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Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., departs the Senate floor in the Capitol, Sept. 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)

Bob Menendez resigns from Senate after bribery convictions

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Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, flanked by Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks during a news conference about Ukraine on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. After Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy virtually addressed the U.S. Congress on Wednesday morning. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Biden administration’s ‘dismal’ China policy faulted on Capitol Hill

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

People gather at Israel's Nitzana border crossing with Egypt in southern Israel, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, protesting against the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip until all hostages held by Hamas militants are released. Israel inspects international aid bound for Gaza before it is delivered into the territory. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Sen. Ben Cardin: Peace in Gaza means no future for Hamas

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Jacob Lew, former treasury secretary under President Barack Obama, testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine his nomination as Ambassador to the State of Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Senate panel OKs Lew to be ambassador to Israel, and a final confirmation vote could come next week

By Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Jacob Lew, former treasury secretary under President Barack Obama, testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to examine his nomination as Ambassador to the State of Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Senate committee advances Biden’s pick for Israel ambassador after most Republicans reject nominee

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the Voice of America, Amanda Bennett poses for a photo on Nov. 16, 2016, in Washington. Bennett, the director of Voice of America and her deputy Sandy Sugawara resigned Monday, June 15, 2020, following recent clashes with the Trump administration. The pair announced they were leaving the organization as Trump ally and conservative filmmaker Michael Pack takes over leadership of the agency that oversees VOA. (Magda Hishmeh/Voice of America via AP)

Lawmaker calls for more scrutiny of Biden’s nominee to run fed’s global media agency

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, left, greets Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., as he arrives in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, April 14, 2022. A delegation of six U.S. lawmakers led by Republican Lindsey Graham from South Carolina arrived in Taiwan on Thursday for a two-day visit that has already been denounced by China. (Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

Taiwan publishes civil defense handbook as Ukraine spurs war fears

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Blinken was questioned about the Biden administration's handling of the U.S. withdraw from Afghanistan. (Jabin Botsford/Pool via AP)

Blinken faces another grilling on Capitol Hill over Afghanistan exit

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this April 5, 2019, file photo, John Sullivan, U.S. deputy secretary of state, speaks in Dinard, France. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File) **FILE**

John Sullivan, Deputy Secretary of State: Foreign probe of political rival doesn’t fit ‘our values’

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 26, 2017, file photo, U.S. Ambassador to Canada Kelly Knight Craft stands during her swearing in ceremony in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House grounds in Washington. Ms. Craft, nominated by President Trump to be ambassador to the UN, is coming under heightened scrutiny by Democrats on the Seneate Foreign Relations Committee, who question her qualifications, credibility and alleged conflicts of interest. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) **FILE**

Democrats step up attack on Trump U.N. nominee Kelly Craft

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 30, 2019, photo, from left, OAS Special Representative Gustavo Tarre Briceno, Venezuelan opposition's new envoy in Washington Carlos Vecchio, Chairman Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, and Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., listen to a question from a reporter at a news conference following a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Two years into President Donald Trump’s administration, the president’s allies in Congress are quietly trying to influence and even reshape his “America First” foreign policy agenda. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Foreign Affairs chairman Risch unveils bill on Saudi human rights, review of ties

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 4, 2018 file photo, Kelly Knight Craft, U.S. Ambassador to Canada, speaks about NAFTA and Canada-US relations at an Empire Club meeting in Toronto. Craft is President Donald Trump's nominee to be the next U.S. envoy to the United Nations. (Chris Donovan/The Canadian Press via AP)

Trump’s UN envoy nominee defends climate record

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

This March 19, 2019, file photo shows the view of the construction site of the receiving station of the Baltic Sea pipeline "Nord Stream 2" near Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline at the end of the year. So far, a third of the cables have been laid. Work in Germany is concentrated on the landing site near Lubmin. (Photo by: Stefan Sauer/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)

Russia German Nord Stream 2 pipeline to open despite U.S. pressure

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 15, 2014, file photo, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a press conference in Manama, Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

Donald Trump, Congress set for Saudi Arabia showdown over Jamal Khashoggi killing

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Donald Trump, Congress set for Saudi Arabia showdown over Jamal Khashoggi murder

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President Donald Trump dismbarks from Air Force One, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Washington returning from a campaign rally in Elko, Nev. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The Latest: Bolton faces tense talks with Russia

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Dem senators seek translator’s notes from Trump-Putin summit

By LISA MASCARO and DUSTIN WEAVER - Associated Press

Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo answers a questions during his confirmation hearing with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Thursday, April 12, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mike Pompeo clears panel with Chris Coons ‘present’ vote

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., the ranking member, right, oversee the confirmation vote on President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, who has faced considerable opposition before the panel, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 23, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Panel approves Pompeo for secretary of state

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In this April 9, 2018, photo, Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Outgoing CIA Director Pompeo will tell senators weighing his confirmation as secretary of state that years of soft U.S. policy toward Russia are “now over.” That’s according to excerpts of his opening statement obtained by The Associated Press ahead of his Senate hearing on April 12. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Pompeo says humans ‘likely’ nudge climate change

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