Tag: Sanctions

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has refused to lift the state of emergency that has resulted in arrests and dismissal of tens of thousands of government employees, including many scientists and teachers. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Beltway Confidential

The heartbreaking story of Turkey sentencing an American NASA scientist to 7.5 years in prison

Eugene Chudnovsky · February 10, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump, stop the appeasement of North Korea

Washington Examiner · February 10, 2018 12:01 am

A Congressional Leadership Fund ad attacking Conor Lamb ties the Democratic candidate in the special election for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. (screenshot)

Congressional Leadership Fund ad: Democratic special election candidate ‘too liberal’

Diana Stancy Correll · February 9, 2018 10:00 am

Unlike protests in 2009, the overwhelming majority of those engaged in the recent 142-city uprising in Iran were from poor and underprivileged backgrounds. The difference made an impact that wasn't lost, not even on Ayatollah Khomeini. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

An Iran without the ayatollah is no longer unthinkable

Ivan Sascha Sheehan · February 9, 2018 5:01 am

Democrats Still Unhappy With Administration’s Handling of Russia Sanctions

Jenna Lifhits · February 7, 2018 8:43 pm

On Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury Department announced it would impose sanctions on three individuals working with Pakistani terrorist groups. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

US sanctions terrorists in Pakistan

Joel Gehrke · February 7, 2018 7:07 pm

Al Jazeera is in the final stages of preparing a documentary concerning the role of pro-Israel advocacy groups in the U.S. (Christopher Cox/Bloomberg News)

Pro-Israel lobby groups brace for Al Jazeera hidden-camera exposé

Eddie Scarry · February 7, 2018 12:27 am

CIA Director Mike Pompeo acknowledged Thursday he met with two Russian intelligence chiefs after the Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C., posted news of the meeting online. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

CIA Director Mike Pompeo stands by decision to meet with Russian intelligence leaders

Diana Stancy Correll · February 2, 2018 2:45 am

"January 29 was the start date for this," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters. "It was not a deadline to impose new sanctions on Russia."

National Security

State Department denies missing Russia sanctions deadline

Joel Gehrke · February 1, 2018 9:59 pm

The government designated Ismail Haniyeh, who was elected to lead the terrorist group's political bureau in May, as a specially designated global terrorist, along with three others: Harakat al-Sabireen, Liwa al Thawra and Harakat Sawa'd Misr. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

National Security

State Department sanctions Iran-backed Palestinian terrorists

Joel Gehrke · January 31, 2018 5:40 pm

"We've always known that corruption is key to Vladimir Putin's continued power and the funding for his dangerous and destabilizing foreign policies," House Foreign Affairs Chairman Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Ed Royce: Trump should sanction Russian oligarchs on Treasury’s list

Joel Gehrke · January 30, 2018 8:42 pm

Trump’s Decision to Postpone Russia Sanctions Splits Lawmakers Along Party Lines

Jenna Lifhits · January 30, 2018 7:34 pm