Tag: United States

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Do we need to call the ‘swat’ team?

Washington Examiner · September 7, 2017 12:00 am

Trawl through the websites of U.S. Ivy League schools, and you'll find annual tuition fees at Brown come in at $52,213, Dartmouth at $51,468, Yale at $51,400, Princeton at $47,140, and Harvard at $44,990. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Beltway Confidential

Why US colleges are the world’s best and way too expensive

Tom Rogan · September 5, 2017 8:17 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, right, speaks during a conference on prosperity and security in Central America. Tillerson was joined by the President of Guatemala Jimmy Morales, second from left, and other Central American leaders. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Preserve the investment protections in US free trade agreements

Frederic Sourgens · September 2, 2017 4:01 am

A former Republican secretary of state and Atlanta's former Democrat mayor are warning that Americans need to learn to work together instead of fighting each other on every public policy issue. (AP Photo/Terry Spencer)

James Baker, Andrew Young: Americans have to stop ‘screaming at each other’

Pete Kasperowicz · August 31, 2017 11:51 am

This should already be common knowledge: Iran's nuclear activities cannot be isolated from other Iranian issues. Myopic focus on the nuclear issues distracts from the Tehran regime's terrorism sponsorship, regional intervention, and human rights abuses. (AP Photo/Fars News Agancy, File)

Why and how to tighten the screws on Iran

alireza-jafarzadeh · August 30, 2017 4:01 am

The Nation-Building Straw Man

The Nation-Building Straw Man

Elliott Abrams · August 26, 2017 4:52 pm

President Trump on Friday reiterated calls for Americans to unite in order to "heal divisions from within," but made no reference to fighting racism nearly two weeks after a deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s weekly address is another call for national unity

Anna Giaritelli · August 26, 2017 1:09 am

The Nation-Building Straw Man

Elliott Abrams · August 25, 2017 8:00 am

The Islamic State is using an American child in its latest propaganda video. The boy spoke clear English while issuing a threat to President Trump. (Screenshot)

American boy threatens Trump in new ISIS video

Caitlin Yilek · August 23, 2017 7:00 pm

Russia is planning to retaliate against the United States over sanctions against entities doing business with North Korea, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov warned. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Russia plans retaliation against US over latest North Korea-related sanctions

Joel Gehrke · August 23, 2017 2:45 pm

The U.S. will deny just over $95 million in foreign aid to Egypt over that country's failure to make progress on issues related to human rights and democratic norms. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

National Security

US set to withhold $95 million in foreign aid to Egypt: Report

Todd Shepherd · August 22, 2017 7:28 pm

A long-range ground-based interceptor is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Tensions between North Korea and the U.S. escalated following a unanimous U.N. Security Council vote to sanction the rogue regime. (Defense Department's Missile Defense Agency via AP)

Trump supporter’s advice on how to handle North Korea: ‘Kaboom!’

Melissa Quinn · August 22, 2017 12:50 pm