Joseph Nye, Political Scientist Who Extolled ‘Soft Power,’ Dies at 88
Joseph S. Nye Jr., an influential figure in shaping American national security policy, who wrote seminal books on foreign affairs, ...
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U.S. and Ukraine Sign Minerals Deal
The United States will share future revenues from Ukraine’s mineral reserves under a deal announced by the Trump administration on ...
Trump ‘Strongly Considering’ New Sanctions on Russia to Force Cease-Fire Deal
President Trump said on Friday that he was “strongly considering” imposing sanctions and tariffs on Russia until a cease-fire and ...
National Endowment for Democracy Sues Top Trump Aides Over Funding Freeze
The National Endowment for Democracy, a nonprofit that has had bipartisan support over decades for its work promoting democracy abroad, ...
Trump Celebrates Disruption in Speech to Congress, and Avoids the Costs
In the days immediately preceding his address to Congress on Tuesday night, President Trump took a chain saw to government ...
Von Der Leyen Unveils Sweeping Plan to Boost E.U. Military Spending.
A top European official on Tuesday laid out a sweeping framework aimed at rearming the continent, trying to fill a ...
U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid
The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw foreign aid and dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development is likely to cause ...
Rubio Bypasses Congress to Send Israel $4 Billion in Arms
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invoked “emergency authorities” to bypass Congress and send $4 billion in weapons to Israel, ...
Trump Administration Cuts Vast Majority of U.S.A.I.D. Programs and Appeals Order to Supreme Court
Lawyers for the Trump administration said that it was ending nearly 10,000 U.S. Agency for International Development and State Department ...
Judge Gives Trump Administration Deadline to Release Foreign Aid
A federal judge on Tuesday directed the Trump administration to unfreeze foreign aid funding within two days after indications that ...
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