List of U.S. Government articles
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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 08: Former FBI Director James Comey immitates a gesture he said he saw President Donald Trump make during one of their conversations while he 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 Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) ‘Total and Complete Vindication’? No Way.
There are reams of evidence pointing toward Trump's collusion and obstruction — and we don’t even know what James Comey said in closed session.
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Book Talk Part II: Can the U.S. Government Survive Nuclear War?
In his new book, "Raven Rock," Garrett Graff uncovers the secret programs meant to keep America alive.
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Former FBI Director James Comey leaves after testifying before the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, June 8, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Comey: Trump told ‘Lies, Plain and Simple’
The former FBI chief goes on the attack in his first public account of his firing, accusing the president of pressuring him to drop Flynn probe.
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WASHINGTON, : US Senator Joseph McCarthy holds a picture showing Clement Richard Attlee, British statesman and Prime minister (1945-1951) making a communist salute during the Spanish civil war. John Parnell Thomas and MacCarthy instigated an anti-commnist witchhunt campaign in the early 1950's, a period known as McCarthyism. In 1953 he became chairman of the powerful Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. He was formally condemned by the Senate in 1954 lost power and died in 1957. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images) Rex Tillerson Wants to Be George Marshall, but He Works for a Boss Who’s More Like Joe McCarthy
Trump is disgracing Marshall’s legacy.
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WASHINGTON - AUGUST 20: U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft (C) speaks as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Patrick Fitzgerald (R) and Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Christopher Wray (L) listen during a news conference August 20, 2004 at the Justice Department in Washington, DC. Ashcroft announced that Muhammad Hamid Khalil Salah of suburban Chicago, and Abdelhaleem Hasan Abdelraziq Ashqar of suburban Washington, DC, were arrested and an arrest warrant was issued for Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, a former U.S. resident who currently resides in Damascus, Syria, on charges of conspiracy to illegally finance the Hamas, a group officially declared a "foreign terrorist organization" by the State Department. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Trump Pick to Lead the FBI Is A War on Terror Veteran
Best known for representing Gov. Chris Christie, Christopher Wray would take over the FBI at a moment of turmoil.
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Smoke billows following an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition on an army arms depot, now under Shiite Huthi rebel control on May 22, 2015 east of the Yemeni capital Sanaa. The Saudi-led coalition has waged an air campaign against the Huthis since March 26 in an effort to restore the authority of Hadi, who has fled to Riyadh with members of his government. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images) Saudi Arms Sale Hits Possible Senate Roadblock
Some lawmakers are fed up with Saudi Arabia’s bombing campaign in Yemen and oppose plans to sell Riyadh more U.S.-made munitions.
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A Long March 2F rocket carrying the country's first space laboratory module Tiangong-1 lifts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on September 29, 2011 in Jiuquan, Gansu province of China. The unmanned Tiangong-1 will stay in orbit for two years and dock with China's Shenzhou-8, -9 and -10 spacecraft for China's eventual goal of establishing a manned space station around 2020. How SpaceX Launched a Chinese Experiment Into Space, Despite U.S. Ban
Where Congress sees security risks, private industry sees opportunity.
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GettyImages-677697276 Comey: Trump Denied He Was Involved With ‘Hookers’ in Russia
The former FBI director’s prepared testimony is a reality TV preview of what’s to come.
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South Korean protesters hold placards during a rally against the deployment of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system near the US embassy in Seoul on April 28, 2017. Seoul on April 28 brushed aside US President Donald Trump's suggestion it should pay for a $1 billion missile defence system the two allies are installing in South Korea to guard against threats from the North. / AFP PHOTO / JUNG Yeon-Je (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) In Nod to China, South Korea Halts Deployment of THAAD Missile Defense
The new government in Seoul moves quickly to stymie a signature part of the U.S. security shield in northeast Asia.
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 26: James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee meeting at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on February 26, 2015 in Washington, DC. Clapper and Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart , the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, both testified on a range of topics including Muslim extemist groups and cyber threats to U.S. security. (Photo by Evy Mages/Getty Images) Former Intelligence Chief Calls Russia Scandal Bigger Than Watergate
James Clapper Takes Trump to Task on Russia Investigation, Comey firing, and says “the Russians are not our friends.”
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syria1 The United States Is Getting Dragged Into the Fight for Syria’s South
America's allies find themselves trapped between the Islamic State and pro-Assad militias -- and the only thing keeping them safe is U.S. airstrikes.
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A deactivated Titan II nuclear ICMB is seen in a silo at the Titan Missile Museum on May 12, 2015 in Green Valley, Arizona. The museum is located in a preserved Titan II ICBM launch complex and is devoted to educating visitors about the Cold War and the Titan II missile's contribution as a nuclear deterrent. AFP PHOTO/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) America Can’t Fix Its Problems With New Nukes
The United States is likely to get bogged down in policy disasters of its own making, and once again miss an opportunity to stabilize global affairs and secure its nation and allies.
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US President Donald Trump speaks during the Arab Islamic American Summit at the King Abdulaziz Conference Center in Riyadh on May 21, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Plan to Defeat Terrorism Is Self Defeating
The president's counterterrorism strategy appears to be a dysfunctional combination of repurposed elements of the Bush and Obama approaches infused with some of Trump’s worst impulses
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - MAY 25: US President, Donald Trump and British Prime Minister, Theresa May are pictured ahead of a photo opportunity of leaders as they arriving for a NATO summit meeting on May 25, 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is made up of 28 countries. This year's summit is held at their new headquarters in Brussels. The US President Donald Trump will meet other leaders to discuss NATO taking a greater role in the fight against ISIS. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Trump May Rue His Middle Finger to Europe
From pulling out of Paris to upbraiding London’s mayor, the American president seems happy to make enemies across the pond.
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till crop Trump Tasked Tillerson With Fixing U.S.-Russia Relations
Despite the Russia scandals plaguing the White House, Russian ‘Order of Friendship’ winner given a mission.