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Analysis: Pouncing on The Associated Press phone records probe and the IRS scandal, right and left finally unite — in excoriating the White House.
Analysis: As wounds slowly heal, national divisions reassert themselves with a vengeance.
News analysis: Were the Tsarnaev brothers Chechen nationalists? Global jihadists? Alienated youth? The varied, often self-serving “explanations” continue to pour in.
Analysis: The killing of young foreign service officer Anne Smedinghoff in Afghanistan raises painful questions about a conflict that's gone on too long.
Mounting public support for the Army private at the center of the WikiLeaks scandal could be very bad news for Washington.
Analysis: When it comes to sex crimes, the United States has little room to preach to other countries.
Analysis: The conservative gathering projects a strictly America-centric view of the world.
A new book by an administration insider argues a “dithering” White House has led to key missteps in Afghanistan and a loss of American power in the world.
Analysis: As Karzai insinuates Washington-Taliban collusion, fault lines deepen in an already troubled relationship.
Politics makes strange bedfellows, and it just doesn’t get much weirder than this.
The president’s pick for the CIA clears a critical hurdle amidst debate over 'targeted killings' of US citizens, even on American soil.
Analysis: Chuck Hagel is now secretary of defense, but with a world of trouble awaiting him, he may wonder whether he really wants the job.
John Kerry lays out his world vision and defends foreign spending ahead of his first tour as secretary of state.
From North Korean nukes to Afghanistan pullout, global problems weigh heavily as Obama seeks to capitalize on the single best moment for his legislative agenda.
Analysis: The United States may have to abandon the moral high ground following embarrassing revelations about drone attacks and its treatment of terror suspects — even against its own citizens.
“Forget about Bibi and Shelley, it’s really Finkelstein vs. Greenberg,” crowed Ha'aretz, Israel’s liberal daily newspaper.
Obama's political guru David Axelrod joins a long line of American politicos who are working outside their usual stomping grounds.
Analysis: Republicans bow to political reality and join a bipartisan effort at immigration reform.
Analysis: Hillary Clinton’s final act as secretary of state — congressional hearings over the Benghazi attacks — looks like it could be the start of a presidential campaign.
Kabul hopes for spy drones to increase its sovereignty, but the reality may not match the hype.
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