Cornyn threatens to block Trump’s ambassadors over AIDS prevention funding - Live Updates - POLITICO

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is threatening to sink the ambassador nominations of two high-profile allies of President Donald Trump unless the White House commits to distributing AIDS funding in Africa...

 https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/07/21/congress/cornyn-pepfar-lake-mastriano-nominations-01006984

 

Ambassador shortage hampers Biden foreign policy as nominees hit logjam

…Cruz is taking a stand because he objects to a pipeline that will carry natural gas from Russia to Germany and wants the Biden administration to impose sanctions to stop it. His office told the Associated Press he was committed to using whatever leverage he has to force "mandatory sanctions"…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/14/ambassador-shortage-biden-foreign-policy-senate

The dangerous way Ted Cruz is undermining U.S. foreign policy

… "He is not the secretary of state. The people of this country did not elect him or his party to represent us abroad. And what he's asking for is to control American foreign policy."…

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/dangerous-way-ted-cruz-undermining-u-s-foreign-policy-n1282625

Ambassadors Gone Wild (Pod Save the World podcast)

Tommy and Ben make the case for Susan Rice as Vice President, the latest on escalating tensions between the US and China, US plans to sell advanced armed drones abroad, two Trump donors turned ambassadors are engulfed in scandal, anti-corruption protests threaten the government in Bulgaria, Bob Gates writes a book and we’re confused, the truth about TikTok and things aren’t looking good for Major League Baseball. Then Ben interviews Israeli news anchor Yonit Levi about the massive anti-Netanyahu protests in Israel.
Interview:
https://www.spreaker.com/user/9513168/ambassadors-gone-wild

Polo ponies and private planes: Trump impeachment fight deepens a rift among ambassadors - POLITICO

The congressional investigation into Trump has unearthed findings that are leading some diplomats to demand a revamp of how ambassadors are appointed.....
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/13/trump-ambassadors-impeachment-044039?cid=apn

Trump loses big: 8 years of his taxes are one step closer to reaching Congress - Daily Kos

With two ambassadors set to defy State Department orders and testify before the impeachment inquiry, Friday already seemed like a day in which the walls around Donald Trump's secrets were beginning to crumble. Now they're coming down with a resounding crash. In a 2-1 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that Trump's longtime accounting firm must turn over eight years of Trump's tax returns to the House Oversight Committee...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/11/1891753/-Trump-loses-big-eight-years-of-his-taxes-are-one-step-closer-to-reaching-Congress