Patricia Zengerle

McCain blocks Obama’s nomination for Iraq policy diplomat

June 24, 2019 at 6:13 p.m.

Senator John McCain said on Thursday he is blocking President Barack Obama's nomination of Anthony Blinken as the country's number two diplomat, citing sharp disagreement with the nominee's past statements...

Frustrated U.S. lawmakers urge tough action on child migration

May 23, 2019 at 9:40 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One Republican lawmaker said on Tuesday America should "whack" its Latin American neighbors by cutting aid in response to a flood of undocumented minors entering the United...

U.S. lawmakers: Egypt’s ‘descent toward despotism’ risks U.S. aid

May 23, 2019 at 9:40 p.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senior U.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday they were rethinking the more than $1 billion in military aid Washington sends to Cairo after Egyptian courts handed out mass...

Lawmakers seek to honor India’s Modi with address to Congress

May 23, 2019 at 9:40 p.m.

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, once denied a visa to enter the United States over massacres of Muslims, is expected to receive the honor...

White House-Congress rift over Bergdahl deal deepens

August 22, 2019 at 2:13 p.m.

WASHINGTON - A political storm over the trade of five Taliban inmates for a captured American soldier intensified on Monday when Obama administration officials told lawmakers that up to 90...

Former U.S POW Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl is pictured in Taliban video footage released last year. Right: Bergdahl's parents at a rally on their son's birthday.

Republicans demand hearings in Congress over soldier’s release

November 4, 2021 at 1:50 a.m.

Republican lawmakers angered by a White House deal to swap five Taliban prisoners for a captured U.S. soldier in Afghanistan on Monday demanded hearings over why the Obama administration reached...

Republicans demand hearings in Congress over soldier’s release

December 24, 2018 at 12:03 a.m.

Republican lawmakers angered by a White House deal to swap five Taliban prisoners for a captured U.S. soldier in Afghanistan on Monday demanded hearings over why the Obama administration reached...

Venezuela’s efforts to resolve crisis ‘total failure’: Kerry

August 25, 2021 at 5:09 a.m.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Impatience with the Venezuelan government is growing over its "total failure" to show good faith in talks to resolve the country's political crisis, U.S. Secretary of...

U.S. lawmakers want Venezuela sanctions; administration says not now

August 25, 2021 at 4:47 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers pushed on Thursday for sanctions on Venezuelans linked to human rights violations, but Obama administration officials insisted that acting now would harm negotiations between President...

Bill ending NSA data collection continues swift path through Congress

August 25, 2021 at 4:44 a.m.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to end the government's bulk collection of telephone records got a unanimous go-ahead on Thursday from a second U.S. congressional committee, advancing the first legislative...

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