List of U.S. Government articles
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson departs after delivering a statement at the State Department on Oct. 4, 2017. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) As State Department Withers, So Does Diversity in Top Ranks
Tillerson “hasn’t put his money where his mouth is.”
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Members of a Myanmar military honor guard raise their bayonet-mounted rifles in a salute during a dawn flag-raising ceremony at Yangon's central Mahabandoola Park on Jan. 4. (Romeo Gacad/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. Pulls Military Assistance to Myanmar Over Rohingya Abuses
But experts say the measures will have limited effect and could even backfire.
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On this episode of The E.R., the panel discusses the FBI's designation of "black identity extremists" as a terror group. (Foreign Policy/Ian Langsdon/AFP/Getty Images) The E.R.: Tackling the FBI’s ‘Black Identity Extremists’ Designation
The government’s designations continue to confound and upset critics.
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives in Qatar on Oct. 23 — one leg of a trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, India, and Switzerland. Tillerson’s Views on India Defy Trump’s Incoherent Foreign Policy
Ahead of his trip to Delhi, the secretary of state articulated a clear vision for the U.S. relationship with India. Let’s hope it was not an anomaly.
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President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Oct. 7. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) How Far Must Trump ‘Unravel’ Before the 25th Amendment Kicks In?
The constitutional amendment on presidential disabilities could pose a real threat to Trump. But that shouldn't give his opponents solace.
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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a surprise visit to Afghanistan on October 23, 2017. (Alex Brandon/AFP/Getty Images) Tillerson Open to Peace Talks With ‘Moderate’ Taliban
The U.S. secretary of state reopened the offer during a surprise visit to Afghanistan.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Oct. 18. (Jason Connolly/AFP/Getty Images) Jeff Sessions Just Confessed His Negligence on Russia
The attorney general is aware of the threat Moscow poses to American elections — he just hasn’t done anything about it.
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An empty Capitol Hill hearing room on May 3. (Eric Thayer/Getty Images) Searching the Communications of Americans Should Require a Warrant
Congress would be right to reform FISA.
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A displaced woman fleeing from the Boko Haram attacks in Bosso stands in the front of her makeshift tent in a camp in the village of Kidjendi near Diffa, Niger, on June 19, 2016 (ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: FBI Steps In to Aid Niger Probe, Pompeo Breaks Ranks
CIA on Russia, Iran and al Qaeda and the weekly wrap.
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President Donald Trump holds a press conference with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in the White House Rose Garden on Oct. 16. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Republicans Have Stockholm Syndrome, and It’s Getting Worse
The GOP has stopped resisting President Trump and started accelerating his race to the bottom.
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Tillerson and his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyan Jaishankar, meet in Washington, D.C. in March 2017 (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) Tillerson Knocks China, Courts India Ahead of South Asia Trip
Tough words for “One Belt, One Road” and praise for a deepening defense partnership.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 7. (AFP photo/KCNA via KNS/Getty Images) Trump Should Focus on Deterring North Korea
Negotiations and the use of force both hold little promise.
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A member of the Ku Klux Klan shouts at counterprotesters during a rally calling for the protection of Confederate monuments, in Charlottesville, Virginia, on July 8. Survey: One-Third of Republicans Favor Leaders Unchecked by Courts or Congress
A new global survey finds that right-of-center ideology and education affect support for democracy.
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Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya poses during a Nov. 8, 2016, interview in Moscow. (Yury Martyanov/AFP/Getty Images) Here’s the Memo the Kremlin-Linked Lawyer Took to the Meeting With Donald Trump Jr.
No dirt on Clinton, a passing mention of adoptions, and a lot on Bill Browder and the Magnitsky Act.
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President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Oct. 13. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) The Slippery ‘Spirit’ of Nixing the Iran Deal
Obama's JCPOA terms actually give the White House sound legal footing for decertification. But now Trump owns the consequences.
