Tag: Middle East

"I'll negotiate with the Democrats if we can come up with a fantastic healthcare bill, that's okay with me," Trump said. (AP)

Michael Barone: Trying to take Trump seriously

Michael Barone · December 28, 2017 5:01 am

Trump and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg are slated to meet in Washington on Jan. 10 to discuss economic security, trade, and the ongoing battle against Islamic State militants. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Trump to host Norwegian prime minister next month

Gabby Morrongiello · December 27, 2017 6:33 pm

President Trump touches the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City Monday, May 22, 2017. Trump has announced the U.S. will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. (Ronen Zvulun, Reuters Pool via AP)

Western Wall train station in Israel to be named after Trump

Caitlin Yilek · December 27, 2017 3:49 pm

Houthi Shiite rebels walk amid the rubble of the Republican Palace that was destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes, in Yemen. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

End the blockade: Relieve the suffering of Yemen

Robert Schuller · December 25, 2017 5:01 am

‘We Will Remember’

Nikki Haley · December 22, 2017 9:00 am

John Brennan, former director of the CIA, on Thursday criticized the Trump administration for its threats against member countries of the United Nations that do not vote in lockstep with the U.S.

John Brennan: Trump administration’s threats over UN rebuke of Jerusalem decision ‘narcissistic, vengeful’

Naomi Lim · December 21, 2017 10:37 pm

On Monday, President Trump announced the U.S. would no longer be hampered by people's prioritization of wishful thinking over recognition of reality. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump restores realism with his national security strategy

E.J. Kimball · December 21, 2017 5:01 am

It was the December 2016 Security Council Resolution, engineered by then-President Barack Obama, that changed the status of Jerusalem and complicated the efforts to achieve a compromise peace. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Beltway Confidential

Alan Dershowitz: The Jerusalem conflict is all Barack Obama’s fault

Alan Dershowitz · December 20, 2017 5:42 pm

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley exercised the U.S.'s veto power for the first time in over six years against when she vetoed a U.N Security Council resolution on Monday that would have blocked recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital. (Eskinder Debebe/United Nations via AP)

Nikki Haley’s warning to the UN about coming vote on Jerusalem: ‘The US will be taking names’

Diana Stancy Correll · December 19, 2017 11:47 pm

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, right, votes against a resolution concerning Jerusalem's status at U.N. headquarters. (Eskinder Debebe/United Nations via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Nikki Haley was right to attack the UN

Tom Rogan · December 19, 2017 9:59 pm

Vice President Mike Pence had planned to leave Tuesday for the Middle East, but announced Monday that he will stay in the States until the Senate passes a final tax bill. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Mike Pence delays Middle East trip until after Senate tax reform vote

Naomi Lim · December 18, 2017 11:40 pm

President Donald Trump talks with reporters as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House via Marine One in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, to spend the weekend at Camp David in Maryland. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

Trump will stress trade and borders, ignore climate change, in new national security strategy

Steven Nelson · December 18, 2017 5:05 am