Tag: Foreign Affairs

Vladimir Putin

Beltway Confidential

Hesitation is no longer US policy

Richard Newton III · February 8, 2026 9:00 am

Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie in "The Night Manager." (Des Willie/Prime)

‘The Night Manager’ is back on duty

Graham Hillard · February 6, 2026 4:21 am

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Beijing.

Finance and Economy

Xi pushes for yuan to become global currency reserve as dollar weakens

Zach Halaschak · February 3, 2026 7:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One after leaving the World Economic Forum in Davos for Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says he’s talking to Cuba’s ‘highest people’ after threatening tariffs on its oil partners

Jenny Goldsberry · February 1, 2026 3:42 pm

Cranes load a cargo ship at Panama Canal's Port of Balboa, managed by CK Hutchison Holdings, in Panama City, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026.

Energy and Environment

Panama court cancels Hong Kong canal contracts, handing Trump win

Emily Hallas · January 30, 2026 5:42 pm

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney

Bessent says Carney not ‘doing the best job’ for Canada amid China trade talks

Jenny Goldsberry · January 25, 2026 4:04 pm

RNC Chairman Joe Gruters speaks at the RNC winter meeting with a line of American flags behind him in Santa Barbara, California, on Jan. 23, 2026. (Barnini Chakraborty/Washington Examiner)

RNC regroups and recalibrates for midterm election fight

Barnini Chakraborty · January 23, 2026 8:42 pm

A phone shows the position of Island of Diego Garcia on Google maps. (illustration by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Trump secures the most important US base of all

Dan Hannan · January 23, 2026 4:55 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) meets with Zheng Shanjie, head of China's National Development and Reform Commission on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in Beijing.

CCP-linked cash flooded California politics as Newsom sought improved relations with China

Robert Schmad · January 23, 2026 4:00 am

Trump at Davos.

Byron York says Greenland negotiations are ‘classic Trump’

Jenny Goldsberry · January 22, 2026 10:01 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA).

Tiana Lowe Doescher dismisses Gavin Newsom rant against European leaders: ‘It’s called diplomacy’

Jenny Goldsberry · January 21, 2026 12:57 pm

The Iranian foreign minister speaks at a summit.

Iran will ‘fire back’ with no ‘restraint’ if Trump intervenes over protest crackdown: Foreign minister

Molly Parks · January 21, 2026 11:49 am