John Herbst

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Thank Republicans — even Donald Trump — for Putin's very bad week

Thanks to the statesmanship of Speaker Mike Johnson, Russian President Vladimir Putin has suffered a very bad week.

Anti-Ukraine Republicans like J.D. Vance and Marjorie Taylor Greene don't speak for most voters

Senator J.D. Vance and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene are united in the belief that the worst thing America is doing right now is helping Ukraine stand up to Russian dictator...

House GOP snubbing Ukraine aid is a far more serious threat than Trump's NATO theatrics

Donald Trump set off another controversy when recalling a meeting he had as president with a European leader, suggesting at a campaign rally he would let the Russians do “whatever...

Now is the time for US to fully commit to Ukraine's war against Russia

Biden prides himself on his foreign-policy savvy. Now is his great moment on the historical stage to secure his reputation as a statesman. 

America can — and must — act to limit Putin's slaughter in Ukraine

The Biden administration and the entire NATO alliance should respond to Putin’s latest play of his nuclear card to intimidate people from supporting Ukraine.

America must act — our security and prosperity are at stake in Putin's war on Ukraine

The war began eight years ago, when Moscow seized and annexed Crimea and launched a not-quite-covert war in Ukraine’s Donbas region, resulting in more than 14,000 Ukrainian deaths

Putin got just what he wanted from his phone call with Biden

Team Biden is hoping that Vladimir Putin’s relatively positive description of the talks means that the Ukrainian crisis is cooling down – but Joe has made it worse instead, John...

Biden's gift to Putin: Pressuring Democrats on Nord Stream 2 pipeline

President Joe Biden is flip-flopping his stance on Russia by trying to deter a major Kremlin invasion of Ukraine -- all while handing the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in...