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Zakaria: Trump's Blame Game Is Risky Business

The strong reaction to President Donald Trump's news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin at their Helsinki summit has yet to abate, despite administration attempts to contain the damage. Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria describes it as "the most embarrassing performance by an American president I can think of." Equally troubling, Zakaria...

Amid Criticism Over Putin Summit, Trump Wants Second Meeting

WASHINGTON —President Donald Trump said Thursday he wants another meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin to start implementing ideas they discussed in Helsinki, casting the summit as a starting point for progress on a number of shared concerns. Pushing back against criticism of first meeting, Trump accused the news media of...

Drill, Baby, Drill: U.S. Could Become World's Top Oil Producer

The U.S. is on pace to leapfrog both Saudi Arabia and Russia and reclaim the title of the world's biggest oil producer for the first time since the 1970s. The latest forecast from the U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts that U.S. output will grow next year to 11.8 million barrels...

Deepfake Video Trickery Expected in November Elections

WASHINGTON — Hey, did my congressman really say that? Is that really President Donald Trump on that video, or am I being duped? New technology on the internet lets anyone make videos of real people appearing to say things they've never said. Republicans and Democrats predict this high-tech way of...

With US Out, Other World Powers Negotiate Iran Nuclear Pact

VIENNA — Five world powers agreed with Iran on Friday to forge ahead with negotiations with the country and maintain its ability to export gas and oil as they seek to preserve a nuclear deal with Tehran despite the withdrawal of the United States. European Union foreign policy chief Federica...

Senate Intelligence Panel Refutes Nunes' Findings on Russia

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate committee said Tuesday that U.S. intelligence agencies' assessment of Russian activities during the 2016 presidential election was based on "sound" analysis not swayed by politics, the Associated Press reported. The January 2017 intelligence assessment said Russian activities in the run-up to the presidential election represented...

Did Cohen Just Fire a Warning Shot at Trump?

NEW YORK — After once boasting he would "take a bullet" for Donald Trump, the president's longtime personal lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen fired a possible warning shot toward the White House, saying he now puts "family and country first." In his first interview since federal agents raided his home...

Americans Own 46% of World's Civilian Guns

There are over 1 billion firearms in the world today, including 857 million in civilian hands — with American men and women the dominant owners, according to a study released Monday. The Small Arms Survey says 393 million of the civilian-held firearms, 46 percent, are in the United States, which...

Missile Killing 298 Airline Passengers Fired by Russian Military: Probe

BUNNIK, Netherlands — The missile used to shoot down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine in 2014, killing all 298 aboard, belonged to a Russia-based military unit, an international team of investigators said Thursday after painstakingly studying video and photos of a military convoy. The criminal investigation team...

Will the Gaza Events Further Polarize the Middle East?

By moving the U.S. embassy from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem, the United States has added complexity to a situation that was already chaotic. Washington’s move will not change the reality on the ground, as 62 Palestinians have been killed over the last few days. Gaza’s protests marking the 70th anniversary of...

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