Zeke Miller, The Associated Press


  • Trump yanks ex-CIA chief’s clearance, hitting vocal critic
    Trump yanks ex-CIA chief’s clearance, hitting vocal critic

    President Donald Trump abruptly revoked the security clearance of ex-CIA Director John Brennan on Wednesday, an unprecedented act of retribution against a vocally critical former top U.S. official.

  • Bolton may herald rightward shift in Trump’s foreign policy
    Bolton may herald rightward shift in Trump’s foreign policy

    John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s incoming national security adviser — and his third to date — is a divisive foreign policy figure who was an unabashed supporter of the Iraq war and advocates regime change in Iran.

  • Trump replacing McMaster with John Bolton as national security adviser
    Trump replacing McMaster with John Bolton as national security adviser

    Charging ahead with the dramatic remaking of his White House, President Donald Trump said Thursday he would replace national security adviser H.R. McMaster with the former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, a foreign policy hawk entering a White House facing key decisions on Iran and North Korea.

  • US declares North Korea a terror sponsor; new sanctions expected
    US declares North Korea a terror sponsor; new sanctions expected

    President Donald Trump announced Monday the U.S. is putting North Korea’s “murderous regime” on America’s terrorism blacklist, despite questions about Pyongyang’s support for international attacks beyond the assassination of its leader’s half brother in February.