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Former Sen. Bob Menendez attends a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing in 2015 on the impact of U.S. policy changes on human rights and Democracy in Cuba.

Cuba embargo backers lose advocate with resignation of Menendez

By Rachel Oswald
Posted August 21, 2024 at 5:36pm
President Joe Biden, joined at the White House on Thursday by relatives of prisoners freed by Russia, delivers remarks on the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan from Russian captivity.

Biden touts prisoner swap with Russia that frees three Americans

By Rachel Oswald
Posted August 1, 2024 at 3:41pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks Wednesday to a joint meeting of Congress in the Capitol. In the back are Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md.

Netanyahu defends approach to war in Gaza to GOP cheers

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 24, 2024 at 5:52pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his last address to a joint meeting of Congress in 2015.

Netanyahu address creates a dilemma for Democrats

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 23, 2024 at 3:53pm
Reps. Joe Wilson, left, and Ann Wagner, center, both members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, are seeking to become the top Republican on the panel next year.

Four vie for top GOP Foreign Affairs spot; McCaul seeks waiver

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 8, 2024 at 3:30pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is seeking amendments that would gut foreign aid from spending bills the House plans to take up this week.

Border security and foreign aid fights

By David Lerman, Rachel Oswald and Michael Macagnone
Posted June 24, 2024 at 4:11pm
Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, is among lawmakers who have pushed to use Russian assets to help Ukraine rebuild.

Senators welcome G7 deal to use Russian assets to aid Ukraine

By Rachel Oswald
Posted June 13, 2024 at 6:03pm
House Foreign Affairs Chairma Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said on the floor that long-held fears are being realized.

House backs sanctions on ICC officials who target Israeli leaders

By Rachel Oswald
Posted June 4, 2024 at 6:44pm
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul is among Republicans who have accused Biden of withholding information on arms transfers to Israel.

As House readies a vote on Israeli arms, Democrats whip members in opposition

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 15, 2024 at 4:35pm
Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., left, sponsored the legislation that would seek to prevent the administration from pausing any arms shipments to Israel.

House poised to vote on Israel arms after mixed report on their use

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 13, 2024 at 5:11pm
Sen. Christopher S. Murphy, D-Conn., who leads the Senate Foreign Relations Middle East subcommittee, said Israel's “potential invasion of Rafah would clearly not be in compliance with U.S. and humanitarian law.”

Pause in arms to Israel over Rafah offensive reverberates on Hill

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 8, 2024 at 7:06pm
Senate Foreign Relations ranking member Jim Risch of Idaho says he’s talked to allies and friends about the asset seizures. “Everybody wants to get this done. The devil’s always in the details,” he said.

Russian asset seizure to aid Ukraine may hinge on G7 meeting

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 6, 2024 at 5:19pm
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses a joint meeting of Congress as Speaker Mike Johnson and Vice President Kamala Harris look on.

Kishida tells Congress Japan will help US carry the load abroad

By Rachel Oswald
Posted April 11, 2024 at 2:16pm
President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meet in the Oval Office Wednesday as Washington rolls out the red carpet for the Japanese leader.

Japan’s Kishida to address Congress as its military role expands

By Rachel Oswald
Posted April 10, 2024 at 12:35pm
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., shown in January, warns of consequences for Israel’s alliance structure if widespread Palestinian civilian deaths due to starvation occurs.

Democratic lawmakers seek ways to change Israeli approach in Gaza

By Rachel Oswald
Posted April 2, 2024 at 1:37pm
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., introduced the CRA resolution, the first from a Democrat under the Biden administration. “We raise a lot of beef and if you come from a state like that, you understand how catastrophic lifting the ban on Paraguay beef is," he said on the floor.

Senate backs Tester move to block Paraguayan beef imports

By Rachel Oswald
Posted March 21, 2024 at 4:30pm
The Senate majority leader's criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was the strongest rebuke to date by a senior elected U.S. official of Netanyahu's handling of the war with Hamas.

Schumer calls Netanyahu obstacle to peace, urges new elections

By Rachel Oswald
Posted March 14, 2024 at 4:48pm
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the House Foreign Affairs Committee were in disagreement over documents related to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Blinken avoids contempt vote for second time in Afghanistan probe

By Rachel Oswald
Posted March 7, 2024 at 3:35pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who will give up his leadership post at the end of this Congress, is a staunch internationalist in a party that is focusing more on domestic issues.

