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Abe courts Trump using new Emperor's ascension, first lady's birthday to stay in good graces
Without close friends in Asia, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears to be using every opportunity, even the Emperor's accession, to court U.S. President Donald Trump. Abe is scheduling a rushed visit to Washington to meet with Trump and celebrate the first lady's birthday, and then ...
Democratic 2020 hopefuls demur on investigating Trump if they win White House
Some Democratic contenders for president aren't saying whether they would re-open investigations into President Donald Trump if they were to oust him from the White House in 2020. Their reluctance comes as some liberals, including fellow 2020 challenger Sen. Elizabeth Warren, have increased the pressure ...
Syria's Assad discusses peace talks, renting out key port with Russians
Syrian President Bashar Assad met senior officials from his strongest ally, Russia, in Damascus on Friday and Saturday to discuss upcoming peace talks, renting out Tartus port and trade between the two countries, state media in Syria reported. Russia has helped Assad's forces to take ...
Jihadis kill more than 60 regime fighters across Syria over 48 hours
Jihadis have killed more than 60 Syrian regime fighters in 48 hours, a monitor said Saturday, in some of the deadliest attacks on pro-Damascus forces in recent weeks. Kurdish-led forces in March announced the defeat of the Islamic State group's "caliphate" in eastern Syria, but ...
Senior North Korean negotiator calls U.S. national security adviser John Bolton 'dim-sighted'
One of North Korea's top nuclear negotiators with the United States has served up mild criticism of remarks by White House national security adviser John Bolton, calling him "dim-sighted" — the second condemnation of a top U.S. official in days. On Saturday, the North's official ...
Democrats make legal bid for all Russia probe evidence as Trump poll numbers drop
Congressional Democrats took legal action on Friday to gain access to all of U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller's evidence from his inquiry into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. The number of Americans who approve of President Donald Trump dropped by 3 percentage points to ...
After two years of Russia probe drips, are you numb to it all?
For two years there's been the drip-drip-drip of the Russia investigation and the tweet-tweet-tweet of U.S. President Donald Trump assailing it. Numb yet? The slowly rolling revelations may have worked in Trump's favor by diluting the impact of a damaging report by Robert Mueller laying ...
Top U.S. diplomat Mike Pompeo says he's still in charge of North Korea talks
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday he remained in charge of negotiating with North Korea despite the regime's demands to exclude him, as he voiced guarded hope with Japan on securing a deal. Pompeo led four-way talks in Washington of the U.S. and ...
Robert Mueller's report strengthens resolve on both sides of U.S. political spectrum
After months as volunteer activists demanding that U.S. President Donald Trump be impeached, Eileen and Michael O'Brien sat on their couch on Thursday, cracked open a laptop and began to read the 448-page special counsel report that liberals have dreamed would make impeachment a ...
Mueller report gives Democrats political ammo against Trump, but they are split on how to use it
Special counsel Robert Mueller's report on his inquiry into Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. election provided extensive details on President Donald Trump's efforts to thwart the probe, giving Democrats plenty of political ammunition against the Republican but no consensus on how to use ...
Trump to visit Japan as state guest May 25-28 and be first world leader to meet new Emperor
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will visit Japan from May 25 to 28, which will make them the first state guests to meet with Crown Prince Naruhito after his enthronement, the Japanese and U.S. governments said. The state visit is intended ...
Redaction nation: Secrecy reflex seen in blacked-out Mueller report is as old as the U.S. itself
Focus Somewhere in the shadows of federal bureaucracy, there was an issue about the drinking habits of Augusto Pinochet. The National Security Archive, an advocate for open government, had for years tried to gain access to intelligence files about the Chilean dictator, his human rights abuses ...
