List of U.S. Government articles
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Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang talks to U.S. President Donald Trump at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' summit in the Vietnamese city of Danang on Nov. 11. (Photo credit Jorge Silva/AFP/Getty Images) Why Cozying Up to Trump Works
The rest of the world may not particularly like the U.S. president’s bluster, but playing to his ego is a pretty good strategy.
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Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Oct. 28, 2015. (Allison Shelley/Getty Images) Lawmakers Scold State Department for Reportedly Slashing Disability Support for Diplomats’ Children
Funds for therapy and education are reportedly cut.
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Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) talks with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Oct. 30, 2017. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Lawmakers Slam Tillerson’s Bungled State Department Reforms
There's growing concern on the Hill that the secretary of state is mangling American diplomacy.
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Defense Secretary James Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Joseph Dunford greet House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) on June 12, 2017. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) SitRep: House Passes $700B Defense Bill. Sort Of. Maybe.
A coup that's not a coup; Taliban snipers.
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A military aide carries the "nuclear football" on the South Lawn of the White House on April 25 in Washington, DC. (Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images) Congress Questions Trump’s Exclusive Hold on the Nuclear Football
In an extraordinary hearing, lawmakers plan to review presidential powers to launch a nuclear strike.
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Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) talks with reporters in Washington D.C. on Nov. 3, 2015. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Can Senator Corker Save the State Department?
The gross misconduct of Rex Tillerson and the White House toward career diplomats and the Foreign Service might require an unlikely savior.
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USS Nimitz , USS Kitty Hawk. and USS John C. Stennis near Guam, August 14, 2007. (U.S. Navy) SitRep: Lawmakers Approve $700B Defense Budget, but No Plan to Vote on It
Iran and Saudi talking tough, McCain pushes back on Trump pick who helped on torture memos
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Barbara J. Stephenson, former Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in London, delivers remarks during the American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) Memorial Plaque Ceremony for Steven Farley, at the U.S. State Department, May 6, 2016, in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Top U.S. Diplomat Blasts Trump Administration for ‘Decapitation’ of State Department Leadership
Weakening State cedes diplomacy to U.S. adversaries, say current and former officials.
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(Foreign Policy illustration The Messaging App Fueling Syria’s Insurgency
Are you a Syrian rebel in need of U.S.-manufactured assault rifles, or even a tank? You can buy it on Telegram.
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An IRGC Raad air defense system on display in Tehran on Sept. 21, 2012. (Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images) Did Iran Sanctions Make the Revolutionary Guard Stronger?
Sanctions regimes aren't simple, and they only work when their negative secondary effects do not outweigh their primary achievements.
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Now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions during his confirmation hearing on Jan. 10, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Don’t Convict Jeff Sessions of Perjury Just Yet
Not all lies, even under oath, are prosecutable crimes.
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(Left to right) Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, Guinea's President Alpha Conde, U.S. President Donald Trump, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria's Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on May 27 in Taormina, Sicily. (Jonathan Ernst/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Dangerous Retreat from Africa
The U.S. administration is ramping up military engagement on the continent but ramping everything else down. Other countries are already filling the void.
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (right) talks with Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) as they attend a press event on tax reform on Sept. 27, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) The GOP Tax Plan Is a Threat to National Security
As our federal debt spirals up and up, military readiness will inevitably suffer.
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President Donald Trump greets Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak outside of the West Wing of the White House on Sept. 12. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) If Trump Forgets About Human Rights in Asia, the World Will Suffer
The United States ignores massive abuses at its own peril.
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President Donald Trump after a meeting at the Pentagon on July 20. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Here Comes the Trump Pentagon — Finally
After months of infighting and Senate holds, top Defense Department posts are slated to move forward.
