Bryant Harris

Ms Jackson is the first black woman selected to serve on US high court

New measures would have significant impact on Russia but stop short of some of the most severe actions that could further rattle the global economy

Republican senator had held up dozens of key State Department nominees in protest over president's initial decision not to sanction pipeline

Secretary of state calls meeting off after hosting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, who welcomed US sanctions on Russia

Cairo and Amman have asked Washington for more reassurances the deal will not run afoul of Syria sanctions as Republicans grow anxious pipeline may eventually extend to Turkey

Western powers respond after Vladimir Putin orders troops into eastern Ukraine

US president decries Russia's 'flagrant violation' of international law in Ukraine, says invasion is 'beginning'

Members of both parties have expressed frustration with president’s slow pace of determining whether ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas amounts to genocide

Muslim-American businessman's nomination had been stalled by conservative senators for almost a year

Thomas West says diplomacy with extremist group has yielded potential success on counterterrorism and girls' education

Intelligence Committee chairman Mark Warner questions Vladimir Putin’s analysis of a Ukraine invasion

The inside story of the US President’s change of heart – and why Turkey is toasting his volte-face

With Iran’s breakout time to build a nuclear weapon down to a matter of weeks, some senators are threatening a vote to block US re-entry into the JCPOA

Bill would assist Biden administration’s efforts to broker ceasefire while pushing ahead with a possible genocide designation

Lt Gen Erik Kurilla, the nominee to head Centcom, floated the prospect of co-operation as ISIS step up attacks in Afghanistan