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For a second straight year the U.S. will slash the number of refugees it will accept, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, insisting amid criticism from human rights groups that the country is still committed to providing sanctuary to people fleeing the world's danger ...
With declassification of interview info, Trump prepares latest jab at Russia probe
President Donald Trump has opened a new front in his efforts to discredit the origins of the Justice Department's Russia probe, with the White House saying he will declassify a trove of documents and publicly release text messages of former FBI officials after calls ...
Worst fears avoided as U.S. slaps new tariffs on China, sparing Japanese businesses — for now
The additional 10 percent in tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports eased the market’s worst fear that Trump would follow through with more punitive measures.
At the heart of the nuclear impasse with North Korea is a seemingly straightforward demand by both North and South for a formal end to the Korean War. It appears reasonable, on its face. While there's been occasional, sometimes serious violence since the war ended in ...
Moon landing: South Korean leader begins three-day summit with North's Kim Jong Un
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held their first round of talks Tuesday in a historic summit in Pyongyang largely aimed at kick-starting stalled U.S.-North Korea talks on denuclearization. Kim greeted Moon with hugs and smiles when the South ...
Trump orders declassification of more documents related to FBI's Russia probe
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday declassified a trove of documents related to the early days of the FBI's Russia investigation, including a portion of a secret surveillance warrant application and former FBI Director James Comey's text messages. Trump made the extraordinary move in response ...
Brett Kavanaugh's nomination poses risks for Democrats and Republicans alike
With the fate of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee suddenly uncertain, emboldened Democrats clashed with cautious Republicans on Monday as both parties grappled with an increasingly messy nomination fight weeks before the pivotal midterm elections. The political implications were still being sorted out. But ...
Nearly two years out of the White House, former President Barack Obama is facing another political test. To the delight of many Democrats, he's stepped back into the fray that former presidents often try to avoid, campaigning for Democratic candidates ahead of the midterms and ...
A top South Korean official played down the chances of a breakthrough on North Korea's denuclearization during this week's inter-Korean summit, saying Monday that it's "difficult to have any optimistic outlook" but also noted that Seoul would push the U.S. for "reciprocal" moves in ...
Washington set to replace U.S. military commander in South Korea
Washington is set to replace the commander of U.S. forces in South Korea amid a rapid diplomatic thaw on the peninsula, even as denuclearization of the North stalls. The U.S. stations 28,500 troops in the South, a treaty ally, to defend it against its nuclear-armed ...
Leading Chinese official says Beijing should target goods needed by U.S. as trade war heats up
One of China's most prominent figures in global finance says Beijing should press Washington to end their tariff battle by clamping down on exports of goods needed by American companies, according to news reports Monday. The comments by Lou Jiwei, a former finance minister and ...
The way to move forward in North Korea
U.S. negotiators should remember that reducing the potential for a devastating war on the Korean Peninsula is at least as important a goal as full denuclearization.
