List of U.S. Government articles
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ, OCTOBER 25:- A U.S soldier secures the Baghdad Provincial Council site where a car bomb exploded on October 25, 2009 in Baghdad, Iraq. Two car bombs exploded, targeting the Baghdad Provincial Council and the Ministry of Justice, and killing 136 people and injuring many more. (Photo by Muhannad Fala'ah/Getty Images) The Arab World’s American Savior Complex
The Middle East may be cheering Trump’s Syria strike today, but they’ll be cursing his name the next.
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Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni speaks to the Italian media at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, April 20, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Could Italy Get Trump to Care About Fixing Libya?
Paolo Gentiloni's visit to Washington provides an opportunity for Donald Trump to heed an ally's advice.
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This April 15, 2017 picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 16, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un waving to people after the military parade in Pyongyang marking the 105th anniversary of the birth of late North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / STR / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. / (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) Is the United States Really Blowing Up North Korea’s Missiles?
There’s just no evidence to support the fantasy that Kim Jong Un’s rockets are falling prey to a super-secret U.S. cyberprogram.
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putin crop Forget Sanctions: Exxon Would Like Access to Russian Oil Anyway
Because Russia just doesn’t loom large enough already in Washington.
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tillerson crop Tillerson, Mattis Seek to Mend Fences With Saudi Arabia
Goodbye, Iran deal tensions. Hello, counterterror cooperation and investment.
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The partially-finished new headquarters building of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), is seen on July 12, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. In addition to a German employee of his country's foreign-intelligence agency, known as the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), who was arrested on suspicion of working as a double agent for the United States National Security Agency (NSA), a further blow to German-U.S. relations after suspicions that the latter agency had listened in on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone, a second suspect, from the military, is also being investigated as a potential spy. As a result, the U.S. intelligence chief has been expelled from the country. Investigations into the exact extent of the American government's surveillance in the country are ongoing. Intelligence Community Pushes to Keep Surveillance Powers
Maintaining existing foreign intelligence powers is "the intelligence community’s top legislative priority for 2017," a new document notes.
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TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One prior to departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, April 18, 2017, as he travels to Wisconsin. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Might Be a Traditional President After All
Anxious allies are breathing a sigh of relief that American power is back as a force to be reckoned with.
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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 9: U.S. President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn after returning to the White House in April 9, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images) Trump’s ‘Madman Theory’ Isn’t Strategic Unpredictability. It’s Just Crazy.
What worked for the president on the campaign trail is now becoming his greatest foreign-policy weakness.
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Fire and smoke billow following a reported car bomb explosion at a Syrian pro-government position during clashes between rebel fighters and regime forces to take control of an area in the southern city of Daraa on February 20, 2017. / AFP / MOHAMAD ABAZEED (Photo credit should read MOHAMAD ABAZEED/AFP/Getty Images) Chemical Weapons Aren’t the Real Problem in Syria
The United States cares more about the murder weapon than the murder victim.
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Supporters of the "yes" wave Turkish National flags and flags depicting Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan as they cheer during his speech at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, on April 17, 2017 following the results in a nationwide referendum that will determine Turkey's future destiny. Erdogan on April 17 said Turkey could hold a referendum on its long-stalled EU membership bid after Turks voted to approve expanding the president's powers in a plebiscite. Narrowly won by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the referendum asked voters to boost the powers of the Turkish head of state -- a move that rights watchdogs have said could fatally weaken democracy in the linchpin country. / AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN (Photo credit should read ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images) Here’s What Erdogan’s Referendum Means for Turkey, the EU, and the U.S.
It is far too early to assess the aftermath, but here’s what to watch for in the weeks ahead.
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GettyImages-56667887 Trove of Stolen NSA Data Is ‘Devastating’ Loss for Intelligence Community
Former intelligence officials say leaks are crippling U.S. espionage capabilities.
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An Iranian military truck carries parts of the S300 missile system during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the start of Iran's 1980-1988 war with Iraq, on September 21, 2016, in the capital Tehran. / AFP / CHAVOSH HOMAVANDI (Photo credit should read CHAVOSH HOMAVANDI/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Mulls Squeezing Iran With Tougher Sanctions
The White House is considering ramping up existing sanctions to hold Tehran’s feet to the fire.
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BEIJING, CHINA: US president Richard Nixon (L) toasts with Chinese Prime Minister, Chou En Lai (R) in February 1972 in Beijing during his official visit in China. Le prTsident amTricain Richard Nixon (G) trinque avec le leader communiste chinois Chou En Lai (D) en fTvrier 1972 a Pekin, lors de son voyage officiel en Chine. (Photo credit should read AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Policy Reversals Are Welcome but Incoherent
When Richard Nixon and Ariel Sharon made U-turns, they made sense. Trump's don't.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - APRIL 03: In this handout provided by the Department of Defense (DoD), Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to President Donald J. Trump, meets with military officials after arriving on April 3, 2017 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Dominique A. Pineiro/DoD via Getty Images) Jared Kushner Will Be Eaten by the Blob
The president empowered his son-in-law because he doesn't trust the foreign-policy establishment. But the establishment has a way of winning in the end.
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<> on August 13, 2013 in Washington, DC. Who Runs the World? Mid-Level Bureaucrats.
Here’s how to make your mark in the middle tier of the U.S. government.
