-02) WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. Hill (AR-02), Rep. Gottheimer (NJ-05), Rep. Kean Jr. (NJ-07), Rep. Lawler (NY-17), and Rep. Moskowitz (FL-23) introduced the Countering Wrongful Detention Act of 2025, which would create a designation for countries or nonstate actors that engage in the unlawful […]
MIL-OSI USA: Hoyer Remarks on Ending the COLA Freeze for Members of Congress During Appropriations Markup
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Steny H Hoyer (MD-05) WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05), Ranking Member of the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Subcommittee, delivered remarks in response in support of an amendment to bring an end to the freeze of Cost-Of-Living-Adjustments (COLA) for Members of Congress […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Chinese and French legislatures pledge to strengthen bilateral ties
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian – Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) — Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), and Yael Bron-Pivet, president of the French National Assembly, […]