Biden’s State of the Union comes as foreign policy consensus fractures

By Rachel Oswald
Posted March 7, 2024 at 5:00am
Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., has raised concerns about companies that have links to China's military.

Lawmakers struggle to limit US tech investment in China

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 30, 2024 at 7:00am
Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, said he wouldn't let his amendment for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict become an obstacle to the supplemental spending bill.

Schatz says two-state solution amendment has 48 co-sponsors

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 24, 2024 at 5:40pm
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said she would have preferred that the Biden administration had designated the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

US to relist Houthis as terrorist group with special designation

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 17, 2024 at 12:49pm, Updated at 12:00am
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md., made the motion to table Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders' attempt to discharge his resolution from committee, thus avoiding a direct floor vote on the issue.

Senate tables bid to compel report on Israel’s record in Gaza

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 16, 2024 at 8:39pm
Anti-war protesters hold banners and signs calling for a cease-fire in Gaza on Nov. 3 in the Hart Senate Office Building.

US arms aid to Israel tests whether humanitarian law applies

By Rachel Oswald
Posted November 20, 2023 at 3:10pm
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., seen here in 2021, avoided censure on Wednesday.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib avoids censure over Israel criticism

By Justin Papp and Rachel Oswald
Posted November 1, 2023 at 8:53pm
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, sponsored the resolution on Israel.

House adopts resolution supporting Israel in war against Hamas

By Rachel Oswald
Posted October 25, 2023 at 6:32pm
Jacob J. Lew received only one Republican vote as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced his nomination to be U.S. ambassador to Israel.

Senate Foreign Relations approves Lew to be Israel envoy

By Rachel Oswald
Posted October 25, 2023 at 12:08pm
Jacob J. Lew, the nominee to be ambassador to Israel, rejected Republican suggestions that he misled them over the Iran nuclear deal during the Obama administration.

GOP senators criticize Israel envoy nominee over work on Iran deal

By Rachel Oswald
Posted October 18, 2023 at 3:45pm
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is accused in a federal indictment of bribery and providing Egyptian officials sensitive information.

US aid to Egypt under new scrutiny after Menendez indictment

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 28, 2023 at 3:39pm
House Natural Resources Chairman Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., led a delegation to the Compacts of Free Association States in the summer and saw evidence of China's efforts to boost its influence.

Spending holdup risks US ties to key Pacific Island states

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 26, 2023 at 8:46am
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin has long focused on protecting human rights and stopping corruption abroad.

Cardin to take Foreign Relations gavel after Menendez charges

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 25, 2023 at 5:23pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova, right, leave a meeting with House members in the Capitol on Thursday.

Lawmakers welcome Zelenskyy but don’t have path to Ukraine aid

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 21, 2023 at 4:23pm
Israeli President Isaac Herzog, left, greets Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., after Herzog addressed a joint meeting of Congress Wednesday.

Herzog focuses on shared US-Israel past, skirts Palestinian issue

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 19, 2023 at 2:52pm
Israeli President Isaac Herzog delivers a speech at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on Jan. 26.

Israeli president walks congressional tightrope as support frays

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 18, 2023 at 5:00am
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., backed legislation passed by the House Wednesday to ensure weapons continue to flow to Israel. The Biden administrat, iion called the bill "a misguided reaction.s using the fiscal 2024 bill to steer money to his Latin America priorities.

Diaz-Balart puts stamp on Latin America programs in spending bill

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 5, 2023 at 7:00am
Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber as Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker Kevin McCarthy look on Thursday.

Modi’s speech draws mixed lawmaker response amid rights concerns

By Rachel Oswald
Posted June 22, 2023 at 7:10pm
California Rep. Ami Bera, one of five Indian American lawmakers, all Democrats, says he would "hate to see India lose that secular identity" that saw the world's largest Hindu population living side by side with one of the world's largest Muslim populations.

US welcome of India’s Modi is darkened by rights record

By Rachel Oswald
Posted June 20, 2023 at 7:00am, Updated at 1:44pm
Senate Foreign Relations ranking member Jim Risch, R-Idaho, said he was frustrated that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government hasn't asked parliament to approve Sweden's membership to NATO.

Risch blocks Hungary arms package over Sweden’s stalled NATO bid

By Rachel Oswald
Posted June 15, 2023 at 5:21pm
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., has amplified her message on human rights since Republicans removed her from Foreign Affairs early this year.

