Foreign Policy

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

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

Congress approves bill barring presidents from unilaterally exiting NATO

December 16, 2023

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

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

December 12, 2023

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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

October 30, 2023

Pentagon announces new nuclear bomb 24 times more powerful than one dropped on Japan

.The new bomb would replace some current stocks and not increase the US nuclear stockpile.

October 30, 2023

An F-16 from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, one of several U.S. aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo by MSgt. Don Taggart)

October 12, 2023

US and Qatar reach ‘quiet understanding’ not to release $6bn sent to Iran for now, Treasury official tells House Democrats

“We have strict oversight of the funds, and we retain the right to freeze them,” Blinken said.

October 12, 2023

September 24, 2023

House Republicans, Busy Fighting One Another, Refuse to Host Zelensky

Reflections on a day of self-parody on Capitol Hill.

September 24, 2023

Seasoned Hill watchers believe that support for Ukraine is still there; the bigger problem is the American political calendar. Source photgraph by Chip Somodevilla / Getty

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