• Did Trump and Xi make any headway on North Korea, trade?

    Did Trump and Xi make any headway on North Korea, trade?

    Nov 09, 2017 11:35 PM EDT

    ... in the Great Hall of the People. President Xi Jinping: (Through interpreter) We will definitely make a new contribution to realize a beautiful future for U.S.-Chinese relations. President Donald Trump: President Xi, on behalf of the American people, I offer this to toast to you, to the people ...

  • Facing tumult at home, Trump sets out on lengthy Asia trip

    Facing tumult at home, Trump sets out on lengthy Asia trip

    Nov 04, 2017 03:14 PM EDT

    ... to squeeze North Korea by stopping trading with the North and sending home North Korean citizens working abroad. That includes China, which competes with the U.S. for influence in the region and provides much of North Korea's economic lifeblood. The White House is banking on the close relationships ...

  • What to watch for during Trump’s swing through Asia

    What to watch for during Trump’s swing through Asia

    Nov 03, 2017 07:06 PM EDT

    ... looking for an articulation of broad international support for increasing pressure on North Korea, especially from China, to demonstrate that it’s not only a U.S. responsibility, Aum said. Trump plans to build on his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping to get China to do more enforcement of ...

  • Shields and Brooks on Trump’s GOP pushback, Russia probe grand jury

    Shields and Brooks on Trump’s GOP pushback, Russia probe grand jury

    Aug 04, 2017 11:22 PM EDT

    ... less day-to-day melodrama than we have had over the last six months. And, personally, I think that would be good for all of us. There are limitations. He's -- another shrewd thing is, he said I'm not going to try to control the president. I'm just ...

  • Carter national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski dies

    Carter national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski dies

    May 27, 2017 02:39 PM EDT

    ... on Communism in the 1950s. Throughout his career, he would be affiliated with moderate-to-liberal groups, including the Rand Corp., the Council on Foreign Relations, Amnesty International and the NAACP. Cautioning in lectures of fractures within the Communist movement, Brzezinski emerged in the mid-1960s as a defender of ...

  • VP Pence aims to reassure Australia after tense Trump call

    VP Pence aims to reassure Australia after tense Trump call

    Apr 21, 2017 01:35 PM EDT

    ... told reporters that they did not expect the refugees issue to be raised in the meeting, describing it as "ancient history." The fallout has left relations between the U.S. and Australia at their lowest point since the Vietnam War, when Australia's then-Prime Minister Gough Whitlam criticized a ...

  • Can the president attack another country without Congress?

    Can the president attack another country without Congress?

    Apr 07, 2017 11:03 AM EDT

    ... 850175327582265345 IS INFORMING THEM ENOUGH? DON'T THEY GET A SAY? The War Powers Resolution, enacted in 1973, long after American troops began fighting in Vietnam, required the president to consult with Congress before sending U.S. armed forces into combat unless there already had been a declaration of war ...

  • McCain sees Russian hacking as threat, Trump calls reports of such interference 'ridiculous'

    McCain sees Russian hacking as threat, Trump calls reports of such interference 'ridiculous'

    Dec 19, 2016 05:08 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is the business titan who has spoken appreciatively of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Republican Sen. John McCain is the tough-talking national security hawk who warns that Russian interference in the U.S. election threatens to "destroy democracy." McCain, chairman of the Armed Services Committee ...

  • Carter's Asia trip spotlights issues for next Pentagon head

    Carter's Asia trip spotlights issues for next Pentagon head

    Dec 05, 2016 06:24 PM EDT

    TOKYO — Ash Carter's final swing across Asia as Pentagon chief shines a spotlight on tough issues to be inherited by his successor, from concern in Tokyo and Seoul about being forced to pay more for U.S. military protection to worry across the region about North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

  • How Fidel Castro maintained a communist stronghold

    How Fidel Castro maintained a communist stronghold

    Nov 26, 2016 10:22 PM EDT

    Fidel Castro was the father of a revolution that delivered healthcare and education, but repressed dissidents and political freedoms over the course of nearly 50 years of rule. Adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations Carla Robbins and William LeoGrande, professor of government focusing on Latin American politics at American University, join Lisa...