Why Trump’s summit performance rocked Capitol Hill
On Day Two, post-Helsinki summit, President Trump sought to ease the shock and awe over his jaw-dropping disavowal of his own intelligence services, saying he misspoke: He does believe their assessment that Russia meddled in the 2016 election, Mr. Trum…
What The Past Week Means For U.S.-E.U. Relations
NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with European Parliament member Elmar Brok about what President Trump’s past week in Europe means for relations between the United States and the European Union going forward.
Sen. Mark Warner Weighs In On Trump’s Remarks On Russian Election Interference
NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., vice-chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, about Monday’s press conference by Russian President Putin and President Trump, and how they addressed the issue of Russian election interference.
How truth encircles the White House
Of all the reactions to President Trump’s statement on Monday casting doubt on Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election, perhaps the wisest came from his own director of national intelligence, Dan Coats. Maybe it was his temperate response that…
How humpback whales made a global comeback
When the Pacific Whale Foundation (PWF) was founded in 1980, its researchers would drive up and down the coast of Hawaii waiting to see a whale. At that time, only a few hundred humpback whales made it to the islands per year. “They’re just these gen…
Russia chalks up Trump-Putin summit as success. But is there a hidden cost?
The Helsinki summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin might as well have been two different events held on separate planets, to judge by the overwhelming media and establishment reactions in the United States and Russia. On the other side of the…
Transcript: Obama’s Speech At The 2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture
The former president spoke in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Here is the full transcript.
In Boko Haram’s hometown, a favorite pastime endures: going to the zoo
The war came to the zoo here on a Friday, just after the afternoon prayer.
Amid Electricity Cuts, Anti-Government Unrest Grows In Southern Iraq
The protests sweeping Basra and other southern provinces in the past week threaten to destabilize Iraq’s caretaker government.
In Face Of Protectionism, EU And Japan Sign Huge Open-Trade Deal
Japan and the European Union have signed an agreement that creates an open trade zone for 600 million people. The parties account for approximately one-third of GDP worldwide.
Opinion: The United States And Russia Aren’t Allies. But Trump And Putin Are
Monday’s Trump-Putin summit was not a meeting between adversaries, writes Brookings Institution senior fellow Robert Kagan. It was a meeting between allies, with convergent interests and common goals.
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