by Jim Heath | Feb 23, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
She’s a top Republican fundraiser, wife of a coal producer, current Ambassador to Canada, and now President Trump’s choice to be America’s next United Nations ambassador. Trump tweeted last night he will nominate Kelly Knight Craft to fill the role...
by Jim Heath | Feb 19, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Trump
The Trump administration pushed a plan to sell nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia in the months after the inauguration despite objections from members of the National Security Council and other senior White House officials, according to a new report from a...
by Jim Heath | Feb 17, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Trump
Donald Trump’s administration asked Japan’s prime minister Shinzō Abe to nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize after he and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un met for a historic summit, according to a Japanese newspaper. Trump boasted Friday during a White...
by Jim Heath | Feb 13, 2019 | Congress, Foreign Affairs, Headlines
The House today passed a resolution to end U.S. military support for the Saudi-led coalition operating in Yemen, a repudiation of President Trump’s continued cooperation with and defense of the kingdom and its crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. The measure passed 248...
by Jim Heath | Feb 11, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Senate Republicans are fuming at President Donald Trump for telling lawmakers he would disregard a law requiring a report to Congress determining who is responsible for the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The uproar among Republicans is just the latest...
by Jim Heath | Jan 31, 2019 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
The vast majority of Senate Republicans backed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today in a rebuke of President Trump’s rationale for withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria and Afghanistan. The measure, presented as an amendment to a greater Middle East policy bill,...
