Tag: North Korea

Stein also urged the president to discontinue the trading of threats. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Jill Stein tweets out White House phone number, urges followers to demand North Korea negotiations

Mandy Mayfield · August 9, 2017 1:49 am

"Article I makes this very clear." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Sen. Dan Sullivan: Trump needs authorization from Congress for a pre-emptive strike on North Korea

Naomi Lim · August 9, 2017 12:57 am

The U.S. has a THAAD defense system in Guam, which is 2131 miles to the southeast of North Korea. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

National Security

North Korea threatens missile strike on Guam

Josh Siegel · August 8, 2017 10:38 pm

"Make no mistake: North Korea is a real threat," Engel said. "But the president's unhinged reaction suggests he might consider using American nuclear weapons in response to a nasty comment from a North Korean despot."

National Security

Democrat blasts Trump’s ‘absurd red line’ with North Korea

Joel Gehrke · August 8, 2017 10:32 pm

Pyongyang test-fired its second intercontinental ballistic missile late last month, which some experts said was capable of reaching parts of the U.S. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Sen. Dianne Feinstein: Trump’s ‘bombastic comments’ aren’t helping defuse North Korea threat

Josh Siegel · August 8, 2017 10:18 pm

The Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said the U.S. should be focused on working with China and building up its missile defenses in the wake of a report that an updated intelligence assessment found North Korea now has the capability to miniaturize a nuclear warhead. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, file)

John McCain warns Trump: Don’t threaten North Korea unless you are ready to act

Travis J. Tritten · August 8, 2017 10:14 pm

Kellyanne Conway made the comment during a press briefing in Bedminster, N.J., along with Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price. The briefing focused on the opioid epidemic. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

National Security

Kellyanne Conway calls Trump’s ‘fire and fury’ threat against North Korea ‘strong and obvious’

Mandy Mayfield · August 8, 2017 9:55 pm

Though more terrible in the moment, the nuclear option was at least limited and avoided a street massacre of conscripted civilians. (AP Photo/Stanley Troutman)

Beltway Confidential

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were horrible. They weren’t war crimes.

Philip Wegmann · August 8, 2017 9:35 pm

North Korea’s the Bomb

TWS Podcast · August 8, 2017 8:44 pm

Analysts warn of North Korea’s growing nuclear threat

National Security

Analysts warn of North Korea’s growing nuclear threat

Washington Examiner Staff · August 8, 2017 8:23 pm

Trump Warns North Korea of ‘Fire and Fury’

Michael Warren · August 8, 2017 8:07 pm

Sergey Lavrov emphasized that North Korea always complains about sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council. (Noel Celis/Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Russia downplays North Korea’s saber-rattling, tells US to be ‘prudent’

Joel Gehrke · August 8, 2017 7:57 pm