Removed from Foreign Affairs, Omar amplifies her voice

By Rachel Oswald
Posted June 6, 2023 at 6:30am
Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md.

Cardin, Hagerty aim to fund modernization panel for US diplomacy

By Rachel Oswald
Posted June 5, 2023 at 7:00am
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, wants the administration to back legislative changes to weapons export controls for the UK and Australia.

Lawmakers seek to ease defense export controls to UK, Australia

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 23, 2023 at 2:46pm
Rep. Norma Torres, D-Calif., a member of House Appropriations, says she wants to 'defund all three countries' in the Northern Triangle.

Democratic appropriator urges end to aid to Northern Triangle countries

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 3, 2023 at 4:17pm
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., a member of the House Intelligence Committee, warned about the close proximity of U.S. and Chinese installations in the UAE.

Briefings on UAE-China ties revive lawmakers’ worry about Mideast ally

By Gopal Ratnam and Rachel Oswald
Posted May 2, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., a Somali immigrant, was among 50 Democrats who backed the Gaetz resolution.

House rejects Gaetz resolution to remove US troops from Somalia

By Rachel Oswald
Posted April 27, 2023 at 5:08pm
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol addresses a joint meeting of Congress Thursday.

South Korea’s Yoon reminds lawmakers of benefits of US intervention

By Rachel Oswald
Posted April 27, 2023 at 1:47pm
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki on Yonaguni Island, Okinawa Prefecture, last year.

Okinawa leader’s message to Washington: US overstates China risk

By Rachel Oswald
Posted March 22, 2023 at 6:23pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the House would start legislation to repeal authorizations for military force in committee and that it had a strong chance of reaching the floor.

McCarthy says Iraq AUMFs will first go to House committee

By Rachel Oswald
Posted March 21, 2023 at 7:23pm
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., sponsored the bill that is expected to be passed by the Senate next week.

Senate advances bill repealing Iraq military authorizations

By Rachel Oswald
Posted March 16, 2023 at 1:22pm
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, right and ranking Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., triggered the review of Hikvision.

McCaul, Meeks trigger sanctions review for Chinese firm

By Rachel Oswald
Posted March 7, 2023 at 12:43pm
“I’m very concerned that tens of thousands of victims of this earthquake are not being appropriately supported in their response and recovery," said Sen. Chris Coons, who leads the Appropriations foreign aid subcommittee.

Sanctions waiver for Syria quake victims brings fears of abuse

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 17, 2023 at 7:00am
The House on Thursday voted to remove Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee.

House votes to remove Omar from Foreign Affairs panel as Democrats cry hypocrisy and ‘racism’

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 2, 2023 at 12:51pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds an American flag gifted to him by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., after he addressed a joint meeting of Congress on Dec. 21, 2022.

US must back Ukraine joining NATO in 2023, say European delegates

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 2, 2023 at 9:00am
Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., left, and Tom Cole, R-Okla., talk during a House Republican Steering Committee meeting on Jan. 11.

House foreign aid cardinal sanguine on fiscal 2024 funding

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 1, 2023 at 1:03pm
Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., says she’s concerned Republicans could use the China panel to “promote policies and language that endanger Chinese Americans and people of Asian descent living in the U.S.”

Some Asian Americans fear House China panel will fuel bigotry

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 20, 2023 at 3:24pm
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy raises his fist after exhanging flags with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the end of his address to a joint meeting of Congress in the Capitol on Wednesday.

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy pleads with Congress for more military aid

By Rachel Oswald
Posted December 21, 2022 at 10:30pm
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is pictured after a meeting at the White House on Tuesday.

House GOP overlooks internal antisemitism, points at Democrats

By Rachel Oswald
Posted December 1, 2022 at 5:30am
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine is Europe's largest nuclear power station.

Fighting at Ukraine nuclear plant highlights risks of US export policies

By Rachel Oswald
Posted November 8, 2022 at 7:00am
Eleven Okinawan civilians who were huddled in this hillside cave in 1945 were rescued when a passing U.S. Marine patrol heard a baby crying. After being assured that no harm would come to them, they emerged from their hideout, and here a Marine lends a hand to a mother and baby.

As China threatens Taiwan, Okinawa braces for war

By Rachel Oswald
Posted October 19, 2022 at 4:00pm
A pro-China supporter hits images of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen with a shoe, during a rally on Aug. 11.

