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See full feedHow Trump's foreign policy is impacting the midterms as third aircraft carrier moves to Middle East
A third U.S. aircraft carrier is heading to the Middle East along with thousands of troops. CBS News chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan reports and Matt Kroenig, nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, joins to discuss the war.
October 1, 2026
John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Middle Eastern countries hurt by Russia’s war on Ukraine and diverting it to right-wing governments in Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia.

America's global legacy at 250
As the United States grew from a series of small colonies into a global superpower, it took bold, transformative steps on the world stage, but it has also stumbled. On this 250th anniversary, guest moderator William Brangham, Esther Brimmer, Michael Mandelbaum and Robert Zoellick examine America's global legacy and what history will teach us about President Trump's foreign policy.
Trump says U.S. keeping current support levels for NATO would be "ridiculous"
President Trump says it would be "ridiculous" for the United States to continue its "one sided" relationship with NATO. His remarks came less than a week before a NATO summit in Turkey.
Sen. James Lankford says Congress should ratify any deal Trump makes with Iran
Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., on Sunday said “it is best” if Congress votes to ratify any potential deal to end the war in Iran, saying that a deal approved by Congress would have a more “lasting effect.”“It is best if it is ratified by Congress; it has a more lasting effect on it,” Lankford told NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”He added that President Donald Trump is seeking to “end Iran’s constant attack of Americans and American assets and American allies in that region,” wh





