Foreign Aid

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis receives military honors before his meeting with Brazil's defense minister, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 13, 2018. Mattis has spent six days visiting South American countries, including Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Colombia.

Beltway Confidential

As Jim Mattis heads to Latin America, China isn’t waiting for the US to figure out what’s going on

Erin Dunne · August 13, 2018 8:07 pm

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang speaks during a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing.

China derides US plan for Indo-Pacific investment

Joel Gehrke · July 31, 2018 5:36 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the Indo-Pacific Business Forum at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Monday, July 30, 2018, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

After Trump scuttles trade partnership with Pacific nations, Mike Pompeo tries to reel China’s neighbors back in

Tom Rogan · July 30, 2018 3:55 pm

A woman holds her daughter after she received a diphtheria shot during a vaccination campaign, in Sanaa, Yemen, on May 13.

Beltway Confidential

Only Trump can save hundreds of thousands of Yemeni civilians

Tom Rogan · June 12, 2018 8:12 pm

Family members of Erick Rivas, 20, who died in the hospital after suffering burns from the eruption of the Volcan de Fuego, which in Spanish means Volcano of Fire, carry his remains to the cemetery in San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala.

Trump sends aid to Guatemala as death toll climbs from volcanic eruption

Gabby Morrongiello · June 7, 2018 4:37 pm

President Trump speaks during a roundtable on immigration policy in Bethpage, N.Y.

Trump to cut foreign aid for home countries of illegal immigrants

Steven Nelson · May 23, 2018 7:04 pm

In this photo from 2017, a Palestinian protester waves a national flag during clashes on the Israeli border with Gaza.

US media are covering up Palestinians’ ‘pay to slay’ policy

Sean Durns · March 21, 2018 4:00 am

In this photo from Friday, a woman walks by a huge screen showing President Trump and North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, in Tokyo. On Thursday, a South Korean official announced at the White House that North Korea had extended an invitation to Trump to meet with Kim Jong Un. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Trump should talk to Kim Jong Un, but with a stopwatch and conditions

Washington Examiner · March 12, 2018 5:01 am

Jobs and security for those displaced by ISIS

Jobs and security for those displaced by ISIS

lotta-moberg and stephen-hollingshead · March 6, 2018 5:01 am

"Russia will be actively developing military-technical cooperation with all interested countries, including in most high-tech segments — on those armaments for aviation, air defense, land troops and the navy that have demonstrated their utmost efficiency during the Syrian operation," Putin said. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Vladimir Putin: Russia’s weapons exports get a boost after being demonstrated in Syria

Joel Gehrke · March 5, 2018 7:31 pm

"The first delivery should happen in a very few weeks," Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

US weapons to reach Ukraine in ‘weeks’

Joel Gehrke · March 1, 2018 7:19 pm

This photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a civil defense worker carrying a victim after airstrikes hit a rebel-held suburb near Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. Syrian rescue workers and activists say the death toll from ongoing government strikes on the opposition-held region near the capital Damascus has risen to at least 35. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

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The US should airdrop aid to besieged civilians in Damascus

Tom Rogan · February 20, 2018 6:44 pm