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Foreign Policy

US government condemns Iran parade attack that left 25 dead

September 22, 2018 11:57 pm

Farmers work their fields outside the Sungri Chemical Factory, an oil refinery in the Rason Special Economic Zone near North Korea's Russian and Chinese borders that dates back to 1973 but has been idle in recent years.

Energy and Environment

US to start ‘disrupting’ North Korean oil smuggling

Joel Gehrke -

September 22, 2018 9:32 pm

Beltway Confidential

The world won’t support Trump’s Iran policy

Tom Rogan -

September 21, 2018 5:56 pm

Sen. Bob Menendez speaks during an event in Union City, N.J.

Foreign Policy

Menendez cheers State Department leak revealing split on Yemen policy

Joel Gehrke -

September 21, 2018 5:51 pm

Refugee supporters look on after Abdisellam Hassen Ahmed, a Somali refugee who had been stuck in limbo after President Donald Trump temporarily banned refugee entries, arrival at Salt Lake International Airport, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, in Salt Lake City. Ahmed meet his daughter for the first time. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Beltway Confidential

Congress must not accept Trump’s empty justifications on refugee cap

Erin Dunne -

September 21, 2018 2:51 pm

Nikki Haley, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, attends a ceremony honoring the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2018, in New York.

News

Nikki Haley: John Kerry’s meetings with Iranians ‘hurtful to America’

Naomi Lim -

September 21, 2018 12:21 am

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks to the media during a press conference in Tehran, Iran.

Beltway Confidential

Iran and al Qaeda: The ultimate frenemies threaten peace

Tom Rogan -

September 20, 2018 7:09 pm

Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., sighs during a break of a House Judiciary Committee hearing with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2018, on Justice Department and FBI actions around the 2016 presidential election.

Immigration

GOP chairman calls out Trump administration for refugee cap move

Diana Stancy Correll -

September 20, 2018 2:24 pm

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas chairs the Fatah Central Committee meeting at the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, May 29, 2018.

Op-Eds

Has the State Department finally given up on its Palestinian fantasies?

A.J. Caschetta -

September 20, 2018 4:00 am

National Security