List of U.S. Government articles
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TOPSHOT - A Venezuelan opposition activist is backdropped by a burning barricade during a demonstration against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, on April 24, 2017. Protesters rallied on Monday vowing to block Venezuela's main roads to raise pressure on Maduro after three weeks of deadly unrest that have left 21 people dead. Riot police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to break up one of the first rallies in eastern Caracas early Monday while other groups were gathering elsewhere, the opposition said. / AFP PHOTO / Ronaldo SCHEMIDT (Photo credit should read RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP/Getty Images) -
STANFORD, CA - DECEMBER 17: Books sit on a shelf at the Cecil H. Green Library on the Stanford University Campus December 17, 2004 in Stanford, California. Google, the internet search engine, has announced a long-term project to put 15 million books from seven of the world's most prestigious libraries online and make them searchable. Included will be the libraries of Harvard, Stanford, the University of Michigan, the New York Public Library and the University of Oxford, including the Bodleian. Books and periodicals will be scanned and project is expected to take six years and cost more than $100 million. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) What Are Republicans Reading? An Elephants in the Room Summer 2017 Reading List.
As summer travel and holidays get underway, your Elephants in the Room contributors have resurrected a tradition from our erstwhile Shadow Government days and put together our summer reading list.
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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - FEBRUARY 17: Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (R) arrive to speak to the media following lengthy talks at Parliament on February 17, 2015 in Budapest, Hungary. Putin is in Budapest on a one-day visit, his first visit to an EU-member country since he attended ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasions in France in June, 2014. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Senate Sends Revised Sanctions Bill to House for Agonizing Choice
The still-aggressive bill would toughen sanctions on Russia, putting the GOP and White House in a bind.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual press conference in Moscow on December 23, 2016. / AFP / Natalia KOLESNIKOVA (Photo credit should read NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images) Congress Must Make Russia Pay for Attacking U.S. Elections
Democrats and Republicans should take decisive action now.
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Opposition activists demonstrating against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro clash with riot police in Caracas on June 26, 2017. A political and economic crisis in the oil-producing country has spawned often violent demonstrations by protesters demanding Maduro's resignation and new elections. The unrest has left 75 people dead since April 1. / AFP PHOTO / FEDERICO PARRA (Photo credit should read FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images) The U.S. Needs to Apply More Pressure to Venezuela’s Allies in the OAS
An annual meeting of the Organization of American States came and went without any action on crisis-torn Venezuela.
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A Palestinian covered with national flag walks on top of the Israeli controvertial separation wall separating the West Bank city of Abu Dis from east Jerusalem, during clashes with Israeli security forces, on November 2, 2015. AFP HOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images) For U.S. Aid to the Palestinians, Don’t Use a Sledgehammer When a Scalpel Would Do
American legislation on aid to the Palestinians could have unintended consequences.
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aumf Surprise House Vote Rolls Back Authority for the ‘War on Terror’
After 16 years, the legal basis for post-9/11 military action may finally be put to rest.
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Russian military vehicles roll during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade on Dvortsovaya Square in Saint Petersburg on May 3, 2017. Russia will celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the 1945 victory over Nazi Germany on May 9. / AFP PHOTO / Olga MALTSEVA (Photo credit should read OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/Getty Images) Pentagon: Russia Very Much a Threat to the United States
In a new report, the Defense Intelligence Agency highlights Moscow’s fear of regime change and increased military spending as reason to take Russia seriously.
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Defense Secretary James Mattis(R) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee Defense Subcommittee on defense readiness and budget update in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Defense Budget Fight Teed Up; South Korean President Meets Trump; U.S. and Iran in Syria
Turkey and Kurds Trade Fire; ISIS Moves Into Northern Afghanistan; Nikki Haley Adopts Trump’s Chaos Theory of Global Leadership
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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 16: (L to R) Koro Bessho, Japanese ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and Cho Tae-yul, South Korean Ambassador to the United Nations, arrive a press briefing before a meeting of the United Nations Security Council concerning North Korea, May 16, 2017 in New York City. Following another ballistic missile test launch from North Korea, the UN Security Council once again condemned the isolated nation. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Nikki Haley and Trump’s Doctrine of Diplomatic Chaos
The U.S. envoy to the U.N. concedes that American foreign policy is unpredictable, and that's OK.
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RI-KWAMBA, SUDAN: An armed fighter of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) stands guard 12 November 2006 during a meeting between the rebel group's leadership and United Nations Emergency Relief coordinator Jan Egeland in Ri-Kwamba, southern Sudan. The LRA is currently holding peace talks with the Ugandan government, which are being mediated by South Sudanese President Riek Machar in the capital Juba and are hoped to bring an end to 20 years of conflict. AFP PHOTO / STUART PRICE. (Photo credit should read STUART PRICE/AFP/Getty Images) $800 Million Later, Joseph Kony Is Still a Threat
The Pentagon says it won its war against the Lord’s Resistance Army. But the notorious rebel group is far from a spent force.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 27: Ivanka Trump (R) and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) participate in a 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report ceremony at the U.S. State Department June 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. The ceremony honored eight men and women from around the world whose efforts have made a lasting impact on the fight against modern slavery. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) With Human Trafficking Report, Tillerson Rebukes China on Human Rights
The first daughter joined the secretary of state for the report's launch as the Trump administration tries to find its footing on human rights.
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US President Donald Trump (R) and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani take part in a bilateral meeting at a hotel in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) It’s Time for the Trump Administration to Step Up in the Qatar Crisis
There’s leverage to be had and U.S. national security interests at stake. But if the United States doesn’t act now, things could get a whole lot worse.
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A general view shows a Sudanes worker sitting on the USA flagged bulk carrier, Liberty Glory, docked in Port Sudan on October 17, 2016 as the World Food Programme delivers US aid. / AFP / ASHRAF SHAZLY (Photo credit should read ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP/Getty Images) Foreign Aid Is About U.S. Interests
The Marshall Plan was always in America's national security interest.
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Members of the neo-nazi group, The American National Socialist Movement, protest during a rally in front of the Los Angeles City Hall, on April 17, 2010. About 100 members of a self-described neo-Nazi group protested against immigrants to the United States on Saturday, sparking a counter-rally that drew about 500 people. The black-clad neo-Nazis were met by members of Hispanic, black and gay community groups who shouted "Racists Go Home" and "Stop the Nazis." The group, which calls itself the National Socialist Movement, requested and received a city parade permit for a white power demonstration at City Hall. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images) DHS Strips Funding From Group That Counters Neo-Nazi Violence
Trump’s approach to fighting extremism puts law enforcement front and center. Critics say that’s dangerous.
