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Chris van Hollen
QiOSK

Record number vote to raise hell over settler violence in West Bank

Forty-six Democratic Senators vote in favor, but resolution fails in near party-line vote.

Mohammed bin Salman Donald Trump
Middle East

Clock ticking on Democrat effort to kill flawed US-Saudi nuke deal

Members will have a limited time after the midterms to bring a resolution to a vote. Then again, Trump's own conditions might spoil the pact anyway.

Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden
Washington Politics

Do Democrats have bold enough ideas to break from the past?

Americans disagree with the way that Trump is handling world affairs, but can't yet grasp how the opposition would do better

A collage showing Joe Biden, Jake Sullivan, Jon Finer, Brett McGurk and Avril Haines
Washington Politics

Ex-Biden officials are desperate for a Gaza scapegoat

Journalist Akbar Shahid Ahmed's 'Crossing the Red Line' is a searing indictment of the former president's inner circle and its disastrous Israel policy

He lobbied for Saudis after 9/11. Now he's repping them on Yemen
Washington Politics

He lobbied for Saudis after 9/11. Now he's repping them on Yemen

DC-based Michael Petruzzello has worked for years to promote Riyadh's interests, even when no one else wanted to

AUKUS
Asia-Pacific

‘The Dragon’ defined: How three capitals reimagined China

David M. McCourt’s new book is an illuminating account of how Beijing came to be understood as a strategic competitor in the US, Australia, and the UK.