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Charles Kushner, nominee for US Ambassador to France, looks on as US President Donald Trump meets with US ambassadors in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2025. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)
May 20, 2025, 10:33 am
Trump’s in-law Charles Kushner confirmed as US ambassador to France
Father of US president’s son-in-law approved 51-45; citing Holocaust survivor parents, real estate developer who was pardoned by Trump has said he’s dedicated to building ties
By AP
Debris of a railway depot ruined after a Russian rocket attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, September 28, 2022. (Andrii Marienko/AP)
September 29, 2022, 12:52 pm
Biden administration faces senator complaints about weak impact of Russia sanctions
State, Treasury departments tell Senate Foreign Relations Committee that response to possible Moscow annexation of Ukrainian territory should focus on oil revenue, arms supplies
By Ellen Knickmeyer
A former inmate of Khiam prison holds a mock gallows during a sit-in near a military court where an arrest warrant was issued for Lebanese-American Amer Fakhoury, who confessed he had worked for Israel when it had a security zone in Lebanon for nearly two decades, in Beirut, Lebanon, September 17, 2019. (Bilal Hussein/AP)
February 24, 2020, 8:28 pm
Bill aims sanctions at Lebanon over US citizen detained for alleged torture
Legislation would sanction current and former Lebanese officials involved in holding Amer Fakhoury, 57, former member of the disbanded, Israel-backed South Lebanon Army
By KATHY McCORMACK
Illustrative: US President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. (Susan Walsh/AP)
November 13, 2019, 12:43 pm
Trump, Erdogan to meet as thorny issues strain relations
Turkey’s decision to buy a Russian air defense system and its attack on US-allied Kurdish forces in northern Syria expected to be on the agenda
By Deb Riechmann
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd from right) meets at his Jerusalem office with the ambassador to the US, Ron Dermer (right); White House adviser Jared Kushner (center); US Ambassador David Friedman (second left); and special envoy Jason Greenblatt, on June 22, 2018. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
October 5, 2018, 9:47 am
US envoy Greenblatt discusses Israeli-Palestinian peace plan with senators
Negotiator does not provide new details of the plan, which Trump has promised to unveil within the next four months
By ToI Staff
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker (left) confers with ranking member Sen. Ben Cardin (right) during a committee markup meeting on the proposed nuclear agreement with Iran, in Washington, DC, April 14, 2015. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
July 12, 2017, 11:54 pm
Fears of instability chip away at support for US bill cutting PA funding
Lawmakers unanimously support idea behind Taylor Force Act forcing Palestinians to halt incitement, but some say even Israeli officials worry about impact of cutting off money
By Eric Cortellessa
Russian President Vladimir Putin walks along the Cathedral Square of the Kremlin, to take part in a holiday reception in Moscow, Monday, June 12, 2017. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
June 14, 2017, 11:28 pm
Senate approves sanctions bill to punish Russia for meddling
Bipartisan legislation targets key sectors of Russian economy, individuals who carried out cyber attacks during 2016 election
By Richard Lardner
US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Syria. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
September 30, 2016, 2:42 am
US official: Russia risks being mired in Syria ‘quagmire’
Moscow spokesman slams Washington’s warnings as proof of ‘US-controlled international terrorist alliance’
By Richard Lardner
File: Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah delivers a speech shown on a screen during a rally in the southern Lebanese town of Nabatiyeh, May 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
December 19, 2015, 1:03 am
Obama signs Hezbollah sanctions bill into law
White House welcomes legislation, which some hope will limit group’s cash windfall after Iran sanctions are lifted
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy (YouTube screenshot)
September 29, 2015, 2:01 am
Democratic discontent with US policy on Syria grows
Handful of lawmakers slam failed American effort to train and equip moderate rebels to fight Islamic State
By Deb Riechmann
March 9, 2013, 5:30 am
US urges European bank to cut Iran out of transfer system
‘We will continue to press the ECB to take what we think is the right step here,’ says undersecretary of the Treasury
February 27, 2013, 8:11 pm
Senators urge EU to end Iran bank transactions
Signed by 36 legislators, letter seeks to close off possible money laundering mechanism
President Barack Obama and his choice for defense secretary, former Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel, left, and Leon Panetta in the East Room of the White House, January 7, 2013 (photo credit: Charles Dharapak/AP)
January 25, 2013, 2:42 am
After Iran clarification, Democrats rally behind Hagel
Senator Frank Lautenberg confident defense secretary nominee ‘firmly committed to ensuring a strong US-Israel relationship’
By Donna Cassata
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