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Congress opts for temporary budget until spring

Republicans in Congress threw more uncertainty into America's future today. The lame duck session won't even try to pass any full spending bills, which is especially bad...

7 min

America's transition of power and US relations with Europe

On his last visit to Germany as President, Barack Obama reassured Chancellor Angela Merkel: Donald Trump is committed to the NATO Alliance. But the two leaders also issued...

34 min

Putin withdraws from the International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court has lost a powerful charter member: Russia is pulling out.

9 min