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Trump tweeted that the delay was designed to see if Democrats and Republicans can come to a bipartisan deal on handling asylum claims, though that may be a long shot. “Mr.
President Donald Trump announced Saturday that “at the request of Democrats” a planned roundup of undocumented immigrants will be delayed.
Democratic response varied Friday to President Donald Trump saying he called off an airstrike against Iran at the last minute, with some renewing their objections to military engagement with Iran without
Emerging from a House Democratic caucus meeting on Iran, Chairman Hakeem Jeffries, also a New York Democrat, relayed that the message from House and Senate Democrats to President Donald Trump was
That document, dated Thursday, was released hours after Iran shot down a U.S. military drone amid escalating tensions with Tehran.
After the combined power of the U.S. and European Union sanctions forced Iran to agree to the 2015 nuclear deal, secondary sanctions, which essentially force foreign companies to choose between doing
[Iran escalations bring war powers debates back to the Capitol] But the talk about Iran in Congress, by turns belligerent or anxious, swelled this week as tensions spiked in the Middle East.
“U.S. negotiators often lack clear instructions from Washington on how to handle sensitive issues, or only get guidance at the last moment due to turf wars over policy inside the Trump administration
President Donald Trump has requested Congress pass a $4.5 billion supplemental to help the Department of Homeland Security process the growing number of migrants trying to cross the U.S.
Paul, a foreign policy isolationist, argued it was unwise to permit further weapons exports to the Middle East at a time of rising regional instability between Iran and Saudi Arabia as well as continued
Democrats used the hearing to roundly castigate the Trump administration’s rationale for declaring an emergency, alternately characterizing it as “phony” and “bogus.”
McConnell appeared to acknowledge this reality while also suggesting there was not adequate support to overcome an expected veto by President Donald Trump.
During his just-concluded trip to Japan, Trump stressed that he was not seeking to oust the current Iranian leadership.
shutdown, the killing of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi that was orchestrated by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, U.S. relations with Israel, and U.S. foreign policy toward Iran
Other countries including Iran are potentially learning from the Russian playbook.
All the action was coming a day after the Trump administration, some would say belatedly, briefed members of the House and Senate on the uptick in tensions with Iran.
A Senate briefing by the Trump administration Tuesday about the escalation in tensions with Iran appears certain to kick off another round of sparring over the president’s war powers.
Intelligence briefings on U.S. relations with Iran Tuesday left Democrats in both the Senate and the House unsure of what the Trump administration’s objectives are following recent heightened tensions
Trump appointees reduced the size and scope of some public reports.
[Trump downplays China trade ‘squabble,’ rattles sabre at Iran] The administration’s effort to use the national security authority of Section 232 brought immediate criticism from business groups