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Foreign Relations Committees
Coverage of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee: hearings, markups, nominations, legislation and oversight.
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Treasury proposes wider limits on U.S. investment in adversary tech firms, adding biotechnology
Treasury’s proposed rules under the COINS Act would expand outbound investment restrictions to biotechnology, high-performance computing and hypersonics, and to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela. House Foreign Affairs Chairman Brian…
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By the numbers: 38 State Department nominations await Senate action as 93 ambassador posts sit vacant
An Inquisitor Data review of every State Department nomination in the 119th Congress: 126 confirmed, 38 pending, and median confirmation times down sharply in 2026 since the Senate began confirming nominees en…
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Democrats ask Musk to explain Starshield limits for Ukraine as Kyiv reports service restored
Six Democrats led by Rep. Gregory Meeks and Sen. Peter Welch want Elon Musk to explain by Oct. 31 why Ukrainian forces lost high-speed Starshield access. Ukraine says service is restored, Musk…