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April 16, 2021 at 7:38 pm

Dog care, hair appointments, restaurant reservations: Odd jobs of Pompeo’s State Department aides

A State Department inspector general’s report found the Pompeos had deployed government employees to, among other things, take care of their dog, make restaurant reservations...

February 18, 2021 at 6:16 pm

Biden administration formally offers to restart nuclear talks with Iran

WASHINGTON — The United States took a major step on Thursday toward restoring the Iran nuclear deal that the Trump administration abandoned, offering to join...

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January 27, 2021 at 11:21 am

Pledging to Rebuild Trust, Blinken Takes Reins at State Dept.

On his first full day as secretary of state, Antony Blinken said that the State Department he would now lead was “not the same one...

January 26, 2021 at 12:06 pm

Blinken takes over at State Department with a review of Trump’s policies

WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Antony J. Blinken as the nation’s 71st secretary of state, installing President Joe Biden’s longtime adviser with a...

November 16, 2020 at 5:20 pm

Trump Sought Options for Attacking Iran to Stop Its Growing Nuclear Program

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump asked senior advisers in an Oval Office meeting Thursday whether he had options to take action against Iran’s main nuclear...

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President Donald Trump leaves after speaking to reporters in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Nov. 5, 2020. Trump has tried to condition a large segment of the American public not to believe anyone other than him, with evident success. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT205 XNYT205

November 10, 2020 at 8:25 pm

Fighting election results, Trump uses new weapon: the government

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, facing the prospect of leaving the White House in defeat in just 70 days, is harnessing the power of the...

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November 1, 2020 at 1:09 pm

U.S. Diplomat Coughs Online, and European Allies Wonder if They Were Exposed

WASHINGTON — As part of a diplomatic tour through Europe in late October, the Department of State’s director of policy planning briefed journalists in London...

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FILE – In this March 23, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump moves from the podium to allow Attorney General William Barr to speak about the coronavirus in the James Brady Briefing Room in Washington. The relationship between President Donald Trump and top ally Attorney General William Barr is fraying over the lack of splashy indictments so far in the Justice Departmentâ€™s investigation into the origins of the Russia probe, according to people familiar with the matter. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) WX111

October 9, 2020 at 6:15 pm

Trump leans on Barr and Pompeo for a lift as election nears

President Donald Trump succeeded in compelling the secretary of state to announce that he would make public Clinton's emails even as the attorney general resisted...

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August 26, 2020 at 8:20 pm

Iran to Allow U.N. Inspections of Previously Blocked Nuclear Sites

WASHINGTON — Iran has agreed to let United Nations inspectors into two previously blocked nuclear sites, officials said Wednesday, reversing itself during an international feud...

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July 22, 2020 at 6:07 pm

U.S. orders China to close Houston consulate, citing efforts to steal trade secrets

WASHINGTON — The United States has abruptly ordered China to close its consulate in Houston, accusing diplomats of aiding economic espionage and the attempted theft...

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