List of U.S. Congress articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama Is Pursuing Regime Change in Israel
Angered by Netanyahu’s invitation to address Congress, the White House is now quietly working to unsettle the prime minister before elections in Israel.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 White House Asks Congress to Back War Against the Islamic State
Capping months of debate over the congressional role in shaping the ongoing war against the Islamic State, the White House formally submitted a proposal to Capitol Hill asking lawmakers to sign off on a potentially expansive push against the militants.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 GOP Sandwich Planned for Netanyahu Speech
Benjamin Netanyahu is set to be sandwiched between two Republicans during his joint address to Congress on March 3, according to a top GOP aide, creating another optics problem for the Israeli prime minister as he tries to rebut allegations that he’s participating in a partisan stunt to embarrass the White House.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Welcome to Obama Land
It seems the risk-averse leader is no more, and the world should prepare for 18 months of a bold, new president.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Defense Nominee Will Have an Easy Path to a Difficult Job
Senators lined up to praise Ashton Carter, but the Pentagon’s former No. 2 will return to a different Defense Department and a different set of threats.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Democrats Huddle With Israeli Ambassador to Discuss Delay of Netanyahu Speech
Following a wave of criticism over the Israeli prime minister's planned address to Congress, a group of pro-Israel Democrats met with Israel’s ambassador on Wednesday to discuss postponing the speech.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 McCain: Carter Is Right for the Pentagon, but Only if the White House Lets Him Run It
The Republican senator hopes Carter's voice won't be sidelined in national security debates.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Obama’s Surveillance Reform Extends Unmatched Privacy to Foreigners
U.S. surveillance reform in the aftermath of Edward Snowden's revelations haven't gone far enough, but there's one change that no spy agency in the world offers: privacy protections for foreigners.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Against Other Threats, Obama’s Security Budget Sticks to Asia-Pacific Pivot
President Barack Obama's 2016 national security budget keeps the focus on the pivot to the Asia-Pacific, while treating threats of the Islamic State and Russian aggression as short-term problems.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pentagon Budget Includes New Funding to Fight the Islamic State
Its portion of the Pentagon's budget is very small, but the conflict in Iraq and Syria is still influencing spending choices.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Congress Readies Push to Rein in the Nation’s Spooks
Key NSA spying methods are set to expire this summer. Lawmakers from both parties will finally have to decide what to do about them.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Lindsey Graham: Wrong on Everything
The senator from the great state of South Carolina is considering a run for president, based on his foreign-policy prowess. Yikes.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Four-Star Critique
Retired military brass contributes to the growing criticism of the Obama administration's handling of foreign policy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Washington to Play Bigger Role in Yemen Terror Fight
The United States has spent years combining drone strikes with raids by American-trained Yemeni forces. With Yemen in disarray, Washington will have to do more terrorist hunting on its own.
