List of United States articles
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and President Donald Trump wait for a luncheon with African leaders on Sept. 20, 2017 in New York. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. Diplomat’s Resignation Signals Wider Exodus From State Department
One diplomat’s stinging resignation letter offers a glimpse into declining morale at the State Department under Trump.
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Former U.S. President Barack Obama talks with then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and then-Deputy Chief of Staff Jake Sullivan while attending the U.S.-ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Nov. 20, 2012. (Wikimedia Commons) I Was Hillary Clinton’s Chief Foreign-Policy Advisor. And I Have a #MeToo Mea Culpa.
Men in positions of power need to do better. That includes me.
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A brown bear. (Flickr) Military Mischief: O-5 and Above Edition
A brief list of recent military wrongdoing.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) Putin Uses Olympic Ban to Rally Support for His Presidential Bid
The IOC’s unprecedented ban on Russia for sports doping feeds his narrative of a nation under siege.
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A Hezbollah supporter displays a picture of Iran's late Ayatollah Khomeini, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Oct. 1. (Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty Images) Here’s How Both Obama and Trump Stoked the Saudi-Iranian Rivalry
The United States should find a more effective way to deter Tehran and restrain Riyadh.
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The logo of news website BuzzFeed as seen on a computer screen in Washington on March 25, 2014. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP) BuzzFeed Subpoenas Companies for DNC Hacking Information
Amid legal battle, the news site is continuing its efforts to validate the Trump dossier.
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A giant US flag screened alongside Israel's national flag by the Jerusalem municipality on the walls of the old city on Dec. 6. (AFP photo / Ahmad Gharabali) Trump Just Sabotaged His Own Peace Process
The president has ended any hope that the United States can broker a diplomatic solution in the Holy Land.
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A Syrian refugee family from Aleppo takes shelter during a rainy day on March 8, 2014 in Istanbul. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images) Germany Is Preparing to Send Refugees Back to Syria
Syria’s war isn’t over, but a growing number of German policymakers are trying to revoke asylum and send Syrians back home — against their will, if necessary.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 17, 2015. (Sergei Ilnitsky/AFP/Getty Images) Vladimir Putin Isn’t as Russian as He Seems
The Russian president cloaks himself in nationalism, but that’s not where his heart is.
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A mosaic depicting theatrical masks of tragedy and comedy. (Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Doves via Wikimedia Commons) What’s wrong with us? We’re living in a tragedy but we don’t know how to do that
For the first time in my life, I fear for the future of our country
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on former national security adviser Michael Flynn's lying to the FBI prior to his Marine One departure from the South Lawn of the White House Dec. 4, in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Donald Trump Is Guilty
The only remaining question is what exactly he’s guilty of.
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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Pearce sits next to a young boy during a visit to Shiek Burhan Al Asee's house during a patrol of the Riyahd village in Iraq on March 8, 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Dunaway) Quote of the day: For what purpose would you need a combat rocking chair?
Answer: For a military chaplain to hold and comfort wounded and dying Iraqi children.
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Lt. Gen. Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller in 1950 during the Korean War. (Wikimedia Commons) Carl Prine on the USMC’s ‘Big Lie’ About Every Marine Being a Rifleman
Another excerpt from an interview in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
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Michael Flynn, former national security advisor to President Donald Trump, leaves the Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington on Dec. 1. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Flynn’s Lies Are Just the Latest in a Series
The former national security adviser's plea deal must be understood in the context of various deceits by the president and his associates.
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Steve Bannon addresses the 2017 California Republican Party Convention in Anaheim on Oct. 20. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images) The Political Operative Shaping President Trump’s ‘America First’ Agenda
From Breitbart News to the White House, Steve Bannon represents a powerful and disruptive force that has reshaped American politics.
