Defunded Aid Programs Are Asked by Trump Administration to Prove Their Value, on a Scale of 1 to 5

Last week, the Trump administration terminated nearly all of the United States’ foreign aid contracts after telling a federal...

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Faithful Hear Pope Francis’ Voice for First Time in 3 Weeks

For the first time in three weeks, the world heard the voice of a hospitalized Pope Francis on Thursday evening, when an audi...

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Bourbon Is Banned, California Wine Canceled, as Canada Pulls U.S. Alcohol

Giovanni Cassano, a restaurant owner in the Canadian province of Ontario, was not going to let a trade war get in the way of ...

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Friday Briefing:A ‘Watershed Moment’ for Europe

At a meeting in Brussels yesterday, leaders of the E.U.’s 27 countries discussed how to bolster both the continent’s defense...

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Deadly Clashes Pose Test for Syria’s New Leaders

At least 16 security personnel were killed on Thursday by gunmen loyal to Syria’s ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad, a war moni...

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State Dept. Plans to Close Diplomatic Missions and Fire Employees Overseas

Senior State Department officials have drawn up plans to close a dozen consulates overseas by this summer and are considering...

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How Dan Bongino Would Run the F.B.I., According to Dan Bongino

To hear Dan Bongino describe it, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is “the single most corrupt law enforcement institution”...

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Trump’s E.P.A. To Rewrite Rules Aimed at Averting Chemical Disasters

The Trump administration has moved to rewrite rules designed to prevent disasters at thousands of chemical facilities across ...

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He Sang in Praise of Women Exposing Their Hair. Iran Flogged Him.

A popular Iranian musician who was arrested two years ago during a crackdown on artists and academics has been punished with ...

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Trump Suspends Tariffs on Mexico for a Month

President Trump said on Thursday that he would offer a one-month exemption from tariffs for imports from Mexico that trade un...

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