Congress

The Congressional Hellenic Caucus for the 118th Congress was launched last week with co-chairs Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congressman Gus Bilirakis (FL-012). The two co-chairs were joined by vice Co-Chairs Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-01)...

President Joe Biden delivered an optimistic message in his annual State of the Union address but several Republicans booed and heckled interrupting his speech. Delivering what was widely viewed as a test run for his reelection announcement, Biden claimed credit...

Democrat Senator and Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Robert Menendez clarified that he will not approve the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. He added that the final text of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)...

Newly reelected Greek-American Representative Chris Pappas leads a bipartisan effort in Congress to impose restrictions on the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. Pappas and more than twenty U.S. Representatives are calling on Congress to retain—in the final version...

US President Joe Biden reportedly said that he will continue to support Turkey's F-16 fighter jets purchase at a meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali on Tuesday. Turkish Daily...

Greek-American Representatives Gus Bilirakis and Chris Pappas were reelected in the US midterm elections in Florida and New Hampshire, respectively. With almost all votes counted, Republican Bilirakis won 70.5 percent of the vote in Florida's District 12. His opponent, Democrat...

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump made their last-minute pleas to voters in New York and Florida ahead of the midterm elections on Tuesday. Biden spoke at a rally in New York on Sunday to support Governor Kathy...

A Greek-American former army officer who helped tackle a terror attack on a train from Brussels to Paris runs for Congress.

A group of nineteen U.S. lawmakers expressed strong concern about the possible acquisition of a second batch of Russian S-400 missile defense systems by Turkey in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The group, led by U.S....

US perceptions of Turkey have shifted in the last decade to the extent that analysts and policymakers are openly questioning whether Ankara remains a reliable ally under Erdogan. "I think people in Washington have been questioning the reliability of Turkey...