• AP report: With tensions high, Trump, Abe strengthen bond on the links

    AP report: With tensions high, Trump, Abe strengthen bond on the links

    Nov 05, 2017 02:49 PM EDT

    ... best to approach the threat looming in Pyongyang. During his campaign, Trump suggested Japan should acquire its own nuclear weapons to defend itself, hinted the U.S. might not come to the nation's defense, and accused Japan of "killing us" on trade. He has dropped that antagonist language almost ...

  • Trump to travel to 5 countries in Asia in November

    Trump to travel to 5 countries in Asia in November

    Sep 29, 2017 03:11 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — The White House announced Friday that President Donald Trump will take a five-nation trip to the Asia Pacific region in November as the U.S. seeks to curb North Korea's growing nuclear threat. The White House said Trump will travel to Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and ...

  • How the 1967 riots reshaped Detroit, and the rebuilding that still needs to be done

    How the 1967 riots reshaped Detroit, and the rebuilding that still needs to be done

    Jul 22, 2017 12:17 AM EDT

    ... but from the beginning, it was just people seeing an opportunity to loot. SOLEDAD O'BRIEN: Detroit's violent unrest was the largest in the U.S. in about 100 years. Violence had also erupted earlier in Newark and Los Angeles. Quickly, President Lyndon Johnson named a commission to explore ...

  • How powerful is North Korea's military?

    How powerful is North Korea's military?

    Jun 20, 2017 06:07 PM EDT

    ... to serve in the military. The regime spent an average of $3.5 billion annually on military expenditures between 2004 and 2014, according to a U.S. State Department report. Although Pyongyang is outspent by its neighbors and adversaries in dollar-to-dollar comparisons and defense experts say it operates ...

  • News Wrap: Oklahoma picks up the pieces after deadly tornadoes touch down

    News Wrap: Oklahoma picks up the pieces after deadly tornadoes touch down

    May 11, 2016 12:35 AM EDT

    ... Back in this country, the U.S. Justice Department has opted not to seek the death penalty for the alleged mastermind in the attacks on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi, Libya. Ahmed Abu Khattala was captured in Libya two years ago, and brought to the U.S. He's charged ...

  • Two superpowers collide in the Pacific

    Two superpowers collide in the Pacific

    Mar 24, 2016 05:07 PM EDT

    ... country in the region (along with Vietnam) with a strategic sense." Singapore's low-key approach applies, even in its worries about the future of U.S. policy and the baffling turns in American politics. At a session with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel at a Singapore ...

  • An Indonesian visitor under fire

    An Indonesian visitor under fire

    Oct 27, 2015 06:39 PM EDT

    ... U.S. since his election last year was supposed to be highlighted by two big announcements: that Indonesia would upgrade its strategic partnership with the U.S. (to the same level it has had with China) and its readiness to join the next round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership that ...

  • Here's what Clinton has said on the Pacific trade pact she now opposes

    Here's what Clinton has said on the Pacific trade pact she now opposes

    Oct 07, 2015 09:59 PM EDT

    Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton pushed hard dozens of times for the Pacific Rim trade deal she now opposes as a presidential candidate.

  • Which countries are the world's most innovative?

    Which countries are the world's most innovative?

    Sep 25, 2015 04:15 PM EDT

    The 2015 Global Innovation Index recently revealed that Switzerland remains the global leader in innovation, followed by the United Kingdom, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United States.

  • Shields and Brooks on Obama trade bill defeat, deploying more troops to Iraq

    Shields and Brooks on Obama trade bill defeat, deploying more troops to Iraq

    Jun 12, 2015 11:17 PM EDT

    Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including a defeat for President Obama from his own party on a trade deal vote, the White House announcement that the U.S. will send more military trainers to Iraq, Hillary Clinton gears up for a big...