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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

Donna Cassata

In this file photo taken Tuesday, March 9, 2010, elephants use their trunks to smell for possible danger in the Tsavo East national park, Kenya. The Trump administration is lifting a federal ban on the importation of body parts from African elephants shot for sport. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo, File)
November 18, 2017, 9:29 pm
Trump delays new policy on importing elephant trophies
Officials said the decision should be put on hold until the situation in Zimbabwe stabilizes
By Donna Cassata
In this July 11, 2017, file photo arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 11, 2017. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
July 20, 2017, 4:40 am
Senator John McCain diagnosed with brain tumor
Former presidential candidate, 80, weighing treatment options after aggressive tumor found during removal of blood clot
By Donna Cassata
Hillary Clinton (photo credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
March 4, 2015, 11:27 pm
Benghazi panel to demand access to Clinton emails
Body investigating 2012 attack to issue subpoenas, as prospective presidential candidate faces questions about secrecy
By Donna Cassata
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator Robert Menendez, D-NJ (left), talks with ranking member Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn. (right), on Capitol Hill in Washington, on July 29, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Susan Walsh, File)
February 28, 2015, 6:25 am
Senators unveil new bill challenging Obama on Iran
Bipartisan legislation would bar administration from suspending congressional sanctions for 60 days while any deal is reviewed
By Donna Cassata
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, February 23, 2015 (photo credit: Hadas Parush/FLASH90)
February 25, 2015, 6:44 am
Netanyahu declines invite to speak to Senate Democrats
Prime minister says assenting to private meeting with one party ‘could compound the misperception of partisanship’
By Donna Cassata
A pro-Russian rebel mans a weapon mounted on a pickup truck in the town of Vuhlehirsk, eastern Ukraine, February 10, 2015 (AP/Vadim Braydov)
February 11, 2015, 5:05 am
Top US officials back $1 billion lethal aid to Ukraine
Move comes as Congress pushes for tougher stance against Russian-supported rebels ahead of peace summit in Minsk
By Donna Cassata and Deb Riechmann
In this Sept. 9, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama meets with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (photo credit: AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
January 5, 2015, 2:25 pm
New Congress plans for tough sanctions on Tehran
With Republicans now in control of House and Senate, Obama administration faces formidable challenges. Five areas to watch
By Donna Cassata
Former Auschwitz guard Jakob Denzinger (screen capture: YouTube)
December 5, 2014, 8:10 am
Bill to stop Nazi benefit payments heads to Obama
Legal loophole allowed war criminals to continue receiving Social Security funds even after deportation
By Donna Cassata
General Martin Dempsey testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, on September 16, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
November 13, 2014, 9:45 pm
Top US general considers sending more US troops to Iraq
Martin Dempsey says 80,000 local soldiers needed in order to retake areas lost to Islamic State
By Donna Cassata and Lolita C. Baldor
In this March 4, 2009 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., looks on as President Barack Obama makes remarks on government contracts reform in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington. (photo credit: AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
November 8, 2014, 5:11 pm
Republican Senate committee heads aim to undo many Obama policies
At Foreign Relations, Bob Corker could push for new Iran sanctions; at Armed Services, John McCain wants more US forces in Iraq to battle IS
By Donna Cassata
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator Robert Menendez, D-NJ (left), talks with ranking member Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn. (right), on Capitol Hill in Washington, on July 29, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Susan Walsh, File)
September 22, 2014, 1:03 pm
Syria vote isn’t last word from Congress on war
Initial approval for action against Islamic State has only a 3-month window, and further voting complicated by 2016 elections
By Bradley Klapper and Donna Cassata
US President Barack Obama delivers a prime-time address from the Cross Hall of the White House on September 10, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Saul Loeb, Pool)
September 18, 2014, 2:03 am
US House grudgingly approves arms for Syrian rebels
In fight against IS, 273-156 vote crosses party lines in a Congress marked by near ceaseless partisanship
By David Espo and Donna Cassata
Members of the anti-war activist group CodePink interrupt a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
September 17, 2014, 4:50 am
Dempsey: Ground troops may be necessary in Iraq
Top US general says he may recommend boots on the ground, though White House quickly reiterates Obama’s position
By David Espo and Donna Cassata
Illustrative photo of an F-16. (photo credit: CC BY Ronnie Macdonald, Flickr)
September 16, 2014, 4:07 am
US begins expanded air strikes on Islamic State in Iraq
House GOP pushes authorization of Syrian rebel training, a central piece of Obama’s strategy
By Lolita C. Baldor, Bradley Klapper and Donna Cassata
An image uploaded on June 14, 2014 on the jihadist website Welayat Salahuddin allegedly shows militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) executing dozens of captured Iraqi security forces members at an unknown location in the Salaheddin province. (photo credit: AFP/HO/Welayat Salahuddin)
June 18, 2014, 12:35 am
Prospect of new Iraq fight turns hawks into doves
Debating military intervention following ISIL gains, US congressional hardliners’ positions shift
By Bradley Klapper and Donna Cassata
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