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A sign is seen outside the State Department in Washington on July 11. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

House panel backs sweeping State Department overhaul package

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 19, 2025 at 6:53pm
Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, left, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., conduct a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center after a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024.

Texas Rep. Michael McCaul will not seek reelection in 2026

By Jessica Wehrman and Rachel Oswald
Posted September 14, 2025 at 11:51am, Updated September 15, 2025 at 3:00pm
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Andy Kim, who has worked at the State Department, the Pentagon and the White House National Security Council, bemoans the Trump administration's dismantling of foreign aid.

Sen. Andy Kim, former USAID intern, reflects on seismic shifts in U.S. foreign policy

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 5, 2025 at 6:00am
California Republican Rep. Young Kim has championed the importance of U.S. soft power, a position many in her party seem to be moving away from. Above, Kim leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on June 4.

She saw the power of foreign aid. Now Young Kim is making her case

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 31, 2025 at 6:00am
South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa met with Trump at the White House on May 21, 2025.

House panel approves bill to reevaluate ties with South Africa

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 23, 2025 at 4:47am
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought talks with reporters after attending the Republican Senate luncheon in the Capitol on Tuesday.

House sends $9 billion rescissions package to president’s desk

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 18, 2025 at 12:24am
Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska were the lone Republicans to vote against bill.

Senate sends $9 billion rescissions package to the House

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 17, 2025 at 4:02am
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, has denounced the White House budget office for not providing details on what specific foreign aid programs would see their funding taken away. Collins, seen here on June 30, voted "no" on a pair of procedural motions Tuesday.

Senate ‘vote-a-rama’ on rescissions bill begins

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 16, 2025 at 5:33pm
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, seen at a June hearing, complained that the White House hasn't provided details needed to consider the administration's program reductions. She voted with Democrats against advancing the rescissions measure. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

GOP narrowly advances rescissions package to Senate floor

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 15, 2025 at 10:57pm
“We’re hearing people out and we are obviously weighing what an amendment process on the floor … might look like, what if any changes could be made in advance of the floor,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., seen here on July 9, said Monday.

Senators face crucial vote on $9.4 billion rescissions package

By Rachel Oswald and David Lerman
Posted July 14, 2025 at 7:05pm
Congress faces a deadline next week for the rescissions package.

UN agencies in dire straits amid threatened US funding cuts

By Rachel Oswald
Posted July 8, 2025 at 5:56pm
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., sponsor of a war powers resolution, said, "We shouldn't premise a decision to send our sons and daughters into war on the judgment of a single person."

Senate blocks war powers resolution in near party-line vote

By Rachel Oswald
Posted June 27, 2025 at 8:29pm
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine discusses the mission details of a strike on Iran during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22. The Trump administration abruptly postponed intelligence briefings for lawmakers that had been expected on Tuesday. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Democrats seek Iran intel as doubts grow over strikes’ effectiveness

By Rachel Oswald
Posted June 25, 2025 at 6:13am
Rep. Nick LaLota, R-N.Y., seen here on May 15, was one of the Republicans who originally cast a "no" vote on the rescissions bill, but switched to vote in favor.

First GOP rescissions package narrowly passes the House

By Rachel Oswald
Posted June 12, 2025 at 9:26pm
Secretary of State Marco Rubio prepares to testify during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the fiscal 2026 State Department budget request in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 20.

Rubio revises State Department overhaul plan amid Democratic blowback

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 29, 2025 at 7:13pm
Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and ranking member Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., are seen during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Jan. 15.

Senate panel leaders back Trump’s lifting of sanctions on Syria

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 15, 2025 at 7:05pm
President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend a signing ceremony at the Saudi Royal Court on Tuesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Palestinians face stark uncertainty as Trump tours Middle East

By Rachel Oswald
Posted May 14, 2025 at 11:07am
Matthew Whitaker, a former acting attorney general, received Senate Foreign Relations Committee support Wednesday to become ambassador to NATO.

Senate panel backs diplomatic nominees after Democratic delay

By Rachel Oswald
Posted March 12, 2025 at 3:27pm
Demonstrators at a rally in Upper Senate Park on Feb. 5 respond to the disruption of USAID foreign aid.

Judge orders temporary end to freeze on foreign aid spending

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 14, 2025 at 11:21am
Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Dec. 4, 2024.

Republicans defend USAID in hearing meant to criticize waste

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 13, 2025 at 7:09pm
The State Department said Monday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is the acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Musk hit on USAID riles Dems; many in GOP would absorb it into State Department

By Rachel Oswald
Posted February 3, 2025 at 7:10pm
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to the United Nations, testifies during her Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing Tuesday.

Stefanik mostly impresses at Senate Foreign Relations hearing

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 21, 2025 at 7:11pm
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center, met Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and ranking member Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., at his confirmation hearing last week.

Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of State

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 20, 2025 at 7:17pm
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., nominated to be secretary of State, spoke about concerns regarding the canal at his confirmation hearing on Jan. 15. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump renews threat to take back Panama Canal

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 20, 2025 at 6:30pm
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be secretary of state, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing Wednesday.

Rubio says Ukraine needs leverage to deter Russia in the future

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 15, 2025 at 3:06pm
Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., opposed the sanctions bill.

House backs international court sanctions over Israeli warrants

By Rachel Oswald
Posted January 9, 2025 at 3:02pm
Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., greets President-elect Donald Trump at the Republican convention in July.

In a surprise, GOP panel recommends Mast to lead Foreign Affairs

By Rachel Oswald
Posted December 9, 2024 at 8:11pm
New Jersey Democratic Rep. Andy Kim, who sits on the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees, says he’s troubled that the situation in Seoul took the drastic and shocking turn it did.

Rep. Andy Kim finds ‘shell shock’ among South Korean contacts over martial law

By Rachel Oswald
Posted December 3, 2024 at 6:31pm
Matthew Whitaker, a strong Trump loyalist, is the president-elect's choice to be ambassador to NATO.

Trump picks loyalist Whitaker to be ‘America First’ envoy to NATO

By Rachel Oswald
Posted November 20, 2024 at 4:19pm
The House Foreign Affairs Committee sought Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken's testimony about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

House Rules may take up Blinken contempt resolution on Monday

By Rachel Oswald
Posted November 14, 2024 at 6:42pm
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be ambassador to the United Nations. She warned the U.N. In an October statement that expelling Israel from the General Assembly would jeopardize U.S. funding.

Trump turns to GOP defenders Stefanik, Rubio for diplomatic posts

By Rachel Oswald
Posted November 12, 2024 at 5:55pm
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, are poised to lead Senate Foreign Relations next year. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Shaheen poised to make history on Senate Foreign Relations

By Rachel Oswald
Posted October 31, 2024 at 1:18pm
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said Ukraine would receive the aid by the end of the year.

G7 agrees to use interest on Russian assets for Ukraine loan; Biden eyes an arms component

By Rachel Oswald
Posted October 23, 2024 at 5:02pm
"It is time for Congress to act on Sudan," said Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.

Bipartisan Senate bill prods US to help end Sudan war

By Rachel Oswald
Posted October 3, 2024 at 8:08pm
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken ignored "countless requests for his testimony."

House Foreign Affairs votes to recommend holding Blinken in contempt

By Rachel Oswald
Posted September 24, 2024 at 6:50pm
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