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National Security Advisor John Bolton listens to remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump as he announces military action against Syria for an apparent gas attack on its civilians, at the White House on April 13, 2018. (Mike Theiler - Pool/Getty Images) American Troops Die in Syria as Trump Team Squabbles
U.S. Syria policy is dogged by infighting and confusion.
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (from left) with U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May at NATO headquarters in Brussels on July 11, 2018. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Trump Can’t Do That. Can He?
On NATO withdrawal and other issues, it turns out presidential powers are constrained by norms but not laws.
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A demonstration featuring a papier-mâché Theresa May head outside the Houses of Parliament in London on Jan. 15. (Jack Taylor/Getty Images) A Very British Thrashing
Parliament stomps on May's Brexit dreams.
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The General Assembly Hall of the United Nations is seen from the floor May 12, 2006 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. (Chris Hondros/Getty Images) Trump Appointee Who Compiled Loyalty List at U.N. and State Steps Down
Mari Stull faced investigations from an internal watchdog and a House committee.
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The Tamar natural gas production platform on March 28, 2013. There is growing regional cooperation on energy in the Eastern Mediterranean, whose natural gas boom kicked off here, off the coast of Israel. (Albatross/Getty Images) Club Med: Israel, Egypt, and Others Form New Natural Gas Group
The new grouping is meant to jump-start the Eastern Mediterranean’s energy revolution.
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Chinese police officers watch a cargo ship at a port in Qingdao in China’s eastern Shandong province on March 8, 2018. (AFP/Getty Images) As West Grows Wary, Chinese Investment Plummets
The trade war and new U.S. regulations aimed at China are major factors.
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A U.S. Border Patrol agent scans the U.S.-Mexico border on March 13, 2017, in Roma, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images) Border Agents Go Unpaid as Trump Mulls National Emergency
As the government shutdown over the wall nears record length, close to 100,000 CBP and ICE employees are working without pay.
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Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín Guzmán Loera is escorted by marines as he is presented to the press on February 22, 2014, in Mexico City. (Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images) Spy vs. Spy, El Chapo Edition
Joaquín Guzmán Loera loved spyware—and it ultimately did him in.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (center) visits Egypt on Jan. 10. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images) The Shutdown Has Foggy Bottom in a Funk
While diplomats file for unemployment benefits and seek school lunches for their children, Mike Pompeo is making unpaid workers organize a big ambassadors’ conference in D.C.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko walk in as they attend a session of the Supreme State Council of the Union State at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 3, 2015. (Sergei Karpukhin/AFP/Getty) The Belarusian President Won’t Go Down Without a Fight
Tensions between Moscow and Minsk have sparked worries over another Russian annexation.
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U.S. President Donald Trump, center, with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, left, and Reggie Singh, the brother of a police officer who was allegedly killed by a man in the United States illegally, speaks during his visit to U.S. Border Patrol McAllen Station in McAllen, Texas, on Jan. 10. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. Military Readies to Pay for Trump’s Border Wall
The Pentagon is looking through its accounts for spare change in case the president declares a national emergency.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo waits to board a helicopter at the Baghdad International Airport during his visit to Iraq on Jan. 9 in the Iraqi capital. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images) Mike Pompeo Is Flying Solo in the Middle East
The Trump administration still lacks key ambassadors and senior diplomats to help tackle its biggest foreign-policy challenges.
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Eric Chewning, deputy assistant secretary of defense, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (Aquisitions, Technology and Logistics), poses for his official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on Feb. 2, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Alicia Brand) Pentagon Industrial Policy Head Tapped for Chief of Staff
Acting defense secretary’s decision to tap Eric Chewning, who manages industrial policy for the Pentagon, is an olive branch to chief weapons buyer Ellen Lord.
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A pro-Palestinian protester holds a placard reading "BDS" (boycott, divestment, sanctions) at an event celebrating Tel Aviv in central Paris on Aug. 13, 2015. Lawsuits Seek to Stop Censure of Israel Boycott Movement
The ACLU is fighting efforts by state legislatures to force contractors to pledge they won’t back BDS.
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U.S. Marines fire mortars in support of anti-Islamic State operations in Syria on Sept. 10, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabino Perez) While Trump Sows Confusion, It’s Business as Usual for U.S. Troops in Syria
Despite the rhetoric in Washington, the United States continues to conduct air and artillery strikes—and has not yet sent troops home.
