The Latest Breaking News from Washington D.C.

U.S. troops arrive in Poland to reinforce Eastern Europe allies

A plane carrying U.S. troops landed in Poland on Sunday, a Reuters witness said, as Washington reinforces its NATO allies in Eastern Europe amid a Russian military build-up on Ukraine's border.

Reuters · Feb 6, 2022

Germany prepares to beef up Lithuania force to show solidarity in Ukraine crisis

Olaf Scholz will fly to Washington as part of diplomatic effort to convince Nato he can be relied upon

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2022

The US economic war on Afghanistan amounts to a humanitarian crime

Washington and the west are inflicting brutal collective punishment on an already destitute people by freezing assets and aid

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2022

Amnesty says Israel is an apartheid state. Many Israeli politicians agree

While some in Washington DC and US media decry Amnesty’s conclusions, it’s a different story among some Israeli leaders

The Guardian - US · Feb 5, 2022

US Officials: Iran’s Nuclear Program Advanced Too Far to Re-create 'Breakout Period'

Iran's nuclear program had advanced too far to re-create the roughly 12-month so-called "breakout period" of the 2015 pact, US officials warned. US officials said Iran is capable of amassing enough nuclear fuel for a bomb in significantly less than a year, a shorter time frame than the one that…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 5, 2022

Amnesty report on Israeli ‘apartheid’ garners bipartisan US fury

Advocates say despite Congressional leaders’ vehement opposition, ‘apartheid’ charge against Israel will not go away.

Al Jazeera · Feb 5, 2022

'Someone else's festival': No North Korea at ally's Olympics

During the last Winter Games, North Korea basked in the global limelight in South Korea

The Independent UK · Feb 5, 2022

Cost to rebuild US semiconductor manufacturing will keep growing

As Washington debates spending $52 billion to start regaining America’s former role as a leading semiconductor manufacturer, experts say the public and private cost over the next two decades may exceed 10 times that much — and some worry such spending may still not achieve the goal.

Tribune News Service · Feb 5, 2022

Blinken seeks to keep pressure on China in trip to Australia and Fiji

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to push back on “aggression and coercion” in the Indo-Pacific region during a trip to Australia and Fiji next week, a sign the administration is keeping China high on its agenda even as it finds itself focused on the Russia-Ukraine crisis.

Tribune News Service · Feb 5, 2022

China urges US ‘flexibility’ with North Korea amid Washington anger at UN ‘silence’

After refusing to sign a statement condemning North Korea’s latest missile tests, China called for US to create ‘attractive and practical’ solutions

The Guardian - AU · Feb 5, 2022