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June 28, 2020 at 5:30 pm

Russian bounties resulted in deaths of U.S. troops, according to intelligence assessments

WASHINGTON - Russian bounties offered to Taliban-linked militants to kill coalition forces in Afghanistan are believed to have resulted in the deaths of several U.S....

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May 22, 2020 at 6:12 pm

Trump administration discussed conducting first U.S. nuclear test in decades

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has discussed whether to conduct the first U.S. nuclear test explosion since 1992 in a move that would have far-reaching...

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May 21, 2020 at 8:06 am

Trump administration to withdraw from Open Skies in further erosion of arms-control pacts with Russia

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States will withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies, a nearly 30-year-old pact designed to...

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April 25, 2020 at 2:32 pm

Trump expands battle with WHO

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and his top aides are working behind the scenes to sideline the World Health Organization on several new fronts as...

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April 15, 2020 at 12:00 pm

As U.S. discouraged public mask use, White House raced to secure them for senior staff

The episode reveals how some top White House officials were pushing for a wider embrace of masks early on. President Donald Trump resisted endorsing such...

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February 27, 2020 at 3:20 pm

Syrian airstrike kills at least 29 Turkish soldiers in Idlib, Turkish official says

ISTANBUL - At least 29 Turkish soldiers were killed in Syria's embattled Idlib province late Thursday in a Syrian government airstrike, the governor of Turkey's...

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February 16, 2020 at 3:46 pm

Europe is watching U.S. presidential campaign, holding its breath about Trump and Sanders

MUNICH - Deep into President Donald Trump's convention-busting presidency, Europeans who once found his approach to the world unbearable are grappling with the possibility that...

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February 15, 2020 at 2:10 pm

At Munich Security Conference, an Atlantic divide: U.S. boasting and European unease

MUNICH — Germany's president offered a gloomy picture on the state of Europe's relations with President Donald Trump's United States. Trump's top diplomat said Saturday...

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January 23, 2020 at 10:30 am

Sondland plugs away in Brussels while playing a central role in Trump’s impeachment trial

Ambassador Gordon Sondland, going about his business in Europe, reemerged this week as one of the most important figures in the Senate trial to determine...

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January 11, 2020 at 7:20 pm

Saudi military trainees could be sent home following FBI investigation into shooting that killed three at Pensacola naval base

At least a dozen Saudi military trainees in the United States could be sent back to their home country after an FBI investigation found connections...

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