Human Rights

Experts say the indictment of former Trump campaign associates has made the lobbying firms of Washington, D.C.'s K Street "very nervous." There is evidence, they say, that firms on both sides of the political spectrum have been violating federal regulations for years.

Crime

Why Robert Mueller is making K Street Republicans and Democrats sweat

Sarah Bedford -

November 4, 2017 4:01 am

An investigation by the United Nation's international chemical weapons watchdog has concluded that sarin was used as a chemical weapon in an April attack on a Syrian town that left roughly 100 people dead. A report last week concluded Syrian President Bashar Assad was behind that attack. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

News

White House issues sharp rebuke of Russia over Syria chemical weapons inquiry

Diana Stancy Correll -

November 2, 2017 3:23 am

Runners competed in a half-marathon in Pyongyang Sunday. A small group of foreign runners joined the amateur race in North Korea in spite of heightened tensions surrounding the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

Beltway Confidential

North Korea just held a marathon. Here’s why it wasn’t a success

Tom Rogan -

October 30, 2017 8:25 pm

Nearly 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar's Rakhine state and arrived in Bangladesh since Aug. 25 to avoid persecution that the United Nations has called ethnic cleansing. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Foreign Policy

President Trump, heed the plight of the Rohingya

Murat Guzel -

October 29, 2017 4:01 am

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi led a coup in 2013 that overthrew the elected Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi. Under Sissi, the Egyptian legislature is likely to pass a law criminalizing homosexuality. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

White House

White House will ‘check into’ Egypt criminalizing homosexuality before condemning

Steven Nelson -

October 27, 2017 7:36 pm

Magazine

We’re All Bad Guys

John Podhoretz -

October 20, 2017 7:30 am

National Security

House reauthorizes North Korea human rights law

Susan Ferrechio -

September 25, 2017 11:03 pm

News

Trump: ‘Massive source of embarrassment’ for UN to give voice to human rights abusers

Gabby Morrongiello -

September 19, 2017 3:22 pm

The usage of smugglers has also increased despite the significant cost uptick. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Crime

DHS: Cost of smuggling people to the US has more than doubled to $9,200

Anna Giaritelli -

September 18, 2017 4:40 pm

The U.N. is failing its mission to make the world a better and safer place, and it continues to lose credibility. It legitimizes corrupt, destabilizing regimes that violate the human rights of their citizens, it lacks accountability, and it wastes a lot of money. (samdiesel / iStock)

Foreign Policy

It’s time for serious United Nations reform

Rep. Francis Rooney -

September 18, 2017 4:01 am

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