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Former secretary of state John Kerry has been on an aggressive yet stealthy mission to try to apply pressure on the Trump administration from the outside.

Former secretary of state John Kerry has been on an aggressive yet stealthy mission to try to apply pressure on the Trump administration from the outside.

The White House lashed out at China on Saturday after the country's aviation authority sent letters to several major airlines scolding them for referring to Taiwan as a country. "This is Orwellian nonsense and part of a growing trend by the Chinese Communist Party to impose its political views on American citizens and private companies," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. Sanders also vowed that "China’s efforts to export its censorship and political correctness to Americans and the rest of the free world will be resisted." "The United States strongly obje

Potential Democratic presidential candidates are campaigning for the midterms in states that MORE took from their party’s column in 2016, testing the waters for the next presidential election. The so-called invisible campaign has begun with would-be candidates including Sens.

CLEVELAND — MORE railed against the nation's immigration laws and sought to boost a Republican Senate candidate on Saturday during a freewheeling speech in a state he carried in the 2016 election. Trump traveled to Cleveland for an event that was intended to boost the GOP tax law, but he quickly veered into other topics — including upcoming nuclear talks with North Korea and his own poll numbers — in remarks that seemed targeted at his base in the industrial Midwest. During a particularly pointed part of his remarks, the president slammed what he called "catch and rel

Freshman lawmakers have revived the push for congressional term limits, hoping to spark action on a long-stalled idea on Capitol Hill.  A bipartisan group of young members, led by rising GOP star and freshman Rep. MORE’s full-throated endorsement.  While the first-term lawmakers acknowledge they may face fierce resistance from the old guard in Washington, they think the issue is something that will resonate with a younger generation of voters.  “People are hungry for a new generation of leadership in Washington, D.C.

North Korea’s army of hackers has grown more brazen and capable over the course of several months, broadcasting a growing willingness to launch attacks on international targets. Hackers linked to Pyongyang have deployed new tools and escalated operations against financial targets and global organizations. Over the past two years, security professionals have observed a continuous improvement in North Korea’s technical capabilities. “They have demonstrated that when they have the intention they will deploy the capability,” said Adam Meyers, vice president for intelligence at CrowdStrike.

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