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Senate kills effort to stop Trump war against Cuba
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Senate kills effort to stop Trump war against Cuba

By 51-47 vote, Senate blocks debate due to 'U.S. troops not being engaged in hostilities,' despite ongoing blockade.

This Democratic insider wants to rewrite the party’s Israel playbook
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This Democratic insider wants to rewrite the party’s Israel playbook

No one knows better where Biden and Harris went wrong than Ilan Goldenberg. Now, he's using his perch at J Street to end the 'blank check'

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GOP senators want to give Trump official blessing for Iran war

A vote for an Authorization for Military Force would put lawmakers on record backing a conflict they’ve largely supported indirectly

These 100 former US lawmakers have become foreign lobbyists
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These 100 former US lawmakers have become foreign lobbyists

Many of them use their access to Washington to work for authoritarian states that want to influence our foreign policy

Senate again fails to block weapons to Israel
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Senate again fails to block weapons to Israel

But pair of votes got strong majority of Democrats on board, which some are calling an ‘historic’ turning point for Tel Aviv’s blank check.

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Lacing up LBJ's shoes, Trump is walking willingly into a trap

'Choosing War' author Fredrik Logevall on how the Democratic president went from bombing in 1964 to sending 500,000 ground troops into Vietnam by 1967