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TSA issued an emergency amendment requiring six airlines that fly to the U.S. from seven airports to undergo enhanced screening under the Air Cargo Advance Screening protocols. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

TSA tightens screening requirements for cargo from seven Middle Eastern airports

Melissa Quinn · January 22, 2018 8:38 pm

Several airlines -- comprised of Delta, United, and American Airlines -- and some members of Congress are petitioning the Trump administration address the billions of dollars they claim state-run Gulf carriers unfairly receive in government subsidies. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

US airlines at odds over aviation agreements with Qatar and UAE

Diana Stancy Correll · December 5, 2017 5:01 am

A report submitted to the U.S. government shows that between 2004 and 2014, the governments of the UAE and Qatar have provided over $40 billion in subsidies and benefits to their state-owned airlines: Doha's Qatar Airways, Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways, and Dubai's Emirates. (iStock Photo)

Newt Gingrich: Trump should enforce our free trade agreement on air travel

Newt Gingrich · December 2, 2017 5:01 am

The lessening demand for air support for Iraqi and Syrian ground troops will free up some attack planes for use over Afghanistan, where President Trump's new strategy includes new rules of engagement to provide more air support for Afghan government troops battling the Taliban. (Air Force photo)

National Security

Bombing down 60 percent over Iraq and Syria as US shifts air war to Afghanistan

Jamie McIntyre · November 7, 2017 6:37 pm

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced the new agreement. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

US, Qatar ‘substantially increasing’ effort to defund terrorism

Joel Gehrke · October 30, 2017 9:11 pm

Tillerson is currently on the last leg of a six-day trip to seven countries. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Rex Tillerson wants to ‘curl up in a ball’ some days

Melissa Quinn · October 26, 2017 8:39 pm

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon at the Hudson Institute Monday expressed support for the countries that cut ties with Qatar in June after it was suspected Qatar had financially assisted terrorist groups. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Steve Bannon: Qatar is just as important as North Korea

Diana Stancy Correll · October 24, 2017 2:05 am

"Iranian militias that are in Iraq, now that the fight against Daesh and ISIS is coming to a close, those militias need to go home." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

National Security

Rex Tillerson: ‘Iranian militias’ need to leave Iraq

Steven Nelson · October 22, 2017 6:52 pm

Consider Turkey: Under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it has enabled and supplied the Islamic State and al Qaeda-linked groups inside Syria. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Beltway Confidential

Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey: Time for Trump’s State Department to call them sponsors of terrorism

Michael Rubin · September 27, 2017 4:29 pm

Trump and the emir of Qatar, along with several top U.S. and Qatari officials, gathered for a bilateral meeting at a private hotel outside the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump vows at UN to solve ‘problem’ of Saudi-led blockade of Qatar

Melissa Quinn · September 19, 2017 9:15 pm

Meeting with the Emir of Kuwait at the White House this past week, President Trump hit the right notes. He has forged a strong friendship with this Gulf nation, and it will serve America's interests. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump builds a friendship with Kuwait that helps America

Washington Examiner · September 10, 2017 4:01 am

President Trump poking fun at the media after Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah railed against Qatari press for focusing on problems between Qatar and other Arab states. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Watch: Trump jokes with Kuwaiti emir about media troubles

Kyle Feldscher · September 7, 2017 7:36 pm