Unique political fault lines in Taiwan complicate China resistance

By Rachel Oswald
Posted October 11, 2022 at 12:00pm
A closeup of a silicon wafer on display at Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institution in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Path uncertain for US-Taiwan free trade deal despite Hill support

By Rachel Oswald
Posted October 3, 2022 at 6:30am
Taiwanese soldiers carrying artillery to tanks during recent live-fire drills.

Taiwan’s military needs overhaul amid China threat, critics say

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 28, 2022 at 1:00pm
President Joe Biden gestures Tuesday as he speaks during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly. He again on Sunday said he would send U.S. military forces to defend Taiwan.

Lawmakers walk tightrope on upping Taiwan’s diplomatic status as Biden casts doubt on ‘ambiguity’

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 22, 2022 at 6:30am
A bill from Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., to bolster U.S. aid to Taiwan advanced out of committee Wednesday.

Senate panel approves Taiwan bill after diluting some provisions

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 14, 2022 at 8:01pm
CM-11 tanks fire artillery during live-fire drills in Taiwan on Sept. 7 amid intensifying invasion threats from China.

Taiwan, US struggle over differences on weapons to counter China

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 13, 2022 at 5:58pm
A Taiwanese F-16 fighter jet lands at Hualien Air Force Base on Aug. 6.

US, Taiwan grapple with key differences in debate over deterring China

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 12, 2022 at 4:32pm
Honor guards fold the Taiwan flag during a ceremony at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on June 4.

Senators slated to take up bill to expand security support to Taiwan amid high-stakes Pelosi visit

By Rachel Oswald
Posted August 2, 2022 at 5:23pm
Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, shown in March, calls a Trump-era regulatory shift "essentially a giveaway to gun manufacturers. "

Democrats blast Commerce for overseeing heavy increase in gun exports

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 25, 2022 at 2:38pm
The yacht Amadea, of sanctioned Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov, was seized by the Fiji government at the request of the United States. It is shown arriving at Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii, on June 16.

Senate support builds to seize, liquidate Russian oligarch assets

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 19, 2022 at 6:14pm
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during an U.N. Biodiversity Conference last year.

GOP resists Democrats’ push for more UN funding despite China’s growing influence

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 11, 2022 at 6:00am
U.S. lawmakers say Turkish officials should not expect them to offer things like additional F-16 fighter jets in return for Ankara letting Sweden and Finland into NATO.

Turkish objections to NATO expansion find Hill skepticism

By Rachel Oswald
Posted June 28, 2022 at 6:30am
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in 2019. President Joe Biden said in 2020 that he would treat the crown prince as a "pariah."

Biden likely to meet Saudi crown prince, reversing campaign vow

By Rachel Oswald
Posted June 14, 2022 at 8:00am
Idaho Republican Jim Risch was among senators who advanced a measure Thursday to require reports to Congress on Russian atrocities in Ukraine.

Lawmakers explore options for Ukraine war crimes investigations

By Rachel Oswald
Posted June 10, 2022 at 6:30am
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.

Greek leader warns Congress about internal democratic erosion, citing his country’s history

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 17, 2022 at 5:41pm
Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova attends a photography exhibition on the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the Capitol on April 28.

Kyiv’s envoy backs using frozen Russian state assets to rebuild Ukraine

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 5, 2022 at 5:46pm
Blinken testifies Thursday before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Biden is exploring using Russian money to rebuild Ukraine

By Rachel Oswald
Posted April 28, 2022 at 4:48pm
Harvesters at work in a Ukrainian wheat field in 2017.

Biden will ask Congress for money to combat global hunger

By Rachel Oswald
Posted April 27, 2022 at 7:02pm
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, left, arrives to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday.

Democrats call out India for buying Russian oil and weapons

By Rachel Oswald
Posted April 26, 2022 at 6:20pm
President Donald Trump announces withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement in 2018.

The Senate’s treaty oversight has atrophied just as it’s needed most

By Rachel Oswald
Posted April 25, 2022 at 2:12pm
On July 15, 2015, then House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Nita M. Lowey, D-N.Y., leave a meeting with House Democrats where Biden briefed the members on the nuclear deal with Iran.

Deja vu permeates as lawmakers ready to debate Iran nuclear deal

By Rachel Oswald
Posted April 8, 2022 at 9:30am
Madeleine Albright, the first female secretary of State, seen here testifying on Capitol Hill, died Wednesday at 84.

Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of State, dies at 84

By Rachel Oswald
Posted March 23, 2022 at 5:27pm
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy previously addressed Congress remotely in March.

