European countries near Russia puzzled by US plans to cut defense funding
WASHINGTON (AP) — Confusion emerged Friday over Trump administration plans to halt some security assistance funding to European…
Trump administration weighs fate of $9M stockpile of contraceptives feared earmarked for destruction
BRUSSELS – President Donald Trump’s administration says it is weighing what to do with family planning supplies stockpiled…
Trump casts doubt over US abiding by NATO mutual defense guarantee
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday injected some uncertainty over whether the U.S. would abide by…
As Trump goes to G7 summit, other world leaders aim to show they’re not intimidated
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has long bet that he can scare allies into submission — a…
Rubio and Democratic senators spar over foreign policy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Democratic senators sparred Tuesday over the Trump administration’s foreign…
Senate panel leaders back Trump’s lifting of sanctions on Syria
The leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday offered rare bipartisan support for an executive action…
Belarus releases detained American citizen, says Marco Rubio
On Wednesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Belarus has released an American citizen who has been…
Lawmakers decry Hegseth’s elimination of Women, Peace & Security program
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday abruptly canceled the Pentagon’s Women, Peace & Security (WPS) program, an initiative…
Hegseth boasts about nixing ‘woke’ program that Trump signed into law
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth boasted on social media Tuesday that he had dismantled a program…
Hegseth cancels women’s leadership program despite past Trump support
The Women, Peace & Security program was signed into law by President Donald Trump in 2017. But Hegseth…
White House proposes drastic cuts to State Department and funding for UN, NATO and other groups
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has proposed gutting the State Department’s budget…
Senate Democrats confront limits of their minority power
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats were grim Friday as they left Washington after a brutal 10-week stretch that…