His latest request could push total spending on the war to $70 billion. Will Congress get the chance to even debate it?

No sooner than Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov returned to Moscow after the SCO ministerial in Tashkent, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s pending request for a conversation was scheduled late Friday evening. This has been their first conversation since the war began in Ukraine in February.

Adaptation — to a multipolar world in which Washington doesn’t always call the shots — is the first step.

How a country’s political corruption, institutional decay, and moral decline can be summed up in one sad family saga

Government and the media work together to promote war on Russia.

Europeans see a collision with Russia is a growing probability. That does not seem to have occurred to President Biden.

Democrats could be facing major losses in this year’s crucial midterm elections as Republicans aim to take back the House of Representatives and the Senate in November.

His announcement to step up military involvement in Europe reflects his choice of war over peace.

Domestic issues and a potential world war don’t bode well

There is no realistic scenario for Ukraine to win. Washington should push for a settlement.