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All eyes on Trump as crucial Tuesday primaries approach
by Steven R. Hurst - March 10, 2016 - 7:11am
Republican leaders continued to agonize Thursday over how to stop Donald Trump's outsider drive for the presidential nomination ahead of Tuesday's crucial primary elections in Florida and Ohio, while even Democrats...
Christie endorses Trump for president; 'Wow,' Trump says
by Steven R. Hurst - February 26, 2016 - 8:14pm
Republican front-runner Donald Trump won the backing Friday of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, himself a former presidential candidate, in a jolt to one of the wildest primary contests in recent memory.
No poverty, hunger in 15 years? UN sets sweeping new goals
by Steven R. Hurst - September 21, 2015 - 8:07am
A season of goal-setting begins this month as the United Nations launches a new 15-year plan to fight grinding world poverty, improve health and education and quell climate change.
Mall threat could break US security funding logjam
by Steven R. Hurst - February 23, 2015 - 8:58am
The East Africa-based al-Shabab terror group's purported threat to attack the Mall of America will make it more difficult for congressional Republicans to continue their block on funding for the Department...
Analysis: NATO expansion at heart of Ukraine crisis
by Steven R. Hurst - February 14, 2015 - 6:05pm
The Cold War didn't end. It just took on a 24-year pause. The East-West showdown over Ukraine makes that clear.
Obama ties foreign profits tax to big public works spending
by Steven R. Hurst - February 2, 2015 - 9:38am
President Barack Obama unveils a $4 trillion spending plan Monday, a budget that calls for huge spending on infrastructure funded by a one-time tax on profits U.S. companies have amassed overseas. The business-friendly...
Growing Ebola fears loom large in US elections
by Steven R. Hurst - October 25, 2014 - 1:05pm
Only four people have been diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S but the fearsome disease has become a dominant issue in midterm elections less than two weeks away.
Russian FM issues blistering attack on US, NATO
by Steven R. Hurst - September 29, 2014 - 2:33am
The Russian foreign minister issued a blistering attack on the West and NATO on Saturday, accusing them of being unable to change their Cold War "genetic code" and saying the United States must abandon its claims...
Russian FM gives blistering attack on US, NATO
by Steven R. Hurst - September 28, 2014 - 6:25am
The Russian foreign minister issued a blistering attack on the West and NATO on yesterday, accusing them of being unable to change their Cold War "genetic code" and saying the United States must abandon its claims...
Russia wants to keep Ukraine off UN radar
by Steven R. Hurst - September 23, 2014 - 2:23am
As world leaders gather at the UN this week, the US and its European allies are consumed by efforts to blunt the savage advance of the Islamic State group, to end the raging Ebola epidemic and to make progress in...
Russia wants to keep Ukraine off UN radar
by Steven R. Hurst - September 23, 2014 - 12:00am
As world leaders gather at the U.N. this week, the U.S. and its European allies are consumed by efforts to blunt the savage advance of the Islamic State group, to end the raging Ebola epidemic and to make progress...
US struggles to keep vows to veterans
by Steven R. Hurst - July 2, 2014 - 12:00am
Nearly 9 million US military veterans were promised free medical care through the Veterans Administration when they signed on for duty. Now the challenge for lawmakers is finding the money to fix a health care system...
US gas boom: A tool against Russian coercion
by Steven R. Hurst - March 13, 2014 - 6:04am
The United States, with its abundant supplies of natural gas, would seem to have an easy answer to Europe's fears that a strong response to Russia's rapid takeover of Ukraine's Crimea region could prompt Vladimir...
Facing collapse, Ukraine a costly prize for West
by Steven R. Hurst - February 26, 2014 - 11:03am
Ukraine may well be the geopolitical prize nobody can afford to win.
Analysis: US reliability questioned overseas
by Steven R. Hurst - October 5, 2013 - 12:52pm
An unmistakable sense of unease has been growing in capitals around the world as the U.S. government from afar looks increasingly befuddled — shirking from a military confrontation in Syria, stymied at home...
Analysis: 40-year-old US abortion fight heats
by Steven R. Hurst - July 21, 2013 - 3:00pm
Abortion opponents have fought back vigorously in the 40 years since a landmark US Supreme Court decision legalized the procedure. Now, their battle is gaining ground in some states where new laws are creating stringent...
Snowden caught in historic conflict
by Steven R. Hurst - July 18, 2013 - 12:00am
In one sense, Edward Snowden, the leaker of National Security Agency secrets, is in rare company: He's one of fewer than a dozen people charged under World War I-era espionage law in the near-century of its exi...
Obama wants more certainty on Syrian chemical arms
by Steven R. Hurst - May 1, 2013 - 2:12pm
President Barack Obama said he wants more information about chemical weapons use in the Syrian civil war before he decides on escalating U.S. military or diplomatic responses, despite earlier assertions that use...
Economy, military shape US’s Iran moves
by Steven R. Hurst - February 5, 2013 - 12:00am
President Barack Obama may have to decide this year whether to use military force to fulfill his vow to prevent Iran from being able to build nuclear weapons, foreign policy experts say.
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