-- Record Number of Armenian American High Schoolers Travel to Capitol Hill for Advocacy Training and Leadership Development

WASHINGTON, DC – As 2025 draws to a close, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) is celebrating the success of its Haroutioun & Elizabeth Kasparian Summer Academy, which, this August, welcomed its largest group of participants in the program’s five-year history. (more...)

-- Bilirakis-Pallone Bill Aims to Block U.S. Aid to Baku, Free Armenian Hostages, Protect Armenia’s Sovereignty, Return Artsakh Refugees

WASHINGTON, DC – The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) is rallying behind the ARMENIA Security Partnership Act (H.R.6840) – bipartisan legislation spearheaded by Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ), that would prohibit the president from waiving Section 907 restrictions on U.S. aid to Azerbaijan unless the Aliyev regime takes concrete steps toward a lasting peace wi (more...)

-- Renews Call for Cuellar’s Expulsion from Congress for Taking Azerbaijani bribes

WASHINGTON, DC – The ANCA condemned President Trump’s pardon of Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX), who was indicted in 2024 for accepting nearly six hundred thousand dollars in Azerbaijani bribes in exchange for advancing Azerbaijan’s interests in Congress at the direct expense of the Constitutional rights of Armenian Americans. (more...)

-- Senate Democratic Leader Schumer Supports Letter Representing 18 States and 160 Million Americans Calling for Magnitsky Sanctions on Azerbaijani Officials

WASHINGTON, DC – Twenty-seven U.S. Senators – led by Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and supported by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) – have sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling on the Trump Administration to demand the immediate and unconditional release of all Armenian prisoners of war and political prisoners held by Azerbaijan. (more...)