Venezuela

After 43 days, President Trump signed legislation on Wednesday officially ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Our country’s broader moral reckoning continues.

The reopening of the government is good news, bringing much needed relief to those impacted.

Yet, we are dismayed that the legislation fails to address two crucial issues: Surging healthcare prices for millions and President Trump’s authoritarian efforts to usurp Congress’s constitutional spending power.

Last night, the Senate narrowly failed to pass a War Powers Resolution to block President Trump from launching an unauthorized war against Venezuela.

President Trump is escalating boat strikes near Venezuela without ruling out hitting targets in the country. Lawmakers are warning the U.S. may be drifting toward war without a clear justification.

Starting tomorrow, November 1, more than 40 million Americans may lose food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). At the same time, healthcare costs for millions will skyrocket.

That means that children across the country would go to bed hungry and families will be thrown off their healthcare plans — for no reason at all.

Funding for SNAP is set to expire tomorrow.

Today, the world celebrates 80 years since the creation of the United Nations.

In the aftermath of World War II, the U.N. offered a promise of a more just and peaceful world where the human rights of all are protected, and conflicts between states are settled with diplomacy, not war.

Today, we celebrate that vision, and the progress we’ve made towards a world free of war and threat of war, with equity and justice for all.

Today, Senators Tim Kaine (VA), Adam Schiff (CA), and Rand Paul (KY) introduced a bipartisan War Powers Resolution to prevent President Donald Trump from launching unauthorized military strikes on Venezuela.

The new resolution comes as the Trump administration continued its lawless killings in the Caribbean Sea this week while escalating tensions and threatening war with Venezuela.

New U.S. Strikes in the Caribbean Sea

The Senate will soon vote on a War Powers Resolution, as early as today, October 8, to stop the Trump administration’s unlawful strikes against boats suspected of trafficking drugs in the Caribbean.