BERLIN (Reuters) – European Union sanctions on Russia are pointless, the frontrunner in France’s presidential election Francois Fillon said on Monday in Berlin, warning Russia and the United States under Donald Trump could forge links that exclude the EU. Speaking after meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has taken a hard line in favor of […]
WASHINGTON — The Senate Foreign Relations committee is due to vote Monday on President Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of State, oil executive Rex Tillerson, and it still remains unclear if Republican Senator Marco Rubio will support the nomination. On Sunday, two influential Republicans, Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham threw their support behind Tillerson after […]
SEOUL — With President Donald Trump’s emphasis on “America First” economic policies, Japan and South Korea are bracing for contentious negotiations over trade and defense sharing costs. In his inauguration address on Friday, President Trump said he would enact protectionist policies to end free trade practices that he said had caused the U.S. economy to decline […]
Rather than giving a speech paying tribute to the CIA’s fallen at the revered wall at the CIA headquarters on Saturday, Trump instead spoke of himself, his election, and crowd size at his inauguration in the televised speech broadcast nation-wide. In front of the 117 stars, signifying the CIA’s fallen, the CIA’s version of Arlington […]