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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s 10th and final trip to Asia while in office is unlikely to be the triumph of his major foreign policy initiative that he once envisioned. Instead, Obama is dogged once again by violence in the Middle East, and rather than celebrate the repositioning of resources toward the Pacific Rim, Obama […]

MEXICO CITY — Reversing a more diplomatic tone he set during a joint appearance with Donald Trump in the Mexican capital, President Enrique Pena Nieto called the Republican presidential candidate’s ideas a “threat to the future of Mexico.” Pena Nieto’s hostile words came Wednesday night, hours after he met privately with Trump and shortly after

SHANGHAI – As Justin Trudeau tours China, the Canadian government is making clear it’s open for Chinese business, but it remains tight-lipped on the South China Sea, signalling a shift in allegiances some believe could cool relations with the United States. Many see Canada’s decision to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank as a positive

WASHINGTON — The pyrotechnics of Donald Trump’s new immigration speech obscured the fact that he has embraced a more moderate position that would effectively allow millions of otherwise law-abiding immigrants here illegally to remain in the United States. Trump’s 10-point plan to crack down on illegal immigration sticks to themes of his improbable presidential campaign:

The Obama administration may have secretly agreed to waive restrictions placed on the Iranian regime”s nuclear program as part of the landmark 2015 deal. According to a soon-to-be-published report by the Institute for Science and International Security, the US and fellow negotiating partners secretly agreed to permit the Islamic regime to ignore some restrictions on

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s aggressively tough speech on immigration buried the notion that he planned to pivot away from the posture that got him the Republican nomination to a gentler position tailored for more moderate general election voters, Republicans included. It also may have buried his party’s strategy for long-term survival — the effort to

WASHINGTON — Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine on Thursday dismissed Donald Trump’s foray to Mexico as a bumbling “choke,” and warned that the Republican presidential candidate’s immigration plan will turn the U.S. into “deportation nation.” “This is kind of a diplomatic amateur hour by Donald Trump,” Kaine said on NBC’s “Today” show. Trump’s wild