A top Vatican official is alleging that Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI were both aware of previously unknown allegations of sexual abuse and chose to allow them to be covered up rather than bringing them to light.
Through our so-called allies in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the United States is helping to destroy Yemen. It’s time for our support for that war to come to an end.
Paul Laxalt, the former Nevada Senator who was one of President Reagan’s closest confidantes outside the White House, has died at 96.
The Trump Administration has taken the latest step in a process that began in May with the withdrawal from the JCPOA. Where it takes us is anybody’s guess, but the probability of something going wrong is quite high.
The Trump Administration continues to insist that North Korea is violating promises that it clearly never made.
Yet another sign that the Singapore Summit didn’t really accomplish much of anything.
The Trump’s Administration’s rhetoric and actions have given the Iranians no reason to trust the United States going forward.
To the surprise of nobody other than, apparently, the President of the United States, the North Koreans are dragging their feet after getting what they wanted out of the Photo Op Summit in Singapore.
The President was up late last night sending an incredibly over-the-top tweet directed at Iran.
We still don’t know what President Trump and Vladimir Putin talked about or agreed to during their two-hour meeting on Monday.
America promised immigrants who volunteered to serve in our military a fast track to citizenship. Now, we’re throwing them out.
Donald Trump had to be talked down from considering military intervention in Venezuela.
The supposed promises made at the Singapore Summit don’t appear to be working out in the real world.
Rebutting the President’s routine prevarications merely spreads them. Is there an alternative?
In a ruling that largely relies on the authority granted by Congress to the President to regulate immigration on national security grounds, the Supreme Court has upheld the final version of the Administration’s travel ban.
Another unilateral withdrawal from an international institution.
Tom Nichols draws a contrast between Republican criticisms of the last president and their defense of this one.
The North American delegation has won the right to lose a whole lot of money putting on a soccer tournament.
The Singapore Summit meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong Un was about as substance-less as most analysts anticipated it would be.
With the start of the Singapore Summit just hours away, it’s not at all clear what the respective parties can possibly agree to other than what amounts to a photo opportunity.
Thanks to Donald Trump, the happiest man in the world right now is Vladimir Putin.
Hurricane Trump hit the G-7 this weekend, and the damage it left behind will take years to clean up.
Dan Coates, the Director of National Intelligence, has issued a strong warning that has received little attention.
As he headed to the G-7 Summit, President Trump threw our ostensible allies another curve.
The actions of the Trump administration are helping Russian-EU relations (to the detriment of the US).
The arguments in favor of a permanent U.S./NATO base in Poland are not very convincing.
More than a decade ago, Donald Trump revealed one of his secrets to success. Exhaust your enemies. It explains much of what has happened since he took office.
The new American Ambassador to Germany is making what clearly seem to be inappropriate statements about domestic politics in Europe.
Frank Carlucci, who served as President Reagan’s last Secretary of Defense, has died at 87.
The President’s constant attacks on the news media are meant for a single purpose, to undermine even accurate reporting about wrongdoing in his Administration.
The President and the Secretary of State had some oddly contradictory statements this week.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a bombastic speech on Iran yesterday that reveals just how empty and dangerous the Trump Administration’s policy toward Iran actually is.
The Internet is a global platform. Should every country’s laws apply to everyone using it?
Russia wasn’t the only nation that sent people to meet with Trump Campaign officials at Trump Tower back in 2016 regarding assistance to the Trump Campaign.
As expected, Gina Haspel was confirmed as C.I.A. Director yesterday despite her controversial record when it comes to torture.
With a third Democrat crossing the aisle to support her, Gina Haspel now has the votes she needs to become the next C.I.A. Director.
For some reason, the President wants to help a Chinese company that has been accused of being a security risk by American intelligence services.
Does the administration know what it is doing?
President Trump’s decision to violate the terms of the nuclear deal with Iran could be a turning point in relations between the United States and its most important allies, and not in a good way.
The date and location of the meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong Un has been set, but there’s as much chance of failure as their is hope for success.
Gina Haspel faced some tough questions from Democrats regarding her role in the C.I.A.’s post-9/11 torture programs, but she’s likely to be confirmed anyway.
For Donald Trump and his supporters, “Fake News” means any news that doesn’t shower enough praise on him.
As expected, President Trump has withdrawn the United States from the nuclear deal with Iran. There was no rational basis for doing so.
A majority of Americans want the President to stay in the nuclear deal with Iran. That’s unlikely to matter to him.
A blast from the past as Oliver North, who was once at the center of a major Washington scandal, is named President of the National Rifle Association.
They hired Israeli Private Investigators to dig up dirt on former Obama officials, including Ben Rhodes and Colin Kahl.
