Tag: Iran

In a statement aimed at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Thursday, "The worst possible thing you can do is meet with President Trump in person and try to play him."

National Security

Lindsey Graham warns Trump not to pull American troops out of Syria: ‘Do not read the Obama playbook’

Kyle Feldscher · April 1, 2018 4:33 pm

In this photo provided by Yemen's Defense Ministry, Yemen's army soldiers hold up their weapons at an area seized from al-Qaida in the southeastern province of Shabwa, Yemen, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Yemeni armed forces on Thursday swept al-Qaida fighters out of a district in the country's south, one of the main goals of the major offensive waged by the military the past two weeks, the Defense Ministry said, amid fears of retaliatory attacks which officials say prompted the closure of the US embassy in the capital as a precaution. (AP Photo/Yemen's Defense Ministry)

National Security

Bernie Sanders: Congress must assert its power and end American involvement in Yemen

Kyle Feldscher · April 1, 2018 1:52 pm

Administration, Middle East observers do a double take after Trump declares US will leave Syria ‘very soon’

Kyle Feldscher · March 29, 2018 9:39 pm

Energy and Environment

Nuclear industry facing crisis that Trump must address, think tank says

John Siciliano · March 29, 2018 4:01 am

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to reporters as he leaves the office of Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who is moderating bipartisan negotiations on immigration, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. President Donald Trump has given Congress until March to come up with a plan to protect the nearly 700,000 young people who had been protected from deportation and given the right to work legally in the country under the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. Trump announced he was ending DACA last year.

Lindsey Graham after Trump meeting: ‘Historic moments’ regarding Iran, North Korea coming in May

Daniel Chaitin · March 29, 2018 3:42 am

Israeli soldiers stand guard at the scene of an attack in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel, Thursday, March 17, 2016. Israeli security forces on Thursday shot and killed two Palestinians who stabbed and wounded a 20-year-old woman shortly after she got off a bus at the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel, an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said.

Israel may be facing a five-front war

Sean Durns · March 28, 2018 4:00 am

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks in Washington, D.C.

Jim Mattis says he has ‘no reservations’ about working with John Bolton

Jamie McIntyre · March 27, 2018 4:34 pm

Tillerson certified to Congress this week that Iran has thus far complied with the terms of the plan. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

White House: Trump ‘prepared to potentially withdraw’ from Iran deal

Melissa Quinn · March 26, 2018 6:55 pm

FERC oversees wholesale electricity markets and reviews interstate pipeline applications.

Energy and Environment

Iranian hackers targeted power grid watchdog, Justice Department says

John Siciliano · March 23, 2018 4:28 pm

Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton speaks at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in Oklahoma City on Friday, May 22, 2015.

Beltway Confidential

John Bolton’s arrival means the Iran deal is on European life support

Tom Rogan · March 23, 2018 3:33 pm

Weapons from the 'Game of Thrones' are on display.

National Security

US sanctions Iranian company, ‘Game of Thrones’ hacker

Melissa Quinn · March 23, 2018 2:06 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services committee on the nomination of Richard Spencer to be the Navy Secretary.

National Security

Lindsey Graham names the two biggest losers from John Bolton’s appointment: Iran and Russia

Pete Kasperowicz · March 23, 2018 12:52 pm