List of U.S. Government articles
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US Navy pilots of an EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft prepare for takeoff from the USS George Washington aircraft carrier (U.S. Navy) Tightening Chest and Tingling Fingers: Why Are the Military’s Fighter Pilots Getting Sick?
The Navy is investigating the latest in an alarming string of incidents that left pilots disoriented and shaken.
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Family members shout slogans as they wait outside the Kobar prison in north Khartoum to welcome their loved ones after Sudan released dozens of opposition activists Feb. 18 who were arrested in January when authorities cracked down on protests against rising food prices. (Ebrahim Hamid/AFP/Getty Images) Sanctions Against Sudan Didn’t Harm an Oppressive Government — They Helped It
The end of economic isolation hasn’t brought a financial windfall or more freedom. Instead, the regime is as strong as ever while ordinary people suffer.
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U.S. President Donald Trump (right) delivers a speech with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels on May 25, 2017. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. Ambassador to Estonia Resigns in Disgust After Trump Anti-Europe Rants
James Melville is the latest in a string of career diplomat resignations over Trump’s comments and policies.
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U.S. forces near the northern Syrian village of Darbasiyah on April 28, 2017. (Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images) Three Months After U.S. Freeze, Syrian Recovery Stuck in Limbo
Short on funding, U.S. and European programs designed to help rebuild after the Islamic State are faltering.
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Protestors demonstrate against family separation outside the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, California, on June 23. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images) State Department Report Warns Kids in Government-Run Facilities ‘Easy Targets’ for Human Traffickers
An annual government report sits awkwardly with the Trump administration’s policy of forcibly separating families at the border.
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U.S. President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Theresa May, and other leaders gather during a NATO summit on May 25, 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. (Stefan Rousseau - Pool/Getty Images) Ahead of NATO Summit, U.S. President Exhorts Allies to Pay Up
European officials worry that Trump could roil yet another international summit.
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Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces and future U.S. president, General Dwight D. Eisenhower (L) with British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery (R), his deputy commander, in an unknown location in June 1944 after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches. Washington Needs a New Solarium Project To Counter Cyberthreats
President Eisenhower confronted the unprecedented nuclear threat of the 1950s with a novel exercise. The United States needs a similar approach to tackle today's cyber threats.
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Gina Haspel is sworn in during her confirmation hearing to become CIA director in Washington, D.C., on May 9. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) He Feared the CIA Would Delete a Document Detailing Its Torture Program. So He Took It.
On our podcast: A Senate investigator who exposed the agency’s torture secrets tells his story.
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Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson makes a statement on his departure from the State Department March 13. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) The Quiet Death of Tillerson’s ‘Redesign’ of State
Overhauling Foggy Bottom was once a centerpiece of the Trump administration’s reforms. Where did those plans go?
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An F-35 fighter jet on display at a roll-out ceremony for Turkey's F-35s in Forth Worth, Texas on June 21. (Lockheed Martin) Fighter Sale to Turkey Could Pit Trump Against Congress
A battle is brewing over the transfer of F-35 fighter jets.
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Donald Trump sings the national anthem with a U.S. Army chorus during a "Celebration of America" event on the south lawn of the White House June 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Is Trump’s America the Safest Country in the World?
The world is less dangerous than it was a year ago — but the long-term trends, if you're not American, have gotten cloudier.
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A child at the U.S.-Mexico fence in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on April 4. (Herika Martinez/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Is Playing Chicken With Children’s Lives
The U.S. child welfare system is strained to its limits. Family separation could push it over the edge.
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Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 15, 2017 (Zach Gibson/AFP/Getty Images) Top Democratic Lawmakers Sound Alarm on Trump ‘Loyalty Tests’ for State Department Officials
A letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo follows Foreign Policy’s report.
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A nighttime view of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 27, 2017. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) Russian Troll or Clumsy Publicity Hound?
A Russian media executive says he’s come to Washington to test the limits of American freedom.
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French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire addresses a conference on February 15, 2018 at the Economy Ministry in Paris. OFAC Off
The European Union needs to defend its economic sovereignty from U.S. overreach. Creating its own agency for sanctions enforcement would be a start.
