WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has waived democracy requirements to release up to $1.5 billion in aid to Egypt despite concerns that the country is backsliding on commitments it made to democratic governance and rule of law, congressional (...)
WASHINGTON: Republicans and Democrats alike insist the United States should stay the course in Afghanistan, sticking to President Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawing American troops despite the massacre of Afghan civilians and the burning of (...)
WASHINGTON: American democracy workers who face charges in Egypt of stoking unrest are meeting with congressional lawmakers this week.
Four of the workers, including Sam LaHood, met Monday with Sen. John McCain, the top Republican on the Armed (...)
WASHINGTON — Congress threatened on Wednesday to close the Palestine Liberation Organization's office in Washington if it should defy the United States and Israel by pursuing a unilateral bid for the United Nations to accept Palestine as an (...)
WASHINGTON: Congress threatened on Wednesday to close the Palestine Liberation Organization's office in Washington if it should defy the United States and Israel by pursuing a unilateral bid for the United Nations to accept Palestine as an (...)
WASHINGTON — A panel of the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on Wednesday that would make deep cuts in State Department money and U.S. foreign aid, a reflection of lawmakers' debt-driven demands for austerity yet a blow to (...)
WASHINGTON: A panel of the US House of Representatives approved legislation on Wednesday that would make deep cuts in State Department money and US foreign aid, a reflection of lawmakers' debt-driven demands for austerity yet a blow to assistance (...)
WASHINGTON: A House panel on Wednesday pushed ahead on a bill to block US assistance to Pakistan, Egypt, Lebanon, Yemen and the Palestinian Authority unless the Obama administration reassures Congress that they are cooperating in the war on (...)
WASHINGTON: The United States should use its billions in aid to Egypt as leverage to force a transition to democracy, foreign policy experts told lawmakers Wednesday in Congress' first hearing since massive anti-government demonstrations for the (...)