Democracy

The U.S. will deny just over $95 million in foreign aid to Egypt over that country's failure to make progress on issues related to human rights and democratic norms. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

National Security

US set to withhold $95 million in foreign aid to Egypt: Report

Todd Shepherd -

August 22, 2017 7:28 pm

As former Secretary of State Colin Powell said,

Op-Eds

Don’t change the State Department’s mission statement

Megan Corrado -

August 18, 2017 4:01 am

Magazine

You Can’t Say That!

Matthew Crawford -

August 11, 2017 6:20 am

President of Montenegro Filip Vujanovic and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a ceremony to mark the accession of Montenegro at NATO Headquarters. Ninety-seven senators voted in March to add Montenegro to NATO. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Op-Eds

America is helping Montenegro’s democracy mature

Neil Emilfarb -

August 2, 2017 4:01 am

We have elected a group of individuals who don't have the capabilities to manage or run a Dairy Queen, let alone guide, advise, and run the world's largest capitalistic society and business. When given the opportunity to make tough decisions, they argue instead. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

We need leadership in the government, not whiners and wimps

Robert Blaha -

August 1, 2017 4:58 pm

The opposition in Venezuela had found no other way than to create a parallel legal structure to confront the most powerful government in one of the soon-to-be one of the poorest countries on the continent. Venezuela faces not only starvation but one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world, with a growing refugee population seeking protection mainly in the United States, Colombia, and Brazil. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Economy

Venezuela nears the road’s end between populism and dictatorship

Jose Mauricio Gaona -

July 29, 2017 4:01 am

Ricardo Rossello, governor of Puerto Rico, is interviewed at the governor's official residence (La Fortaleza) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 28. Puerto Rico's economy has been contracting for a decade. Last year, almost 65,000 residents left the island, keeping pace with the previous two years, when the exodus reached the worst since at least the 1980s. (Alejandro Granadillo/Bloomberg)

Magazine

Gov. Ricardo Rossello wants to put Puerto Rico on Congress’ agenda

Anna Giaritelli -

July 24, 2017 4:02 am

Cracking down on free expression, restricting free elections and generally bullying the people of Hong Kong, the Chinese government has lost all credibility. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Beltway Confidential

In Hong Kong, proof of China’s climate deception

Tom Rogan -

June 30, 2017 6:30 pm

Curing social ills is not just a matter of political desire, and having strong leaders does nothing to abate that. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Ahead of the Trend

Ahead of the Trend: Strong politicians and experts can't solve all our country's problems

Jerrod Laber -

June 2, 2017 12:00 am

News

Democratic battle cry in California: ‘F–k Donald Trump’

John Siciliano -

May 21, 2017 8:03 pm

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