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White House: Trump ‘obviously’ doesn’t think entire Justice Department is ‘deep state’

Steven Nelson -

January 2, 2018 8:20 pm

United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley called for the Security Council to hold an emergency session on the protests, which have featured anti-government chants and violent reprisals from the regime. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

National Security

Nikki Haley: The UN ‘must speak out’ to support protesters in Iran

Joel Gehrke -

January 2, 2018 7:43 pm

On Dec. 29, the State Department released emails Huma Abedin sent and received while employed at the State Department during Hillary Clinton's stint as secretary from 2009 to 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Trump: Send Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin to ‘jail’

Anna Giaritelli -

January 2, 2018 1:14 pm

President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with members of the U.S. Coast Guard, who he invited to play golf, at Trump International Golf Club, Friday, Dec. 29, 2017, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump: Happy New Year to ‘the very dishonest Fake News Media’

Joel Gehrke -

December 31, 2017 10:55 pm

In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, a university student attends a protest inside Tehran University while a smoke grenade is thrown by anti-riot Iranian police, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017. A wave of spontaneous protests over Iran's weak economy swept into Tehran on Saturday, with college students and others chanting against the government just hours after hard-liners held their own rally in support of the Islamic Republic's clerical establishment. (AP Photo)

Foreign Policy

Trump on Iranian regime’s decision to crack down on social media: ‘Not good!’

Joel Gehrke -

December 31, 2017 10:27 pm

Beltway Confidential

When it comes to the #IranProtests, be careful who you support

Siraj Hashmi -

December 30, 2017 8:55 pm

Among the top 10 worst media blunders of 2017: ABC News' Brian Ross reported on Dec. 1 that former national security advisor Gen. Michael Flynn (pictured above) would testify that, as a candidate, Donald Trump directed him to make contact with the Russians. But the directive, which was about the incoming administration's foreign policy objectives, came after President Trump was elected. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Here are the 10 worst media moments from 2017

Becket Adams -

December 30, 2017 7:14 pm

Protesters in Iran have reportedly yelled slogans critical of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and the country's powerful clerics. (screenshot)

Foreign Policy

Trump calls on Iran to ‘respect’ protesters: ‘The world is watching!’

Daniel Chaitin -

December 30, 2017 4:36 am

Foreign Policy

US ‘strongly condemns the arrest of peaceful protesters’ in Iran

Daniel Chaitin -

December 29, 2017 11:47 pm

On Friday, the State Department released emails sent to and from Huma Abedin, one of Hillary Clinton's top aides, while Abedin worked at the agency. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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