AP | LISA MASCARO and SUSANNAH GEORGE: Lawmakers from both parties in Congress demanded more information on the White Houses claims of rising threats in the Middle East, warning President Donald Trump off a dangerous escalation with Iran. The top leaders in Congress the so-called Gang of Eight are to receive a classified briefing from the administration ...

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez announced on Tuesday his opposition to the Iran nuclear deal, the second Democratic senator to go against President Barack Obama, who is heavily lobbying for a congressional endorsement of the agreement. Under the agreement, which the U.S. and other world powers negotiated with Tehran, Iran ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bill calling for Congress to have a say on an emerging nuclear agreement with Iran has turned into a tug of war on Capitol Hill, with Republicans trying to raise the bar so high that a final deal might be impossible and Democrats aiming to give the White House more room to negotiate with Tehran. Senators of both parties are considering ...

[caption id="attachment_153284" align="alignright" width="194"] Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington February 11, 2015. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts[/caption] (Reuters) - U.S. senators introduced legislation late on Friday requiring congressional review of any deal ...

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) is considering delaying the introduction of his Iran sanctions bill until March, which would give him more time to gather support from wavering Democrats, according to a recent interview. The bill, co-authored with Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), would impose new sanctions if international negotiators do not reach a deal with Iran ...

In one of the most stunning rebukes of a sitting president by a member of his own party, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) accused President Obama of taking his talking points on Iran straight out of Tehran after the State of the Union Address. Its not the first time the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has disagreed with the president....

[caption id="attachment_29670" align="alignright" width="183"] Senators Robert Menendez (R) and Lindsey Graham speak to reporters just after the Senate voted 99-0 in favor if the sanction package.[/caption] WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Democratic and Republican senators largely responsible for tough sanctions on Iran are warning of more penalties if any ...

Senior Democratic and Republican lawmakers assert that it is unlikely the United States will drop espionage charges against National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, a report says. While privacy advocates and some members of Congress hailed Snowden as a whistleblower when he revealed details about NSA spying programs, senior lawmakers say he ...