Senate Republicans blocked a motion to advance a massive $111 billion spending package that includes military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan over a partisan dispute on border issues. The effort failed in a vote of 49-51, with every Republican voting against the...
The UN Security Council is expected to meet on Friday to discuss the Israeli onslaught in Gaza after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter for the first time during his tenure, which started in 2017. Article 99 allows the UN chief...
The US and Sweden have signed a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) that will grant the US military access to bases across the Nordic country as Stockholm has abandoned its centuries-old policy of neutrality. The Pentagon said the deal will allow "US forces to operate...
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a new $175 million weapons package for Ukraine as President Biden pleaded with Congress to authorize more spending on the proxy war. "This cannot wait," Biden said in a televised statement. "Congress needs to pass...
Despite the soaring civilian deaths in Gaza, the Biden administration is not considering using any of the leverage it has over Israel to get the Israeli military to change its tactics, Reuters reported on Tuesday. US officials say they're expressing concern privately...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed on Tuesday that he wants Israel's military to maintain an open-ended occupation of the Gaza Strip after the current war. "Gaza must be demilitarized. And in order for Gaza to be demilitarized, there is only one...
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo called for tighter export controls on advanced technologies going to China and labeled Beijing "the biggest threat we've ever had." Raimondo made the comments at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum in California. "On matters of...
The House on Tuesday passed a resolution that says "anti-Zionism is antisemitism," the chamber's latest piece of legislation conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism. The resolution, which is presented as a resolution condemning antisemitism, passed in a vote...
US officials are considering forming a Red Sea task force with other nations after a series of attacks by Yemen's Houthis against commercial shipping that's come in response to the Israeli onslaught in Gaza. "We are in talks with other countries about a maritime task...
Polling continues to show that the majority of Americans favor a lasting ceasefire in Gaza, a position the Biden administration has rejected. The latest poll from Data for Progress found that 61% of American voters support the idea of the US calling for a "permanent"...
