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Congress Blocks Trump’s NATO Drawdown Plan in Rare Bipartisan Rebuke

Dec 17, 2025

In a striking show of congressional muscle, Republicans joined Democrats this month to hand President Donald Trump one of his most significant political defeats on national security, moving decisively to block any unilateral effort to scale back U.S. military commitments to Europe and NATO. The setback came with House passage of the National Defense Authorization…
After Wole Soyinka, Former SA Minister Naledi Pandor Becomes Latest High-Profile Critic To Lose U.S. Visa

Nov 25, 2025

Former South African minister Naledi Pandor has become the latest prominent African figure to have her U.S. visa unexpectedly revoked — a development drawing immediate comparisons to the recent visa cancellation of Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka. Pandor, who served as South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation and now chairs the Nelson Mandela…

Congress Blocks Trump’s NATO Drawdown Plan in Rare Bipartisan Rebuke