Senior U.S. lawmakers asked Hungary on Feb. 1 to “immediately approve” Sweden’s NATO membership bid, warning of “permanent damage” to the relationship between Budapest and Washington, according to Reuters. Sweden and Finland applied to join the alliance in 2022 after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, but accession was held up by objections from Turkey and Hungary. While Turkey formally ratifiedSweden’s NATO membership on Jan. 25, Hungary remains the only NATO member yet to approve Sweden’s accession application. Reuters said this has “frustrated NATO allies who see Sweden as an importan…