Secretary Antony Blinken

The US and Israel have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) pledging mutual collaboration on artificial intelligence (AI) and energy projects.  The MOU was signed as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the US for the third time since President Donald Trump’s inauguration.  Energy and Interior Secretaries Chris Wright and Doug Burgum, along with US […]

President Donald Trump and his cabinet recently travelled to the Hague, Netherlands, for a summit with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).  The summit concluded with a historic agreement by NATO members to each spend a minimum 5% of their GDP on defense.  President Trump, a former critic of NATO members’ unwillingness to adequately finance […]

Secretary of State Antony Blinken appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday after being voted in contempt for failing to testify on the disastrous 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal. Representative Brian Mast (R-FL) tore into Blinken with both barrels on the federal government continuing to send foreign aid to the country despite having no diplomatic […]

President Joe Biden’s new sanctions on Israel, Israeli organizations and citizens have incited congressional pushback from Florida’s Republican lawmakers.  The US State Department announced the sanctions late last week.  The organizations and individuals sanctioned are Israeli NGO Hashomer Yosh and its volunteers. Hashomer Yosh is a non-profit NGO created to protect Israeli farmers in the […]

President Joe Biden is expected to not reinstate oil sanctions imposed on Venezuela during President Donald Trump’s term, according to recent reports.  Renewing sanctions on Venezuelan oil exports would raise domestic gasoline prices given OPEC production cuts have increased American reliance on alternative sources, such as Venezuela.  Consequently, US officials are reportedly concerned that limiting […]