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GettyImages-500826884crop Marine Le Pen’s National Front Might Be Starting to Crack
For years, the party leader has held her party together with promises of electoral victory that she might not be able to deliver.
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ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN-OCTOBER 31: USAID blankets being distributed by Mercy Corps are about to be loaded onto trucks at Chaklala airport October 31,2005 in Rawalpindi, Islamabad surrounded by relief goods waiting to be distributed. The current death toll is now believed to be over 55,000 from the South Asian earthquake that happened over 3 weeks ago. Over 3 million people are still without proper shelter and aid organizations including the U.N are warning that thousands could die in remote mountainous regions as Winter approaches. Atleast 1,400 died in Indian-Kashmir. (photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images) After 100 Days, Trump Still Sets a Sad Example for the World
The president is making it very clear that the U.S. government will no longer prioritize democracy and human rights.
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US Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster looks on as US President Donald Trump announces him as his national security adviser at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on February 20, 2017. / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) Here’s How Trump’s ‘Axis of Adults’ Weathered the First 100 Days
Amongst the chaos and the tweets, some of the more reassuring steps of the first 100 days of the Donald Trump Presidency were the appointments of Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster.
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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 27: (AFP OUT) US President Donald Trump speaks as Vice President Mike Pence looks on at the Department of Veterans Affairs before signing an Executive Order on Improving Accountability and Whistleblower Protection on April 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Olivier Douliery - Pool/Getty Images) After 100 Days, the Trump White House Still Lacks a Sound Policy Process
It is unclear what U.S. policy or strategy is, even on the most pressing issues.
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos addresses the opening the XXX International Book Fair of Bogota on April 25, 2017 in Bogota, Colombia. The nation of France and its contribution to literature is the fair's guest of honor this year. / AFP PHOTO / RAUL ARBOLEDA (Photo credit should read RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP/Getty Images) Does Trump Have a Plan for Colombia?
A conversation with Juan Carlos Pinzoń, the Colombian ambassador to the United States.
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US President Donald Trump smiles during a national teacher of the year event in the Oval Office of the White House April 26, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s 100 Days of Cacophony
We should evaluate the administration on sovereignty, human rights, nonproliferation, global trade, democracy, and countering terrorism.
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obama gift Eight of the Weirdest Gifts Foreign Dignitaries Gave the President
From ping pong tables to crocodile insurance, a rundown of the strangest gifts foreign leaders gave the leader of the free world.
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TopLebanon Lebanon, USA
One Beiruti photographer went looking for America’s heart in 24 towns named for his homeland. This is his journey.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: President Donald Trump raises a fist after his inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. In today's inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Donald Trump’s Great Patriotic Purge
The administration's assault on experts, bureaucrats, and functionaries who make this country work isn’t just foolish, it’s suicidal.
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GettyImages-645883040crop U.S. Probes Into Trump’s Russia Links, Kremlin Meddling Gain Two Heavyweights
The Senate investigation gains a former NSA lawyer. The FBI probe gets a veteran prosecutor.
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el sisi aid Time to Rethink the U.S.-Egypt Relationship, Experts Tell Senate
While Trump embraces Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, key lawmakers are losing their patience.
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PARIS, FRANCE - APRIL 23: Founder and Leader of the political movement 'En Marche !' Emmanuel Macron speaks after winning the lead percentage of votes in the first round of the French Presidential Elections at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on April 23, 2017 in Paris, France. Macron and National Front Party Leader Marine Le Pen, who received second largest vote, will compete in the next round of the French Presidential Elections on May 7 to decide the next President of France (Photo by Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images) Emmanuel Macron Is Everything America’s Democrats Are Not
The unlikely front-runner to be France’s next president proves the problem with liberalism is the messenger, not the message.
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tillerson crop Rex Tillerson Spurns Africa In Botched Meeting with African Union Chief
Tillerson invited African Union chief Moussa Faki to Washington to meet, then backed out. His last-minute snub could sour U.S. ties with Africa.
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sad fillon touches mics With First Round Over, French Presidential Candidates Look Ahead to Parliamentary Elections
Fillon says he will step aside as party head, so that another may begin rebuilding for June.
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JAKARTA, INDONESIA - MARCH 31: Thousands of Indonesian Muslims protest against the Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama known widely as "Ahok" on March 31, 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The leader of one of the groups behind this protest and recent others was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of treason, as religious and political sentiments are increasingly contentious ahead of the Jakarta Governor election in April.(Photo by Ed Wray/Getty Images) The Improbable Rise and Blasphemous Fall of a Christian Politician in Indonesia
The country has no choice but to live with religious identity politics — but it doesn't have to like the consequences.
