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Trump can ‘reset’ relations with Iran’s mullah regime

Diplomatic resets have a bad name in Washington, D.C., these days, ever since former President Barack Obama promised one with Moscow in 2009, then oversaw the collapse of U.S.-Russian relations, including the never-ending Ukraine crisis and war.   There’s nothing wrong with resetting bad relations between rivals, so long as any reset is grounded in geopolitical […]

Trump can help prevent aviation disasters

Last week saw the worst U.S. aviation disaster in nearly a quarter century when an Army helicopter collided in midair with an American Airlines passenger plane near Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport. None survived among the 64 passengers and crew onboard American Eagle flight 5342, nor did the helicopter’s three soldiers. While investigation into the […]

Rubio accuses USAID of ‘rank insubordination’

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday called out the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for what he called "rank insubordination," adding that the agency and its procedures need an overhaul. His comments just a day after President Trump announced Rubio would also serve as the acting head of USAID. “Well, that was always...

Under Trump, no state secret is safe 

If Donald Trump were an applicant for an ordinary position in the national security bureaucracy, he would be denied a security clearance.

El Salvador offers to house ‘American criminals,’ deportees: Rubio

El Salvador has offered to house criminals who are American citizens and deportees of other nationalities, according to the Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Rubio said late Monday that Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s offer is "the most unprecedented and extraordinary migratory agreement anywhere in the world.”  The comments came after he met with the country's...

Snip, snip: Spending cuts are coming 

The federal debt has exploded to $36 trillion and annual deficits now approach $2 trillion f

China hits US with retaliatory tariffs

China hit the U.S. back with retaliatory tariffs across the board over President Trump’s enforcement of tariffs on Chinese goods that went into effect on Tuesday.  China’s Ministry of Finance announced the countermeasures, imposing a 15 percent tariff on liquefied natural gas and coal. China also said it would slap a 10 percent tariff on...

What I learned on my post-election trip to Trump Country

There has been a softening of views on Trump, even among Democrats.

Trump and Congress are skipping out on the bill for mass deportations

The current administration is acting like we live in a fairy tale.  

Trump’s tariff delay is ‘opportunity’ for Mexico: Ex-DEA chief

"It's an opportunity for Mexico to go after the cartels," said Ray Donovan, the former DEA chief of operations.

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