Toxic Partisanship and Foreign Policy Consensus

While Cruz’s antics are destructive, we should remember that this is taking place against a backdrop of near-unanimous hostility to Russia in Washington.

Ted Cruz’s blockade against Biden’s State Department nominees continues to sabotage U.S. diplomacy:

The dispute between Senate Democrats and Republicans, led in part by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, who has issued a largely unprecedented blanket hold on most State Department nominees, underscores how increasingly partisan politics in Washington is affecting …