U.S. Congress

Democrats in Congress signaled they were uneasy with the move and are demanding answers from the White House.

Torn between mending ties with Germany or Republicans in Congress, the Biden administration takes a softer line on Nord Stream 2 than some lawmakers expected.

While a conviction seems unlikely, Democratic lawmakers seek accountability for the former president’s instigation of the mob that stormed the Capitol.

Failed immigration reform gave rise to Trumpism. Success could finally cool the debate.

Five places to start undoing the Trump administration’s damage and rebuilding U.S. leadership.

The U.S. president was impeached on charges of “incitement of insurrection” in a vote that laid bare deep divisions within the Republican Party over its post-Trump future.

Congressional overseers are livid that the administration made major policy changes without prior formal consultations.

Second dissent cable directed at Pompeo also rebukes the secretary of state for not forcefully condemning the president.

Not a lot, it turns out.

State Department officials expressed anger at the department’s gag order on messaging as violence wracked Washington, saying the incident has caused untold damage to U.S. efforts to promote democratic values abroad.

After a pro-Trump mob stormed Congress, Americans might have a harder time accomplishing their diplomatic goals from Europe to China.

Trump’s actions on Wednesday have led to an unavoidable national reckoning.

Donald Trump decried ‘American carnage’ in his 2017 inaugural address on the Capitol steps. His rhetoric made it a reality in 2021.

Wednesday’s failed insurrection shows how the global ambitions of foreign-policy elites are divorced from reality—and undermined by domestic dysfunction.

Trump has become “unmoored” from reality, warns lone Republican congressman joining Democrats in calls to remove the president.

Trump failed because key Republicans backed down and the military stayed out—yet critical questions remain.