List of U.S. Congress articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Message Received: How Could a Mailman Expose D.C.’s Vulnerability From the Sky?
A U.S. postal worker just gave terrorists a blueprint for how to attack the White House and the Capitol.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pacific Trade Deal Inches Forward
Lawmakers cross first hurdle in passing legislation that would give the eventual trade deal and up-or-down vote.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Iran Vote Will Test Corker’s Political Skills
Days ahead of a pivotal vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a series of new amendments have emerged that could sink a contentious bill on Iran’s nuclear program and jeopardize efforts for this Congress to weigh in on a final deal.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 White House Trolls Netanyahu, as Iran Stakes Out Hard-Line Position on Sanctions Relief
Both Rouhani and Obama are attempting to contend with hard-line constituencies at home.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Secret Service Adds a New Sex Scandal to Its Growing List of Problems
Scandals continue to plague the Secret Service. This time, an agent came on to a subordinate at his own going-away bash.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 America’s Foreign Policy Isn’t Economically Defensible
Forget realism, isolationism, or neoconservatism. The way to look at U.S. decision-making abroad is through the lens of constrained optimization.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Secret Service Scandal Gets Personal
One of the lawmakers overseeing the Secret Service was once rejected for a job there. Is a person grudge influencing his oversight?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama, Kerry Ask Lawmakers to Give Iran Nuclear Deal Time
President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have asked lawmakers to give the Iran nuclear deal time. But some lawmakers are already pressing ahead on requiring congressional approval of the deal.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Talks on the Rocks
Negotiations may go into double overtime as stubborn differences between Iran and world powers persist.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Obama Needs an (Interim) Deal More Than Iran
It’s not his legacy. It’s Congress.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Sen. Tom Cotton’s Farsi Version of His Explosive Letter to Iranian Leaders Reads Like a Middle Schooler Wrote It
Did the Arkansas Republican use Google Translate when assembling a Farsi version of his letter to Iran on the subject of ongoing nuclear negotiations?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 GOP May Be in for a Rude Awakening on Immigration When Pope Francis Addresses Congress
The pontiff may deliver a stronger rebuke on immigration than the GOP and White House expect.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 British Foreign Secretary: Differences Remain, But Nuclear Deal Possible in ‘Next 48 hours’
Just days before a key deadline in the Iran nuclear talks, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond expressed confidence that if a compromise is reached, negotiators would be able to present an agreement that clarifies key two sticking points: how long a final deal would be in effect and how far it pushes back Iran’s breakout time to acquiring weapons-grade uranium.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Reid’s Likely Successors Are Big Players on Foreign Policy
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has publicly backed Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to succeed him as Senate minority leader when he retires at the end of 2016, possibly giving the main pro-Israel lobby a powerful new ally in the upper chamber.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Congress on Allegations of Israeli Spying: Yeah, So?
With a resounding meh, U.S. lawmakers shrugged off a report Tuesday alleging that Israel spied on nuclear negotiations between Iran and world powers in hopes of spurring Congress to veto a deal.
