• AP fact check: Trump’s misfires on Iran, trade and that wall

    AP fact check: Trump’s misfires on Iran, trade and that wall

    Jun 15, 2019 07:27 PM EDT

    With U.S.-North Korea relations souring, the Pentagon said last month it had suspended its efforts to arrange negotiations this year on recovering additional remains of American service members. The Pentagon said it hoped to reach agreement for recovery operations in 2020. The Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency said ...

  • North Korea's Kim tours Hanoi after summit breakdown

    North Korea's Kim tours Hanoi after summit breakdown

    Mar 01, 2019 03:39 PM EDT

    ... of China, back home to Pyongyang, North Korea's capital. But Friday saw his black limousine rolling beneath fluttering Vietnamese and North Korean flags — the U.S. ones have been mostly taken down — as a large crowd jammed the city's streets and waved flowers. Talks between Kim and Trump ...

  • South Korea president to offer new proposals for inter-Korean engagement

    South Korea president to offer new proposals for inter-Korean engagement

    Feb 28, 2019 05:13 AM EDT

    ... Pyongyang so he can continue his ambitious drive for inter-Korean engagement. He has driven the three-way diplomacy but is held back by tough U.S.-led sanctions against the North. Moon's office said he expects to speak with Trump on the phone Thursday after Trump's meeting ...

  • WATCH: Trump-Kim summit ends without an agreement

    WATCH: Trump-Kim summit ends without an agreement

    Feb 27, 2019 09:54 PM EDT

    HANOI, Vietnam — The nuclear summit between President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un collapsed Thursday after the two sides failed to reach a deal due to a standoff over U.S. sanctions on the reclusive nation, a stunning end to high-stakes meetings meant to disarm a ...

  • 4 things to watch during the Trump-Kim summit

    4 things to watch during the Trump-Kim summit

    Feb 26, 2019 05:04 PM EDT

    ... mixed messages ahead of this week’s summit. As a result, even with all of the preparation, analysts say that much of what goes into the agreement guiding U.S.-North Korean relations in the coming months will depend on what happens during the two days in Hanoi. Appearances matter

  • Expectations low as Trump looks for win in North Korea summit

    Expectations low as Trump looks for win in North Korea summit

    Feb 25, 2019 02:05 PM EDT

    ... tests and said it dismantled its nuclear testing ground but those measures were not perceived as meaningful reductions. Experts believe Kim, who is enjoying warmer relations with South Korea and the easing of pressure from Russia and China, will seek a U.S. commitment for improved bilateral relations and partial ...

  • Most Americans oppose Trump's foreign policy, poll shows

    Most Americans oppose Trump's foreign policy, poll shows

    Jan 28, 2019 04:02 PM EDT

    ... right. Just 13 percent of Republicans think the U.S. role abroad should be more active.Republicans also think the nation's global standing and relationships with other countries will improve or stay the same during the next year. Democrats largely expect U.S. relations with other nations will worsen ...

  • Book Review: How Zbigniew Brzezinski became a foreign policy sage and focus of controversy

    Book Review: How Zbigniew Brzezinski became a foreign policy sage and focus of controversy

    May 22, 2018 08:15 PM EDT

    ... the Vietnam War. Vaisse knows his subject well but also brings to it the perspective of an outsider not caught up in the factions of U.S. academic politics. As he details, the U.S. government after World War II poured hundreds of millions of dollars into international relations and ...

  • 50 years on, Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy lives out loud

    50 years on, Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy lives out loud

    Apr 04, 2018 10:30 PM EDT

    ... now. And so dedicating ourselves to something that is bigger than ourselves is something that is rooted in the tradition that is far older than us. And Dr. King helped show us that. The second is really about what it means to create a crisis. I go often back to ...

  • Where the march for civil rights stands today

    Where the march for civil rights stands today

    Apr 04, 2018 10:25 PM EDT

    ... features a collection of stories about the nuances of Dr. King and the civil rights movement. And we thank all of you for being with us. Vernon Jordan, I'm going to start with you. And let's start with the assassination itself. By my calculation, you were 32 years ...