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President Trump declared he was making the world safer in restoring harsh sanctions, but he also dealt a profound blow to allies and deepened his isolation on the world stage.  ‘‘The consistent flouting of agreements that our country is a party to risks eroding America’s credibility,” former President Barack Obama warned.   Analysis A reporter recounts the summer of 2015 in Vienna, when weeks of tough negotiations yielded the Iran nuclear deal that President Trump has abandoned.   The first lady is once again facing accusations of plagiarism. This time, she’s firing back at her critics.

President Trump declared he was making the world safer in restoring harsh sanctions, but he also dealt a profound blow to allies and deepened his isolation on the world stage.  ‘‘The consistent flouting of agreements that our country is a party to risks eroding America’s credibility,” former President Barack Obama warned.   Analysis A reporter recounts the summer of 2015 in Vienna, when weeks of tough negotiations yielded the Iran nuclear deal that President Trump has abandoned.   The first lady is once again facing accusations of plagiarism. This time, she’s firing back at her critics.

The CIA has given Congress a tranche of classified documents related to the controversial undercover background of Gina Haspel, MORE's choice to lead the spy agency. The delivery — a single cardboard box marked "hand carry" that was wheeled in on a dolly to a secure facility in the Capitol basement — comes as the agency is under fierce pressure from Democrats to declassify more information about Haspel's involvement in its now-defunct detention and interrogation program. Because so much of Haspel’s record is still classified — 32 of her 33 years at the agency were spe

GOP Sen. MORE's campaign if ex-coal CEO Don Blankenship wins Tuesday's primary in West Virginia and becomes the GOP nominee. "If he does [win the primary] I think you'll see a lot of Republicans making a contribution to Joe Manchin. I certainly will be," he told reporters on Monday.  Blankenship, who spent a year in prison for violating mine safety standards, has momentum heading into MORE (R-W.Va.) and Attorney General Patrick Morrisey. Flake's comments come after he came out against Blankenship on Monday.

The Trump administration is forging ahead with its nomination of Gina Haspel for CIA director despite a crescendo of criticism over her role in the agency’s counterterror program and reports that she recently sought to withdraw. Haspel sat down with two of her toughest critics on the Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday — Sens.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned Monday night after a bombshell report detailing allegations from multiple women of physical abuse against him. Just hours after The New Yorker published the claims from four women who said Schneiderman physically abused them, the attorney general offered his resignation in a statement. "Serious allegations, which I strongly contest, have been made against me," he said. "While these allegations are unrelated to my professional conduct ...

The nightmare scenario for Republicans is upon them: Former coal CEO Don Blankenship — who was in prison a year ago — is the candidate with momentum in Tuesday’s GOP primary to take on Sen. MORE (D-W.Va.).  Two internal polls show Blankenship narrowly ahead of Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R) and Rep. MORE (R-W.Va.), and Republicans are spooked. “No way! Remember Alabama. Vote Rep. Jenkins or A.G.

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