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With the ambassador’s headline-making testimony, the Ukraine impeachment inquiry shed unprecedented light on the difference between political appointees and career diplomats.

The secretary of state takes flak from both chambers on Capitol Hill as his nominee for deputy gets grilled as well.

The regime has survived uprisings in the past. But now it is starting to kill demonstrators in great numbers.

The U.S. Middle East peace plan may be in a coma. But that hasn’t stopped Washington from handing major diplomatic victories to Israel.

The move is part of the administration’s campaign to get U.S. allies to pay more for defense. South Korea is also being asked to pony up.

Republicans are defending him in the impeachment inquiry by saying he gave more military aid than his predecessor, but it came only after the reluctant president was convinced it would be good for U.S. business.

Recent reports reveal a pattern of political retaliation, some without consequences, in Trump’s State Department.

Despite partisan bickering over the first public impeachment hearing into Trump's behavior, foreign service officers lauded the performance of two of their own, William Taylor and George Kent.

Ahead of Erdogan’s visit to Washington, insiders are pessimistic that the Geneva talks will lead to a political solution for Syria.

Will the new U.S. diplomatic outpost in the Arctic get a warm welcome?

The Pentagon’s Middle East policy chief decries new recruitment of children in Syria and the Yemen civil war.

The move will leave no one detailed to watch Kyiv’s back in peace talks with Putin.

The key question is whether U.S. troops have legal authority to fire on Syrian, Russian, or Iranian forces.

Trump’s aid cuts posed an existential threat to the U.N. agency charged with caring for millions of Palestinians. Now, the agency is grappling with its own management crisis.

If you’re deemed hostile to U.S. interests, you may face travel limitations, arbitrary visa denials, sudden airport checks, and other forms of harassment, diplomats say.

Career diplomats feel betrayed as the secretary of state stays silent on the Ukraine inquiry. But Pompeo remains a star in Republican circles as he eyes a possible Senate run.

As demonstrations erupt from Iraq to Lebanon to Egypt, the United States is sending strong signals that it no longer has any stomach for democracy promotion.

With eight bankruptcies in the last year—the latest this week—coal is in deep trouble again, and that could spell trouble for Trump in 2020.

Trump gives more ambassadorships to donors and fat cats than most presidents. A House bill seeks to stop that practice for all presidents going forward.

A decorated Army officer says the U.S. president acted improperly in demanding politically motivated investigations.

European partners are unlikely to contribute to a domestically unpopular mission with an unreliable ally, experts and insiders say.

Turkey’s offensive against the Kurds has allowed Islamic State fighters to escape and regroup.

The vice president lays out a wide-ranging critique of China at a critical moment for trade talks. 

State Department officials find themselves without many defenders in a hyperpartisan fight.

The tentative agreement negotiated by the United States was seen as a major victory for Ankara.

First John Sullivan must get through Congress, which wants to question him about Ukraine. Then he must deal with a hostile Moscow.

Despite his vow to “destroy” Turkey’s economy, the U.S. president could help its leader escape the wrath of Congress.

Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee urge Republican leadership to investigate the Ukraine affair that triggered the House impeachment inquiry.

Lawmakers expect to get a veto-proof majority backing sanctions against Turkey.

Both Republicans and Democrats affirm that Russia, not Ukraine, was responsible for tampering with the U.S. election.