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Former President Trump’s menacing rhetoric toward NATO is shining a light on what little power Congress has in protecting America’s commitments to the alliance. NATO’s supporters say despite strong congressional backing for the alliance, House and Senate lawmakers have little to no power to prevent the president, as commander in chief, from making decisions about…
With Congress preparing to go into recess for the holidays, it remained unclear Friday whether a new aid package for Ukraine would be agreed on before lawmakers leave Washington, a situation that has experts concerned about the Ukrainian armed forces' ability to continue resisting Russia's invasion. The U.S. has already dedicated more than $100 billion…
Ukraine is making steady progress in the counteroffensive it launched this month and has reclaimed several towns in the southeast, but its troops are taking heavy losses as they try to plow through entrenched Russian lines. Even with the losses, the incremental progress is defying expectations, given that Russia has had months to fortify its…
TRUMP’S DUBIOUS DEFENSE: In a speech at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, Tuesday night, former President Donald Trump laid out the legal argument he hopes to use as his first line of defense against the 31 federal felony charges he faces for withholding and mishandling highly classified national security documents.
Analysts say Biden administration, seeking to secure NATO enlargement, is carefully crafting policy on Turkish, Greek defense requests