List of U.S. Government articles
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GettyImages-645883040crop U.S. Probes Into Trump’s Russia Links, Kremlin Meddling Gain Two Heavyweights
The Senate investigation gains a former NSA lawyer. The FBI probe gets a veteran prosecutor.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 28: President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel in the Oval Office of the White House, January 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. On Saturday, President Trump is making several phone calls with world leaders from Japan, Germany, Russia, France and Australia. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) 6 Things We Know About Trump’s Foreign Policy After 100 Days
Trump’s “America first” instincts are real, but radical change is hard to enact.
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PHILIPPINE SEA - APRIL 23: In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the USS Carl Vinson transits the Philippine Sea while conducting a bilateral exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on April 23, 2017 in the Philippine Sea. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is operating as part of U.S. 7th Fleet, but remains deployed under the U.S. 3rd Fleet Forward operating concept, which provides additional options to the Pacific Fleet commander. U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years. (Photo by USN Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Z.A. Landers via Getty Images) Senate Heads to White House for Briefing on North Korea, But U.S. Strategy Still At Sea
In an unusual move, the White House will host the entire Senate to update lawmakers on tensions with Pyongyang. But it’s not clear where the Trump administration is headed.
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LAREDO, TEXAS - JULY 23: Republican Presidential candidate and business mogul Donald Trump talks to media from his car wearing a, "Make America Great Again," hat during his trip to the border on July 23, 2015 in Laredo, Texas. Trump's recent comments, calling some immigrants from Mexico as drug traffickers and rapists, have stirred up reactions on both sides of the aisle. Although fellow Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has denounced Trump's comments and his campaign in general, U.S. Senator from Texas Ted-Cruz has so far refused to bash his fellow Republican nominee. (Photo by Matthew Busch/Getty Images) America Is Getting Used to Trump’s Insanity
The president has managed to accomplish at least one big thing in his first 100 days: the once unthinkable is now unremarkable.
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tillerson crop Rex Tillerson Spurns Africa In Botched Meeting with African Union Chief
Tillerson invited African Union chief Moussa Faki to Washington to meet, then backed out. His last-minute snub could sour U.S. ties with Africa.
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GettyImages-623849100crop GOP Watchdog: Mike Flynn Likely Broke Law Over Russian Payments
Rep. Jason Chaffetz said the former national security advisor failed to disclose a paid trip to Russia.
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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) seal is displayed in the lobby of CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, on August 14, 2008. AFP PHOTO/SAUL LOEB / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Top Threat Facing U.S. Is Cyber, Says Outgoing CIA Lawyer
Caroline Krass talked about cyber threats, enhanced interrogation, and future challenges for the new administration.
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Deciphering the French Election Results and Trump’s 100 Days
What does the latest round in the French elections tell us about U.S. foreign policy and Trump’s first 100 days?
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nauert State Department Gets New Spokesperson From ‘Fox and Friends’
Out with the old, in with the president’s favorite cable programming.
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usaid-crop The End of Foreign Aid As We Know It
Trump budget would gut development assistance and fold USAID into State.
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TOPSHOT - US Vice President Mike Pence (2nd R) visits Observation Post Ouellette with his daughters (L) near the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on the border between North and South Korea on April 17, 2017. Pence arrived at the gateway to the Demilitarised Zone dividing the two Koreas, in a show of US resolve a day after North Korea failed in its attempt to test another missile. / AFP PHOTO / JUNG Yeon-Je (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) Could Playing Chicken With North Korea Pay Off?
The seeds of a diplomatic solution could be forming — if the Trump administration is thoughtful and disciplined enough to seize the opportunity.
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley holds up photos of Syrian victims of a chemical attack during an April 5 meeting of the Security Council at U.N. headquarters in New York. (Photo credit: DREW ANGERER/Getty Images) After Threatening to Starve U.N. of Funds, Trump Breaks Bread With Turtle Bay Dignitaries
Trump vowed to raze the United Nations. His U.N. envoy, Nikki Haley, has made it the administration’s favorite soapbox.
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Mexican members of different social organizations march in support of President Nicolas Maduro in Mexico City on April 19, 2017. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that the White House is "closely" and "concerned" about the situation in Venezuela, where supporters and opponents of the government are carrying out massive street demonstrations in a tense environment. / AFP PHOTO / ALFREDO ESTRELLA (Photo credit should read ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images) Tillerson’s Diplomatic Approach in Venezuela is Paying Off
Applying the North Korea playbook to Venezuela would offer a lifeline to the autocrat.
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US Vice President Mike Pence (L) is accompanied by Elizabeth Buensuceso, the Philippine permanent representative for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), during a meting at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta on April 20, 2017. Pence is currently on a tour of South Korea, Japan, Indonesia and Australia that is aimed at smoothing some of the rougher edges of Trump's rhetoric. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / MAST IRHAM (Photo credit should read MAST IRHAM/AFP/Getty Images) Here’s How Trump Can Succeed in Southeast Asia
The president needs to learn of the benefits and necessity of multilateralism.
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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 07: U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice looks over documents as President Barack Obama talks with reporters following a meeting with his national security and disaster response teams to discuss Hurricane Matthew in the Oval Office at the White House October 7, 2016 in Washington, DC. The hurricane is now a category 3 and is headed for Florida after wreaking havoc in Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Unmasking the Unmaskers
What Susan Rice did used to be unusual, but it was encouraged by years of expanding access to signals intelligence.
