Tag: Middle East
Marco Rubio says next step in Syria is negotiating regime change
Sen. Marco Rubio says the next step in Syria should be to work with Sunni governments to discuss "an alternative" government in Syria.
Rubio is...
Analysis: For Donald Trump, the weight of world’s problems sink in
For Donald Trump, the reality of the world's problems may be starting to sink in.
Standing in the sunny White House Rose Garden, the president...
Counting Americans: A new Mideast box on census is sensitive
Zahraa Ballout isn't "white," and she certainly isn't "some other race." If the government gives her the choice of checking a new "Middle East/North...
Donald Trump charts new Mideast course; maybe no separate Palestine
Charting a striking new course for the Middle East, President Donald Trump on Wednesday withheld clear support for an independent Palestine and declared he...
Fed lawyers deciding next step in Donald Trump travel ban fight
Government lawyers fighting to defend President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration said Friday that "all options" are being considered after a federal appeals...
Donald Trump nominee decried criticism of judges, senators agree
President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that comments by his Supreme Court nominee criticizing his own attacks on the judiciary were "misrepresented," even as Republican...
Promises, pomp and protests as Donald Trump sworn in
Pledging to empower America's "forgotten men and women," Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States Friday, taking command...
Revelers bid adieu to a year of conflicts, celebrity deaths
As 2016 draws to a close, revelers around the world are bidding a weary adieu to a year filled with political surprises, prolonged conflicts...
Egypt: Donald Trump should have chance to resolve Mideast conflict
Egypt says its president received a call from President-elect Donald Trump in which they both agreed to give the incoming U.S. administration a chance...
Jeff Sessions, Mike Pompeo, Mike Flynn picked by Donald Trump for...
President-elect Donald Trump is announcing his choices for three key administration jobs Friday, naming Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Kansas Rep. Mike...