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Will Joe Biden seek presidency in 2020?
Former Vice President Joe Biden is tiptoeing toward a potential presidential run in 2020, even broaching the possibility during a recent gathering of longtime...
Trump giving lethal weapons to Ukraine
Ukraine will soon have more lethal American-made weapons to help it fight Russian-backed separatists.
U.S. officials said Friday that the Trump administration approved a plan...
America First? Does anyone care?
President Donald Trump invited the question, and now the world must answer: If America insists on putting itself first, will anyone else follow?
Trump scolded...
Horror with no reasonable explanation
The blaring, grinding noise jolted the American diplomat from his bed in a Havana hotel. He moved just a few feet, and there was...
Trump’s ever-changing Afghan plans
Never tip your hand to the enemy. No timelines for military operations. No free pass for a neighbor who tolerates extremists or enables U.S....
Another strategy flub by Trump
Just when President Donald Trump’s strategy for North Korea was finally starting to show dividends, he threw it a curve.
At long last, his administration...
Trump vs Tillerson on Qatar
President Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on Qatar to stop what he calls a "high level" of financial support of terrorism, even as...
Haley: Another side of Trump?
Nikki Haley crouched low in the trailer of an 18-wheeler taping up a box of lentils and wheat for besieged Syrians, her hands-on diplomacy...
Tillerson gives Russia a choice
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued an ultimatum to Russia on Tuesday: Side with the U.S. and likeminded countries on Syria, or embrace...
Tillerson trip tests Russia ties
With Russia-tinged investigations swirling around his administration, President Donald Trump has yet to fulfill a campaign pledge of closer cooperation with Moscow. A planned...