Senate Foreign Relations Committee

TACO TRUMP

Senator Rips Trump for Letting Putin Walk All Over Him—Again

Yet another of Trump’s mercurial ceasefire deadlines has just come and gone.

Harry Thompson

SELL OUT

Senator Clashes With Rubio: ‘I Regret Voting for You’

Insults were hurled and tempers flared during a tense Senate hearing.

Tom Sanders

UPHILL BATTLE

Sen. Merkley Says No to Rahm Emanuel Nomination

The former Chicago mayor has come under fire over his role in covering up the 2014 police killing of a Black teenager.

Corbin Bolies

OUTCRY

Menendez Vows Hearing on ‘Flawed’ Afghanistan Withdrawal

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is set to seek a “full accounting” of the withdrawal.

Lawrence Ukenye

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TRY AGAIN

Busted: Report on ‘Wuhan Lab’ Origins of Virus Is Bogus

A military contractors’ report circulating on Capitol Hill claims to have evidence that COVID-19 escaped from a Chinese lab. It’s filled with information that’s just plain wrong.

Adam Rawnsley

ANYONE HOME?

Senate Dems Plead With Key GOP Chair to Probe Trump-Ukraine

The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Jim Risch, hasn’t expressed any desire to find out more about President Trump’s pressure campaign in Ukraine.

Sam Brodey