Opinion
Don’t buy Kevin McCarthy’s rationale for kicking Black, Muslim, Somalia-born Rep. Ilhan Omar off the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Feb. 5, 2023
Politics
Just as the Watergate scandal of the 1970s reshaped the way this country conducts election campaigns, the Iran- contra affair appears certain to leave its imprint on the way foreign policy is conducted.
Aug. 8, 1987
Letters to the Editor
The Democrat’s past statements on Israel render her unfit to serve on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, says a reader.
Feb. 7, 2023
Many members of Congress regard foreign aid as budgetary poison ivy, but Rep. Howard L.
May 6, 1990
A secret White House file of former President Ronald Reagan’s communications with foreign leaders was never turned over to Congress during the investigation of the Iran-Contra affair, the Senate Intelligence Committee revealed Friday.
June 24, 1989
During nearly a decade in Congress, Rep. Gary L.
Feb. 2, 1993
World & Nation
Dante Fascell, a Florida Democrat in Congress for 38 years who played a leading role in U.S. foreign policy as chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has died of colon cancer.
Nov. 30, 1998
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s possible stop in Taiwan has riled Beijing, which claims the island democracy as its own territory.
July 31, 2022
Members of the new Congress came to town last week for what were supposed to be routine organizational meetings.
Dec. 14, 1986
The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 21 to 2 to issue contempt of Congress citations against two New York City brothers who have refused to provide information about the purported U.S. investments of Philippine President Ferdinand E.
Dec. 18, 1985