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Why Marco Rubio Is Escaping the Brunt of Fury Over Iran

24.03.2026 9

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Memo lays out Trump’s squeeze on Cuban doctor program

13.03.2026 10

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Inside the Trump administration’s scramble to support its own war

05.03.2026 9

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Forget Regime Change. How About Behavior Change?

03.03.2026 20

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War in the Middle East

28.02.2026 20

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Why Iranians Are Increasingly Willing to Settle for Reza Pahlavi

24.02.2026 8

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The ‘Enigma’: Why JD Vance Befuddles the World

18.02.2026 10

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Don’t mention ‘Article 5,’ Finland warns US on Ukraine

05.02.2026 40

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Cables show Trump’s moves on Greenland rattled other nations

30.01.2026 60

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The State Department’s secret playbook for using sports to advance Trump’s agenda

18.01.2026 10

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How to be a Latin American Dictator Trump Ignores

14.01.2026 40

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Trump Offers Venezuela a Fork in the Road

05.01.2026 20

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Trump’s son suggests president may walk away from Ukraine

08.12.2025 150

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Trump’s Domestic Struggles are Making Foreign Leaders Nervous

08.12.2025 50

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Trump reveals what he wants for the world

06.12.2025 10

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Trump’s Don’t-Call-it-a-‘Day-After’ Plan for Venezuela

16.11.2025 30

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With Every Boat Strike, Trump Exploits a Power Asymmetry

29.10.2025 10

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Trump Has a Different Plan to Oust Maduro This Time Around

12.10.2025 10

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The Trump Gaza Plan Could Work, With or Without Hamas

05.10.2025 10

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Some Biden Aides are Shifting Their Tune on Israel

25.09.2025 10

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Trump to the World: Do as I Say

25.09.2025 10

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Trump is breaking US diplomacy, State Department staffers say

22.09.2025 10

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‘The Bar for Success is Negative’: Claudia Sheinbaum’s Approach to Trump is a Warning Sign

01.09.2025 10

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The ‘Big Tactical Error’ in the Russia-Ukraine Negotiations

22.08.2025 10

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The Existential Meets the Absurd in Latest Ukraine Talks

20.08.2025 10

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Trump Wants to Destroy the Drug Cartels. He May Strengthen Them Instead.

13.08.2025 20

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Pay Attention to the War of the Words in Gaza

30.07.2025 10

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Inside the Dysfunction at Rubio's Shrunken National Security Council

02.07.2025 10

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Trump’s Iran Strikes are Upending Our Sense of What Kind of President He Is

23.06.2025 30

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State Department unveils social media screening rules for all student visa applicants

19.06.2025 20

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What’s Israel’s Endgame?

14.06.2025 10

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Stop Asking How To Make Putin Walk Away From Ukraine. It's the Wrong Question.

06.06.2025 10

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State begins rolling out expanded student visa vetting — starting with Harvard

31.05.2025 20

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Trump team pauses new student visa interviews as it weighs expanding social media vetting

28.05.2025 20

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The Not-So-Secret Society Whose Members Run State

25.05.2025 20

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Trump’s Trip Lays Bare a Stark Advantage Some Arab States Have Over Israel

15.05.2025 10

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Rubio rising

03.05.2025 20

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Trump’s National Security Team Was Extraordinarily Weak Even Before Waltz’s Ouster

02.05.2025 10

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Has Trump Forgotten His Own Power?

25.04.2025 10

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Trump Looks Willing to Write Off an Entire Continent

18.04.2025 10

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Trump weighs slashing State Department budget by nearly half

15.04.2025 20

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Why Trump May Get Away With His Tariff Trauma

06.04.2025 10

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What Was Insane and What Was Normal About the Signal Group Chat

28.03.2025 10

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Trump aides circulate plan for complete revamp of foreign aid programs

20.03.2025 20

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How Americans May Feel the Slashing of USAID

11.03.2025 10

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America’s Friends Are Not Amused by Trump’s Bravado

05.03.2025 10

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Trump, Vance attack on Zelenskyy angers many. But Russians and (some) Republicans love it.

01.03.2025 20

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State Department officials pushing to release more frozen Ukraine funds

26.02.2025 20

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What Germany’s Election Means for America — and the World

24.02.2025 20

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If Trump Is Set on Toppling Washington Pillars, Here’s a Possible Target

22.02.2025 20

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