Foreign Policy

Vice President JD Vance is seen from a lowered angle looking up at him as he speaks at a midterm campaign rally at CHI Aviation.

Trump Jr. says Vance being criticized by Karl Rove ‘couldn’t be a bigger endorsement’

Emily Hallas · November 9, 2026 3:17 pm

President Donald Trump talks to reporters after arriving on Air Force One, at President Donald J. Trump International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Nov. 6, 2026.

Trump says return to full-scale war with Iran ‘highly unlikely’ as peace talks pick up

Trump poses with fellow leaders of NATO member nations and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Europe wary of Trump administration’s talk of broader security agreement with Russia

In this undated photo provided by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Press Office, Ruslan Kravchenko, Prosecutor General of Ukraine poses for photo in his office in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies are undermining Trump’s peace efforts, former top prosecutor alleges

A Ukrainian serviceman nicknamed Bakeneko sets up satellite communications before a drone attack in the outskirts of Kremmina, Ukraine.

Allies fear relying on US after Starshield disruption demonstrated ‘kill switch’ threat

A US military insurgency against the Mexican drug cartels would be bloody and difficult

Tom Rogan March 9, 2023 1:05 pm

Matt Gaetz resolution to pull US troops from Syria fails to clear House

Ryan King March 8, 2023 11:08 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, following a meeting for the House Republican leadership elections. McCarthy easily won an internal party election Wednesday to take over the shrunken House GOP caucus, a familiar role for the underestimated scrapper whose top priority will be to protect President Donald Trump's agenda and try to build the party back to retake the majority.

Kevin McCarthy has a weak excuse for rejecting an invitation to Ukraine

Tom Rogan March 8, 2023 8:42 pm

Repatriation of two Americans killed in Mexico ‘underway,’ State Department says

Ryan King March 8, 2023 8:32 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks at the 2018 California Democrats State Convention Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, in San Diego.

Senate committee advances Garcetti’s nomination to become ambassador to India

Samantha-Jo Roth March 8, 2023 7:43 pm

The US flag, the Iraqi flag, and the US Forces Iraq colors are seen before they are carried in during ceremonies marking the end of US military mission in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead, 32,000 wounded and more than $800 billion, U.S. officials formally shut down the war in Iraq, a conflict that U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said was worth the price in blood and money.

Senate panel advances bill to repeal Iraq and Gulf war authorizations

Cami Mondeaux March 8, 2023 6:03 pm

Kevin McCarthy.

McCarthy pumps the brakes on Zelensky’s invite to visit Ukraine

Ryan King March 8, 2023 5:44 pm

In this Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018, photo, Afghan security personnel patrol in the city of Ghazni.

WATCH LIVE: House Foreign Affairs Committee holds hearing on US withdrawal from Afghanistan

Rachel Schilke March 8, 2023 2:09 pm

Putin’s war in Ukraine stokes fears that China’s Xi will build empire of his own

Joel Gehrke March 8, 2023 8:00 am

FYI - State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a news conference at the State Department, March 10, 2022, in Washington.

State Department spokesman Ned Price to step down and transition into policy role

Ryan King March 7, 2023 10:24 pm

What Max Boot gets wrong about China alarmism

Tom Rogan March 7, 2023 8:38 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., left, speak during a news conference on legislation labeling the Russian Wagner Group as one of the Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Lindsey Graham floats bill to ‘set the stage to use military’ against drug cartels

Ryan King March 7, 2023 6:42 pm