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Islamist Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared to celebrate the indictment of Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) on corruption charges in remarks this week suggesting that his removal from the chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee would make it easier for Turkey to purchase American F-16 fighter jets.

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, fractured his shoulder while rushing to the U.S. Senate floor to vote on Tuesday, according to a report.

en. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has already become a thorn in President Joe Biden’s side over several policies and decisions.

Both Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, notably including chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ), expressed mounting frustration Tuesday with the Biden administration after Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin refused to answer questions about the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Senate Republicans on Tuesday questioned Secretary of State Antony Blinken on who is really in charge of making decisions at the White House amid multiple feeds of President Biden being cut off by a “puppeteer” in mid-conversation at public events.

Republicans are planning to capitalize on their first shot to grill Secretary of State Antony Blinken over President Joe Biden’s botched U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan when he testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Monday afternoon and the panel’s Senate counterpart Tuesday.

Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) conceded that former President Donald Trump “took bold and aggressive” action against Communist China.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) joined Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) in announcing Tuesday that the government of Russia denied him a visa to enter the country as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation. 

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) revealed Monday that the government of Russia denied him a visa to enter the country as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation.

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo repudiated the crackdown on religious freedom in China at the hands of communist leader Xi Jinping in remarks Tuesday and Wednesday, stressing that the persecution of Muslims and Christians in the Asian country has reached “historic proportions.”

U.S. President Donald Trump “may have avoided getting entrapped into a bad deal” by refusing to accept dictator Kim Jong-un’s scant denuclearization offer in exchange for major sanctions relief at the second unprecedented summit with North Korea earlier this year, a renowned expert on negotiations with the rogue regime told lawmakers on Tuesday.

GOP Sen. Marco Rubio, who has remained focused on foreign policy during his time in office, says he is uncertain of whether Heather Nauert, President Trump’s pick to be U.N. Ambassador, can handle the job.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) last week tried to block billions in U.S. taxpayer funds from going to the Afghan military and police forces unless its’ units stopped sexually abusing young boys, but he was opposed by Senate Foreign Relations Committee leaders.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday that the U.S. government had reason to believe North Korea was still producing fissile material despite vowing the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.

Several Monday conversations with President Donald Trump, a meeting with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, and reassurances about Afghanistan led Sen. Rand Paul to announce Monday evening that he would vote to support Pompeo as the next Secretary of State.

Three Democrat senators now say they support Mike Pompeo for secretary of state: Sens. Heidi Heitkamp (ND), Joe Manchin (WV), and Joe Donnelly (IN).

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee announced Thursday morning it will hold a vote for CIA Director Mike Pompeo at 5 p.m. to confirm him as secretary of state.

Family Research Council President Tony Perkins and 49 other international religious liberty leaders are urging Senate leaders to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo.

Former Vice President Joe Biden admitted that President Donald Trump could succeed in his peace talks with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, noting that former President Barack Obama never reached that point in diplomacy with the rogue nation.

The top lawmakers on a Senate panel, in a rare show of bipartisanship, urged the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to launch an investigation into “credible allegations” of drug trafficking activities linked to the regime of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro that may be fueling the drug overdose epidemic in America.

“Health attacks” against American government personnel in Cuba likely began near the end of the Obama administration in November 2016, almost a year after the former president’s move to restore diplomatic ties with the oppressive communist nation formally took effect, U.S. Department of State (DOS) officials told lawmakers.

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) is developing networks across North Africa that seek to attack the continent, Europe, and the United States while it loses control of its so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria, a top U.S. State Department counterterrorism official warned lawmakers.

Dr. Sebastian Gorka, recently signed as a Fox News contributor, joined SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Wednesday’s Breitbart News Daily to talk about the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Tuesday hearing to review the presidential launch authority for nuclear weapons.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing to examine presidential authority over the use of nuclear weapons

The Trump administration has not authorized any new missions in Niger since taking office in January, defense officials tell Breitbart News.

“Given his severe case of short man syndrome and the fact he would have lost his primary, it’s not surprising Corker is seeking attention and affirmation from the Beltway elites,” a senior Republican aide working for a Senator on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee told Breitbart News.

The United States must take “bold action” by the end of 2017 to prevent Christianity in Iraq — the cradle of Christendom — from disappearing in just “a few short years,” warns former Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA).

Monthly payments to families of those imprisoned for attacking Israelis contribute to stability in Palestinian society rather than encourage terrorism, the senior Palestinian official in charge of disbursing them told The Jerusalem Post Sunday.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a bill Thursday to cut US funding to the Palestinian Authority if it does not stop paying salaries to terrorists and their families.

The ongoing implementation of the peace pact between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has helped to render the country the world’s top producer of cocaine again, fueling a historic number of overdose deaths in the United States, says the U.S. Department of State (DOS).

As the Senate Foreign Relations Committee prepares to pass a bill that would massively cut aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) until it ends its $300 million in annual payments to convicted terrorists and their families, one of the legislation’s leading advocates has said that the PA must change its own laws regarding the payments as a condition for continued US assistance.

On Wednesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing to discuss the Taylor Force Act, which, if passed, would cut financial aid from the United States to the Palestinian Authority (PA) unless the PA stops its “pay for slay” payments which reward terrorists.

TEL AVIV – Both Israel and the Palestinians have rejected claims made by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that the Palestinian leadership has “changed its policy” and would cease its payouts of terrorist salaries in the near future.

WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told senators on Tuesday that the Palestinian leadership had changed its policy and intends to stop paying the families of terrorists jailed for attacking or killing Israelis.

The prime minister of Libya’s United Nations-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has reportedly urged Russia to help him end his war-ravaged country’s domestic conflict.

A bill introduced by Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) on Wednesday calls for sanctions against Chinese individuals and companies that participate in island-building projects across the disputed South China Sea region.