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A panda sleeping at the Shenyang Forest Wild Zoological Garden in northeastern China on Dec. 30, 2017. (AFP/Getty Images)

Is the U.S.-China Trade War About to Become a Currency War?

Some experts figure Beijing might risk further driving down the renminbi against the dollar.

U.S. President Donald Trump looks up as he sits beside Chinese President Xi Jinping during a tour of the Forbidden City in Beijing on November 8, 2017. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

Is China Really Meddling in U.S. Elections?

So far little evidence supports President Trump's claim.

Rainbow flags appear during event hosted by U.N. Globe, a U.N. LGBTI advocacy group, celebrating International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia on May 17 at United Nations Office in Nairobi. (Photo credit: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump Administration to Deny Visas to Same-Sex Partners of Diplomats, U.N. Officials

The new policy will insist they be married—even if they're from countries that criminalize gay marriage.

Chinese President Xi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and U.S. President Donald Trump pose with other Asian leaders during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Danang, Vietnam on Nov. 11, 2017.
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Putin and Xi Outrank Trump in Global Confidence Poll

Merkel and Macron come out far ahead in a new Pew Research survey.

U.S. President Donald Trump talks up the revised NAFTA deal from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Oct. 1. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

Is Trump Mainly Rebranding NAFTA?

The economic impact—and political future—of the '94 trade deal's successor is utterly unclear.

U.S. marines load ordnance into an F-35B Lightning II aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex in preparation for the F-35B's first combat strike on Sept. 27. (Photo by Cpl. A. J. Van Fredenberg/U.S. Marine Corps via Getty Images)

America’s Most Expensive Fighter Jet Totaled in First-Ever Crash

The incident could raise questions about pending F-35 sales to the U.K., Australia, and other countries.

U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton speaks at the United Against Nuclear Iran Summit in New York on Sept. 25. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

John Bolton Is Living the Dream—for Now

After being snubbed his entire career, the national security advisor’s fierce unilateralism has at last become U.S. policy. But even he can’t stop Trump from making deals.

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U.N. Brief: The Laugh is on Trump

China and Russia foil Pompeo’s maximum pressure campaign for North Korea.

U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis and National Security Advisor John Bolton attend the opening ceremony at the 2018 NATO Summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels on July 11.  (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Bolton Puts Mattis in a Tight Spot on Syria

Legally, the U.S. has to use troops there to fight the Islamic State. But the White House wants them to deter Iran.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference on Sept. 26 on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. (Nicholas Kamm /AFP/Getty Images photos)

U.N. Brief: Trump Says China Out to Get Him; Venezuela’s Besieged Leader Comes to Turtle Bay

The U.S. president presides over a defiant Security Council that still loves the Iran nuclear deal.

U.S. President Donald Trump listens during the U.N. Security Council briefing on counterproliferation at United Nations headquarters in New York on Sept. 26. (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump: China Is Out to Get Me

The White House accuses China of engaging in election interference.

A health worker shouts slogans demanding fair and higher wages during a protest of the lack of medical supplies and poor conditions in hospitals, in front of a line of police  in Caracas on Aug. 16. (Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. Ramps Up Pressure on Venezuela, But Maduro Keeps Hanging On

The United States has announced new sanctions on Venezuela and may threaten further action—but there’s little sign that will bring the regime down anytime soon.

An MQ-9 Reaper drone is parked in an aircraft shelter at Creech Air Force Base on November 17, 2015, in Indian Springs, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images)

A Silicon Valley Start-Up That Loves the Pentagon

Google may balk at military contracts, but Hivemapper founder Ariel Seidman believes working with the U.S. Defense Department can help save lives.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks next to European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini during a plenary session at the United Nations building in Vienna, Austria on July 14, 2015. (Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images)

Is the Iran Deal Finally Dead?

Europe’s frantic efforts to save the nuclear pact at the U.N. probably won’t work.

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25. (John Moore/Getty Images)

Trump Takes Aim at Iran, China, and the Global System in Big U.N. Speech

And draws a rare laugh from world leaders while boasting of his accomplishments.

New U.S. special representative to North Korea Stephen Biegun speaks after being named by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State Department in Washington on Aug. 23. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)

Pompeo’s New North Korea Envoy Wades Into Diplomatic Minefield

Stephen Biegun is widely considered a great pick for the job. But it may be an impossible task in the first place.

U.S. natural gas cargoes, such as this shipment from Louisiana on Nov. 6, 2017, have increasingly gone to China but could be at risk from the trade war. (VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

Trump’s Trade War With China Could Hit Energy Exports

China places tariffs on natural gas, a fast-growing U.S. export.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 21, 2017. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images)

U.N. Brief: Trump to Tackle Globe Drug Trade, Confront Iran

U.N. summit clouded by failure to end Middle East wars, America’s retreat from multilateral solutions to the world’s crises.

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