John T. Bennett

President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Thursday presented a united front over a ceasefire plan in Ukraine, but it was clear trans-Atlantic differences remain unresolved. The meeting came just over a week after Trump’s pick for […]

One Democratic senator offered an unexpected example of how he says President Donald Trump’s tariffs would hurt farmers and small businesses in his home state and across the country: Canadian-made aluminum pie pans. Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, a former governor,

Some Senate Democrats want Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to proceed extra cautiously on a White House-proposed minerals deal, with one comparing President Donald Trump’s actions toward Kyiv to a New York City-style real estate shakedown. Trump, during a Tuesday night

As they gear up to defend their majority next year, some Republican senators expressed hesitance Wednesday over President Donald Trump’s tariffs after he used a joint address before Congress to warn consumers of further economic pain and pleaded with farmers

ANALYSIS — “I’m not playing cards.” Those are the now-infamous words Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told President Donald Trump during Friday’s contentious Oval Office showdown. Traditional Ukraine allies on Capitol Hill and Zelenskyy might want to shuffle up and deal

ANALYSIS — The last time Donald Trump addressed a joint session of Congress, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped her copy of his speech into pieces.  While the speaker emerita won’t be seated behind him during his return to the House chamber

ANALYSIS — Some analysts and Democratic lawmakers see President Donald Trump pulling away from Europe. But the American leader and his British counterpart contended Thursday that Washington and London still have a “special relationship.”  “Our countries have a special relationship”

ANALYSIS — A harried Sen. Lindsey Graham waved off reporters last week as he sped through a Capitol hallway heading to a key meeting with Vice President JD Vance and his Senate Republican colleagues.  “Not now,” he said, further increasing

ANALYSIS — President Donald Trump tried out a new persona on Monday during high-stakes meetings with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron: peacemaker. The U.S. leader has started his second term threatening to acquire territory, and not ruling out using military force

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi appears to have put off a White House meeting with Donald Trump, with one leading Senate Democratic voice on foreign policy calling the move a major snub. The U.S. president drew the ire of several