Trump Official Arrested in Storming of Capitol Left Little Mark Before Riot
WASHINGTON — Soon after President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, the White House told State Department officials that they needed to find a...
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C.I.A. to Expand Inquiry Into Mysterious Health Episodes Overseas
WASHINGTON — A new C.I.A. task force is trying to expand efforts to find the cause of a series of mysterious incidents that injured its...
Blinken Proposes a Foreign Policy Not ‘Disconnected From Our Daily Lives’
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken used his first major address on Wednesday to rally a domestic constituency for President Biden’s foreign policy...
Biden Won’t Penalize Saudi Crown Prince Over Khashoggi’s Killing, Fearing Relations Breach
WASHINGTON — President Biden has decided that the price of directly penalizing Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is too high, according to senior...
Biden Speaks With Saudi King; Unclear if Khashoggi Killing Was Discussed
WASHINGTON — President Biden held his first call with King Salman of Saudi Arabia on Thursday, but the official White House description of it made...
On the Front Lines of Diplomacy, but at the Back of the Vaccine Queue
WASHINGTON — In the best of times, working at the United States Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo, was always difficult: Pollution, poor electricity, unreliable internet service...
Blinken, Without Leaving Home, Tries to Mend Fences With Allies Abroad
Behind the jokes, however, there is frustration. Mr. Blinken and President Biden say the United States faces a herculean challenge in restoring bonds with key...
Tough Sanctions, Then a Mysterious Last-Minute Turnabout
WASHINGTON — In early December, an Israeli billionaire named Dan Gertler made an unusual request to the Treasury Department. A mining magnate who had been...
Seeking Fresh Start With Iraq, Biden Avoids Setting Red Lines With Iran
After a rocket attack that killed an American contractor in December 2019, the United States blamed Kataib Hezbollah, and bombed five of its bases. That...
Biden Administration Formally Offers to Restart Nuclear Talks With Iran
WASHINGTON — The United States made a major move on Thursday toward restoring the Iran nuclear deal that the Trump administration abandoned, offering to join...