Favoring Foes Over Friends, Trump Threatens to Upend International Order
Soon after former President Donald J. Trump took office, his staff explained how NATO’s mutual defense obligations worked.
Peter Baker in political news
How Old Is Too Old to Be President? An Uncomfortable Question Arises Again.
When Dwight D. Eisenhower weighed the pros and cons of running for a second term, one factor that concerned him was his age.
Biden sharpens criticism of Israel, calling its Gaza response ‘over the top.’
President Biden sharply escalated his criticism of Israel’s approach to the war against Hamas on Thursday, calling military operations in Gaza “over the top” and saying that the suffering of innocent people has “got to stop.”
Biden Vows to Retaliate After Strike Against American Forces in Jordan
This was the day that President Biden and his team had feared for more than three months, the day that relatively low-level attacks by Iranian proxy groups on American troops in the Middle East turned deadly and intensified the pressure on the president to respond in kind.
Negotiators Close In on Hostage Deal That Would Halt Fighting in Gaza for Weeks
American-led negotiators are edging closer to an agreement in which Israel would suspend its war in Gaza for about two months in exchange for the release of more than 100 hostages still held by Hamas, a deal that could be sealed in the next two weeks and would transform the conflict consuming the region.
The Looming Contest Between Two Presidents and Two Americas
Each of them has sat behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, signed bills into law, appointed judges, bartered with foreign leaders and ordered the armed forces into combat. They both know what it is like to be the most powerful person on the planet.
As U.S. and Militias Engage, White House Worries About a Tipping Point
Another day, another barrage of rockets and another spark that American officials fear could set off a wildfire of violence across the Middle East.
Biden Presses Netanyahu on Working Toward a Palestinian State
President Biden pressed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Friday to agree to the creation of a Palestinian state after the war in Gaza is over and raised options that would limit Palestinian sovereignty to make the prospect more palatable to Israel.