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The United States should be leading on the energy of the future — but it keeps blowing its chances.

Plus: Expert committee convenes on Ebola, Boris Johnson inches closer to the prime minister's office, and the other stories we're following today.

The trial of a senior operative reveals the extent of the terrorist organization’s reach in the United States and Canada.

A transcript of the U.S. and Polish leaders’ remarks in the Rose Garden.

Chinese leaders say they can effectively retaliate against Trump’s tariffs. They’re wrong.

The belief that China’s surveillance gives it an advantage is misleading—and dangerous.

Plus: U.S. lawmakers push back against Saudi arms sales, Shinzo Abe visits Iran, and the other stories we're following today.

Plus: Russia releases a journalist, Botswana decriminalizes gay sex, and the other stories we're following today.

Plus: Observers fear spiraling violence in Sudan, a scandal erupts in Brazil, and the other stories we're following today.

But is it too much for him to at least show some foreign-policy common sense?

Here’s how they can get out of it.

Ten things to read as relations sour.

The trade war is showing how deep Beijing’s global influence runs.

The United States may be a growing force in energy markets, but national oil companies still reign supreme.

Plus: Sudan's military council calls off the transition deal, China's Tiananmen anniversary, and the other stories we're following today.

The relationship between the United States and Ireland is pure bunkum. That suits both sides fine.

The Balkans are center stage for new tensions between Russia and the West—but how real is the action?

Plus: Stocks fall again amid trade war, Netanyahu misses his government deadline, and the other stories we're following today.

Roughly 1,000 women in the Philippines die every year from lack of safe terminations. Others go to jail.

In an era of great power competition, China and Russia are closing the gap with the United States when it comes to child welfare.