Zelenskyy pleads with Congress, Biden for more air defense weapons in war with Russia

By Rachel Oswald
Posted March 16, 2022 at 12:29pm
Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova speaks during a press conference at the National Press Club on Tuesday.

Before Zelenskyy address, Ukraine envoy urges ‘immediate’ military aid

By Rachel Oswald
Posted March 15, 2022 at 5:18pm
A volunteer distributes food to Ukrainian refugees upon their arrival at the main railway station in Berlin on Monday.

Congress cuts humanitarian spending despite billions for Ukraine

By Rachel Oswald
Posted March 15, 2022 at 9:00am
A protester in Belgium demands Russia be denied access to the SWIFT financial messaging system.

New sanctions cut Russia off from its foreign currency reserves

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 28, 2022 at 2:39pm
Sen. Chris Coons predicts Congress will pass at least $10 billion in funding to help Ukraine after being attacked by Russia.

Coons predicts at least $10 billion for Ukraine aid package

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 25, 2022 at 10:23am
President Joe Biden announced a series of new sanctions and export controls on Russia after it invaded Ukraine.

Biden hits Russia with new export controls and financial sanctions

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 24, 2022 at 6:26pm
Russia began a large-scale attack on Ukraine, with explosions reported in multiple cities and far outside the restive eastern regions held by Russian-backed rebels.

Lawmakers united in outrage over Putin’s ‘unprovoked’ invasion of Ukraine

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 24, 2022 at 1:37pm
A Russian military transport truck carries a self-propelled howitzer past the village of Pokrovskoye in Russia. Russia on Monday recognized the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as independent.

Biden, allies sanction Russia but keep harshest tools in reserve

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 22, 2022 at 5:01pm
Belarusian Air Force Mi-24 helicopters fire during joint exercises with Russia as the Kremlin continues massing forces along its border with Ukraine.

Senate starts recess without taking action on Ukraine-Russia crisis

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 18, 2022 at 6:30am
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news conference with Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz following their talks about the Ukraine crisis.

As bipartisan talks stall, GOP goes it alone on Russia sanctions

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 15, 2022 at 7:02pm
As amended with language from Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, a House Democratic bill would order a U.S. intelligence community assessment of efforts by the United Arab Emirates to prevent the transfer of U.S. technology to China.

House competition bill packed with progressive policy goals

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 14, 2022 at 6:00am
Biden walks across the South Lawn after returning to the White House on Marine One on Thursday.

Biden will split frozen assets between 9/11 victims, Afghan aid

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 11, 2022 at 3:24pm
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Joe Biden participate in a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House on Monday.

Senators say German chancellor backs Biden on Russia, Nord Stream 2

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 8, 2022 at 5:56pm
Republican Sens. Mike Braun, above, and Josh Hawley are part of a Russia-Ukraine “de-escalation” group that also includes Democratic Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Barbara Lee.

Far reaches of right and left call for de-escalation with Russia

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 8, 2022 at 5:30am
Ting Yen-che, chairman of Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation, poses with bottles of rum imported from Lithuania in Taoyuan on Jan. 22, after the state-run liquor company snapped up 20,000 bottles of the spirit blocked from China after a row between Beijing and Vilnius.

Lithuania’s resistance to Chinese pressure a test for US strategy

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 3, 2022 at 6:30am
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is pushing a bill to slap new sanctions on Russia if it invades Ukraine.

As Congress contemplates, White House issues sanctions threat to Russia

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 26, 2022 at 6:30am
People are seen on debris of a damaged house after the earthquake in Qala-e-Naw district of Badghis, Afghanistan on Jan. 18.

Amid hunger crisis, Biden urged to release frozen Afghan funds

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 20, 2022 at 5:32pm
The ranking members of the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees, James M. Inhofe and Jim Risch, discuss tensions with Russia over Ukraine on Wednesday.

Senators struggle on Russia sanctions as ‘hourglass’ runs low

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 19, 2022 at 6:06pm
Sen. Ted Cruz argued that his bill to sanction entities and individuals who help complete the Nord Stream 2 pipeline would pressure Russia.

Senate Democrats back Biden, reject Cruz’s Nord Stream sanctions bill

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 13, 2022 at 9:47pm
Senate Foreign Relations ranking member Jim Risch, right, and other Republicans have not signed onto a Russia sanctions bill by Democratic Chairman Bob Menendez.

Democrats release sweeping Russia sanctions package

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 12, 2022 at 4:18pm