Author: Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY

The bill also includes a controversial provision to allow local governments to penalize businesses or individuals engaged in anti-Israel boycotts.

Critics said abandoning the 32-year-old treaty will spark a new arms race, undermine American credibility,and put Europe at risk of Russian aggression.

The Senate sent a rare warning shot to President Trump, pushing back against his plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and Afghanistan.

New Venezuelan diplomat Carlos Vecchio found open doors at the White House and in Congress this week but was locked out of his own country’s embassy.

The Trump administration’s push to oust Venezuela’s President Nicholas Maduro has wide-ranging implications.

The State Department said it has limited ability to help American citizens in Venezuela.

The U.S. sanctions are aimed at ratchetingup pressure on embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro but could increase gas prices in the U.S.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Elliott Abrams will travel to New York with him Saturday for a meeting of the United Nation’s Security Council.

American diplomats in Venezuela are in the middle of an escalating dispute between the Trump administration and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

A top Russian official warned theTrump administration against military intervention in Venezuela, saying it would create a “catastrophic scenario.”