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Secretary of State Antony Blinken (second from right), joined by national security adviser Jake Sullivan (right), speaks while facing Chinese Communist Party foreign affairs chief Yang Jiechi (second from left) and China's State Councilor Wang Yi (left) at the opening session of U.S.-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska on Thursday.

U.S., Chinese Officials Trade Swipes At Photo-Op

The first meeting of the Biden administration between high-level American and Chinese delegations showed relations between the two major powers are frosty.

Mandel Airs First Ad In U.S. Senate Campaign

Republican Josh Mandel has launched his first TV ad in his quest to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown. The biographical ad, titled "Boots," will…

Iran rejects a U.S. ceasefire plan as Trump again threatens to bomb its infrastructure

Iran's top officials pushed back against a U.S. ceasefire plan and President Trump's deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz, striking a defiant tone as the warring sides traded missile attacks.

President Trump speaks from the White House on April 1. His stated goals for the Iran war look mostly unmet.

What has the U.S. war with Iran accomplished?

Trump's war goals included putting an end to Iran's nuclear program, destroying its military capabilities and creating regime change. That hasn't happened.

U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus, a former Montana senator, recently became the first American envoy to China to visit all of the country's provinces. "We Americans have an obligation to come to China, to learn more about China," he tells NPR. "Why? Because with each passing day, it's going to be more and more in our future."

U.S. Envoy: China Will Be 'More And More In Our Future'

Max Baucus, the ambassador to China since 2014, urges the U.S. to "draw some lines" and says, "We're not going to get bullied." Despite recent tensions, he remains upbeat about U.S.-China ties.

U2's latest album, <em>Songs of Experience</em>, is out now.

U2's 'Songs Of Experience' Is The Reboot The Band Needed

The Irish rock band has been plagued with many unsuccessful projects. Its latest offering is its attempt at a reboot — coming off as earnest, genuine, and even a little bit scrappy.

A uniformed tour guide gestures to tourists outside the War Museum in Pyongyang. U.S. citizens can visit North Korea as tourists.

North Korea Claims It Has U.S. Student In Custody

State media reported that the isolated nation has detained a student from the University of Virginia for "committing anti-republic activities."

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Monday that Victor Manuel Rocha, the former U.S. ambassador to Bolivia, has been charged with acting illegally as a foreign agent for the government of Cuba.

Former U.S. ambassador charged with being an agent for Cuba

Victor Manuel Rocha was a State Department employee for more than 20 years. Prosecutors say during that time and in the 20 years since, he acted as an illegal agent for Cuba.

U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Case on Lethal Injection

The U-S Supreme Court has agreed to determine the constitutionality of execution by lethal injection. The court will hear a challenge from two death row…

Syrian refugee women hold their children in a refugee compound in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon.

2018 Was A Year Of Drastic Cuts To U.S. Refugee Admissions

America is rejecting more legal immigrants than ever before. Refugee advocates warn that President Trump's aim is to dismantle the U.S. refugee resettlement program.

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