Warren, Sanders Hosting Call With Pro-Tehran Lobby Group

Adam Kredo and David Rutz
January 8, 2020 5:25 PM

Democratic presidential contenders Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) are slated to host a conference call with an Iranian-American advocacy group that has been accused of acting as Tehran’s lobbying arm in the United States.

Ben Rhodes: Obama Admin Threw Israel Under Bus at U.N. to Pressure Jewish State

Adam Kredo
October 28, 2019 5:30 PM

Ben Rhodes, President Obama's national security adviser, said on Monday that Obama sought to use the United Nations as a vehicle to isolate and pressure the Jewish state.

Castro Open to Quid Pro Quo for Israeli Aid

Says U.S. should reestablish consulate in east Jerusalem

Graham Piro
October 28, 2019 12:50 PM

Presidential hopeful Julián Castro said he would consider conditioning aid to Israel in order to press the country into pursuing a two-state solution.

MSNBC Asks Ben Rhodes to Fact-Check Trump on Syria

Nic Rowan
October 23, 2019 2:50 PM

MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell turned to former Obama adviser Ben Rhodes to "fact check" President Donald Trump on American involvement in Syria.

Ben Rhodes Should Probably Shut Up About Foreign Policy

Whatever happened to his dream of becoming a novelist?

Andrew Stiles
September 16, 2019 4:30 PM

Former Obama speechwriter and national security adviser Ben Rhodes doesn't always discuss foreign policy on Twitter, the popular social networking website. Sometimes he tweets about baseball.

Progressives Discard the Truth to Demonize Israel

Rhodes's lies, Tlaib's bigotry, and a creepy obsession with the Jewish state

Aaron Kliegman
July 25, 2019 3:50 PM

Progressives have made hatred of the world's only Jewish state part of their moral and political doctrines.

When the Straw Men Take Over

The false binary of war or diplomacy is eroding national discussions about foreign policy

Aaron Kliegman
June 26, 2019 9:10 AM

No serious person advocating stronger action against Iran is calling for an American invasion or a large-scale war.

Dems Tied to Obama’s Pro-Iran ‘Echo Chamber’ Spread Terror Regime’s Anti-Trump Talking Points

Seeking to drive wedge between Trump and his national security team, team Obama in lock step with Iran

Adam Kredo
May 22, 2019 1:35 PM

A cadre of former top Obama administration figures and their allies in Congress have been working to amplify anti-Trump talking points issued by a senior Iranian regime official in what sources have described as an effort by Obama's pro-Iran echo chamber to drive a wedge between President Donald Trump and his national security team.

Bernie Sanders Has His Own Ben Rhodes

Matt Duss's flawed, progressive views on foreign policy are becoming mainstream

Aaron Kliegman
February 8, 2019 6:08 PM

Progressive foreign policy is at its core a paradox. It seeks to promote a more peaceful, interdependent, and egalitarian world in which human rights are protected and the developing world can flourish along with a prosperous United States. Yet the thing most capable of making all of that happen—American power in all of its forms, military and otherwise—is what progressives fear and revile the most.

Progressives Don’t Want Trump to Get Credit for the ‘Obama Economy’

David Rutz
July 9, 2018 9:22 AM

Barack Obama aide-turned-MSNBC contributor Ben Rhodes made a funny remark last week about President Donald Trump, saying the president was "touting the Obama economy."