Foreign Aid

Feds gave N.C. nonprofit $1.8 billion despite years of critical IG reports

Feds gave N.C. nonprofit $1.8 billion despite years of critical IG reports

Richard Pollock and Sarah Bedford · November 12, 2014 10:00 am

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is charged with combating international drug crime. (AP File)

State Dept. branch too disorganized to oversee $6 billion in foreign aid, IG says

Sarah Bedford · October 16, 2014 5:55 pm

The League of Conservation Voters plans to spend a "majority" of the $25 million it has raised for the November elections on its Senate ground game, largely by targeting 1.5 million "drop-off voters" who typically don't participate in midterm elections and tend to be younger, Hispanic and female. (iStock Photo)

Energy and Environment

U.S. to make ‘significant’ climate fund pledge

Zack Colman · October 10, 2014 3:43 pm

President Francois Hollande, of France, addresses the Climate Summit, at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. France contributed the most to the Green Climate Fund on Tuesday, when it committed $1 billion. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Energy and Environment

Financial pledges to developing countries fall short as climate summit ends

Zack Colman · September 23, 2014 9:32 pm

EU increases Syria refugee aid by $280 million

EU increases Syria refugee aid by $280 million

Washington Examiner · September 23, 2014 8:17 pm

U.S. troops arrive in Liberia this weekend to start anti-Ebola mission

U.S. troops arrive in Liberia this weekend to start anti-Ebola mission

Charles Hoskinson · September 19, 2014 5:59 pm

Tom Coburn calls ISIS threat ‘spilled milk’

Kelly Cohen · September 10, 2014 9:10 am

Peshmurga soldiers man their positions at the front line in the fight against the Islamic State group Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014 in Kalak, Iraq. More than three-quarters of Americans support military aid to forces currently fighting the Islamic State, according to a poll by CNN/ORC International. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Ryan Remiorz)

Americans more concerned about growing Islamic State threat

Kelly Cohen · September 8, 2014 9:16 pm

A report from the New York Times details how some think tanks made deals with foreign governments to lobby elected officials on their behalf. (iStock)

Top D.C. think tanks get cash for helping push other countries’ agendas

Jennifer Peebles · September 7, 2014 2:46 pm

From left, British Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S. President Barack Obama, Romanian President Traian Basescu, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and British RAF Group Captain David Bentley watch a flypast on the second day of a NATO summit at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport, Wales on Friday, Sept. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

NATO creates ‘spearhead’ to deter Russia

JohnThor Dahlburg · September 5, 2014 8:25 pm

On Aug. 8, a bipartisan letter signed by Congressional leaders expressed "serious concerns" about the obstacles inspectors general continue to face. (iStock)

Inspectors in Afghanistan face ‘obstructionism’ from U.S. officials

Richard Pollock · September 3, 2014 9:32 pm

Afghan officials can't account for $3.3 billion in U.S. military aid to their country's military and security forces, according to the Pentagon's inspector general. (iStock image)

Billions in U.S. aid can’t be accounted for by Afghan officials

Mark Tapscott · September 2, 2014 9:00 am