Key Senate chair urges US to freeze cooperation with Saudis
October 11, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez called Monday for freezing all U.S. cooperation with Saudi Arabia, delivering one of the strongest expressions yet of U.S.
Cyprus hails US decision to fully lift weapons embargo
September 17, 2022 GMTNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus on Saturday hailed the full lifting of a U.S. arms embargo on the ethnically divided island nation as a milestone reaffirming increasingly tighter bilateral bonds that serve to bolster stability in the turbulent east Mediterranean region.
Senior US lawmakers arrive in Taiwan for visit
April 14, 2022 GMTTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A delegation of six U.S. lawmakers led by Republican Lindsey Graham from South Carolina arrived in Taiwan on Thursday for a two-day visit that has already been denounced by China.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
January 29, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Susan Collins, R-Maine; Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Democrats push rival bill sanctioning Russia over Ukraine
January 12, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats proposed new sanctions against Russia on Wednesday if it invades Ukraine, looking to derail a Republican proposal that the White House fears could undermine unity with European allies.
U.S. senator calls two-state deal for divided Cyprus ‘wrong’
August 30, 2021 GMTNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Monday that the “retrograde vision” of Turkey’s president to cement Cyprus’ ethnic divide by striving for a two-state deal “is wrong” for all Cypriots.
US ambassador pressed Ukraine corruption fight before ouster
September 28, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Months before the call that set off an impeachment inquiry, many in the diplomatic community were alarmed by the Trump administration's abrupt removal of a career diplomat from her post as ambassador to Ukraine.
US ambassador pressed Ukraine corruption fight before ouster
September 28, 2019 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Months before the call that set off an impeachment inquiry, many in the diplomatic community were alarmed by the Trump administration's abrupt removal of a career diplomat from her post as ambassador to Ukraine...
Charles Rettig, nominee to lead IRS, aims for ‘impartial’ guidance on tax law workarounds
June 28, 2018 GMTCalifornia tax lawyer Charles Rettig, President Trump's pick to be the next IRS commissioner, on Thursday pledged to run the agency in an independent, unbiased manner if confirmed including when it comes to how the agency plans to deal with a number of state workarounds to the new tax law.