List of U.S. Government articles
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AAAB52 With Pentagon, State Positions Vacant, Trump Nuclear Review Slows Down
New weapons are in the mix of options being considered.
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CAMBRIDGE, MA - JANUARY 27: Snow falls in Harvard Yard on January 27, 2015 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Boston, and much of the Northeast, is being hit with heavy snow from Winter Storm Juno. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Harvard Caves to CIA Pressure, Revokes Chelsea Manning Title
Manning, the transgender former soldier who leaked thousands of diplomatic cables, lost her honorary title.
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The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain, with a hole on its portside after a collision with an oil tanker, makes its way to Changi naval base in Singapore on August 21, 2017. Ten US sailors were missing and five injured after their destroyer collided with a tanker east of Singapore early Monday, the second accident involving an American warship in two months. / AFP PHOTO / Roslan RAHMAN (Photo credit should read ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. Navy Investigating if Destroyer Crash Was Caused by Cyberattack
The probe of the USS John S. McCain collision will be a model for future investigations.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets US President Donald Trump prior to the start of the first working session of the G20 meeting in Hamburg, northern Germany, on July 7. Leaders of the world's top economies will gather from July 7 to 8, 2017 in Germany for likely the stormiest G20 summit in years, with disagreements ranging from wars to climate change and global trade. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / IAN LANGSDON (Photo credit should read IAN LANGSDON/AFP/Getty Images) Rational Security on the E.R.: The “Boris and Natasha Buy a Facebook Ad” Edition
Was the purchase of targeted social media ads by Russian “troll farms” during the 2016 election a criminal act?
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The State Department headquarters in Washington on Sept. 12, 2012. Foreign-Policy Uber Report Targets State Department Overhaul
Most foreign-policy experts agree the former oilman is doing his job wrong.
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WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 02: Erik Prince, chairman of the Prince Group, LLC and Blackwater USA, holds up a picture showing the affect of a car bomb while testifying during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill October 2, 2007 in Washington DC. The committee is hearing testimony from officials regarding private security contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Why Is Erik Prince Backing a Secure Communications Company?
America’s most notorious security contractor is quietly investing in privacy apps.
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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 14: U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump depart the White House September 14, 2017 in Washington, DC. Trump is scheduled to visit Florida today to view relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Irma. Trump also spoke on reports from a meeting with Democratic leaders last night about a proposed deal on DACA and potentially delaying negotiations on his efforts to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Heckuva Job, Donnie!
In responding to his first natural disasters, President Trump deserves credit where credit is due — but no more than that.
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haftar Inside Putin’s Libyan Power Play
The Kremlin is trying to prove it can succeed where Washington failed in ending the country's slide into chaos.
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tillerson Tillerson Offers State Department Employees First Look at Redesign
Not everyone is impressed. “It’s fluffy, meaningless B.S.”
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TIJUANA, MEXICO - JANUARY 27: A view of the US-Mexican border fence at Playas de Tijuana on January 27, 2017 in Tijuana, Mexico. U.S. President Donald Trump announced a proposal to impose a 20 percent tax on all imported goods from Mexico to pay for the border wall between the United States and Mexico. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto canceled a planned meeting with President Trump over who would pay for Trump's campaign promise to build a border wall. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Survey: Mexico’s View of U.S. Turns Drastically Negative
Mexican approval of the United States is the lowest it has been in over a decade, but many still want to move to America.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 08: Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill June 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. Comey said that President Donald Trump pressured him to drop the FBI's investigation into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and demanded Comey's loyalty during the one-on-one meetings he had with president. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) The Trump Team’s Accusations Against Comey Are Prototypical Abuses of Power
They are particularly pernicious because of the White House’s attempts to involve the Justice Department.
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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 11: U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks at a ceremony to commemorate the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the Pentagon September 11, 2017 in Washington, D.C. U.S. President Donald Trump was presiding over his first 9/11 commemoration on the 16th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people when hijackers flew commercial airplanes into New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images) Does the Military Need a Micromanager?
The Trump White House has delegated enormous responsibility to the Pentagon to look after itself, with predictable results.
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A member of the Syrian government forces holds a position with an anti-tank missile system in Kobajjep area, on the southwestern outskirts of Deir Ezzor, on September 5, 2017, during the ongoing battle against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. Syria's army and allied fighters, backed by Russian air support, have been advancing towards Deir Ezzor on several fronts in recent weeks, and entered the Brigade 137 base on its western edge, in what Moscow hailed as a key "strategic victory". / AFP PHOTO / George OURFALIAN (Photo credit should read GEORGE OURFALIAN/AFP/Getty Images) The Pentagon Is Spending $2 Billion Running Soviet-Era Guns to Syrian Rebels
An army of contractors and subcontractors in Eastern Europe is working to supply America’s sprawling — and legally questionable — anti-Islamic State campaign in Syria.
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WHAIKHYANG, BANGLADESH - SEPTEMBER 10: A young girl is squashed as Rohingya refugee men sqabble as they wait for sacks of rice to be distributed on September 10, 2017 in Whaikhyang, Bangladesh. Recent reports have suggested that around 290,000 Rohingya have now fled Myanmar after violence erupted in Rakhine state. The 'Muslim insurgents of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army' have issued statement that indicates that they are to observe a cease fire, and have asked the Myanmar government to reciprocate. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) As Myanmar Cracks Down on Rohingya, Washington ‘Asleep at the Switch’
Washington opts for tepid rhetoric and behind-the-scenes diplomacy rather than confronting Myanmar over what some call “ethnic cleansing.”
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The US Capitol is seen on August 24, 2017 in Washington, DC. With moves to dismantle Confederate monuments gaining momentum, Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, recently called for Confederate statues to be removed from the US Capitol. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) Here’s How Congress Can Save the State Department
Foggy Bottom is in peril. Capitol Hill needs to do its part.
