Generally, two possible diplomatic approaches to dealing with unpredictability are minimising it and making oneself unpredictable.

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Donald J. Trump made history on Jan. 20 when he became the first convicted felon to take the presidential oath of office. Speaking from the Capitol in Washington—the same building that was infamously ...

On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, a loose coalition of ultraconservatives including Steven Bannon, Dasha Nekrasova, ...

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Trump won the popular vote by the smallest margin of any president since Richard Nixon — for the second time, winning the ...

Dinner parties in the capital have long been a path to power, but Perle Mesta had her eye on a different prize.

It has become the absolute highlight of US presidential inaugurations: the moment America’s music greats take to the stage to bless the incoming leader with their performances. As Donald Trump ...

I t is the defining trait of Washington’s progressive politicos that they refuse to understand the symbiotic relationship ...

In 1960, the presidential race between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon was a tight one, and both sides were looking for an ...

More progressive media would be great, but experience is full of disastrous efforts to create liberal outlets.

Over decades, a shift in US military strategy, larger carriers and the growth of commerce on the West Coast deemphasized US ...