Foreign Policy

Mike Johnson unveils complex plan for Israel and Ukraine aid as pressure rises

Speaker rejects pressure to approve package sent over by Senate, leaving its path to passage deeply uncertain

April 16, 2024

By Editors Desk

Mike Johnson in Washington in February. Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and then-Vice President Joe Biden in 2016 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (Michel Euler / Associated Press)

Column: Netanyahu owes the U.S. better answers about Gaza

April 06, 2024

By Editors Desk

Avdiivka, Ukraine, in October. U.S. officials say Ukraine defended the city too long and at too great a cost.Credit...Nicole Tung for The New York Times

Mutual Frustrations Arise in U.S.-Ukraine Alliance

March 07, 2024

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March 06, 2024

Ukraine’s first lady declines State of the Union invitation

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March 06, 2024

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden greet Olena Zelenska, center, at the White House in 2022. (Andrew Harnik/AP)

February 29, 2024

Why Is Trump Trying to Make Ukraine Lose?

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February 13, 2024

Senate passes aid bill for Israel, Taiwan, Ukraine

The House speaker has suggested it's not likely to get a vote in his chamber.

February 13, 2024

The Republican blockade shut down a bill that would have provided not only a major win for President Biden, but foreign aid to Taiwan, Border Patrol, Israel and Ukraine.

February 05, 2024

Trump urges Republicans to reject Senate deal on border measures, Ukraine aid

Former US president Donald Trump urged Republicans Monday to reject a bipartisan Senate deal trading tough new border security measures for $60 billion in Ukraine funding and other national security priorities.

February 05, 2024

Republican presidential candidate and former US president Donald Trump speaks at a primary election night party in Nashua, New Hampshire on January 23, 2024. © Matt Rourke, AP (file)

February 03, 2024

America’s shuttle diplomacy to wind down the war in Gaza

And maybe to bring a lasting peace, too

February 03, 2024

January 30, 2024

US reimposes sanctions on Venezuela for banning Maduro opponents

The United States warned Tuesday it will reimpose sanctions on Venezuela's oil and gas sector, relaxed under a reconciliation deal, after opponents to President Nicolas Maduro were barred from running against him.

January 30, 2024

Official seal of the US Department of State © Courtesy US Department of State

January 27, 2024

US agrees to sell Turkey jets after Ankara approves Sweden’s Nato bid

Western allies view Stockholm as a vital bulwark against Russian aggression in Europe

January 27, 2024

Turkey will buy 40 F-16 fighter jets from the US © REUTERS

January 20, 2024

Pro-Israel lawmakers in both U.S. parties are losing confidence in Netanyahu

“It’s really hard to defend Bibi or to justify his political strategy in all of this,” said one House Republican. “There’s real distrust, there’s real questions about his ability to lead."

January 20, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Oct. 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv.Evan Vucci / AP file

January 08, 2024

Antony Blinken arrives in Israel amid fresh US push to stop war spreading

US secretary of state poised for meetings with leaders who have so far proved resistant to pressure from Washington

January 08, 2024

Antony Blinken arrives in Tel Aviv during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

December 16, 2023

Congress approves bill barring presidents from unilaterally exiting NATO

. The office of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) office declined to comment.

December 16, 2023

December 12, 2023

Zelenskyy fights for aid in Washington as Russia appears to step up its offensive

A U.S. aid deal has stalled amid disagreements over immigration policies and growing Republican skepticism about providing Ukraine with more military help.

December 12, 2023

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on Monday. Anadolu via Getty Images

December 12, 2023

Biden tells donors Israel is losing support, Netanyahu must change his government

December 12, 2023

December 09, 2023

EU leaders panicking over potential Trump return – NYT

Bloc governments have reportedly dispatched envoys to the US to figure out the former president’s stance on NATO

December 09, 2023

Donald Trump speaks during a NATO summit in Watford, England, December 4, 2019 © AFP / Nicholas Kamm

December 07, 2023

Congress has yet to approve billions in additional military and financial aid Kiev has requested

December 07, 2023

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks at a White House press briefing, December 7, 2023. © Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

December 04, 2023

White House warns Congress of urgent need for Ukraine funding

‘We are out of money to support Ukraine in this fight,’ Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young said in a letter to congressional leaders

December 04, 2023

Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young speaks during a daily news briefing at the White House on Sept. 29. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

November 24, 2023

Hamas Releases 24 Hostages After Israel Truce Deal

Four-day pause in fighting came after complex, fraught talks

November 24, 2023

The ICRC in Israel and the occupied territories said that it transported the group of hostages from Gaza to the Rafah border crossing with Egypt [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]

November 16, 2023

Video shows the moment Antony Blinken winces after Biden calls China's Xi a dictator, upending months of careful diplomacy

President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping sought to smooth relations at a meeting Wednesday.
Yet hours after the carefully choreographed event, Biden described Xi as a "dictator."
Secretary of State Antony Blinken's reaction told its own story.

November 16, 2023

Antony Blinken appeared to be taken aback by President Joe Biden's description of Xi Jinping as a dictator at a press conference on November 15, 2023. NBC