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Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) addresses the nation's top intelligence officials as they appear during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption

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Democratic Senator Mark Warner on

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U.S. and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, China, on Feb. 2, 2022. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption

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A Chinese scholar has some thoughts about what Trump is doing to the U.S.

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Monday

National security adviser Michael Waltz (left) and Stephen Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff for policy, look on as President Trump speaks with reporters after signing two executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 4. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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How a journalist became an inadvertent eavesdropper on national security secrets

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Monday

Richard Haass, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations. Kaveh Sardari/Council on Foreign Relations hide caption

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With Trump in office, U.S. allies lose standing, security

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Thursday

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. Virginia Mayo/AP hide caption

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European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas discusses shifting U.S. alliances

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Wednesday

President Donald Trump, right, and France's President Emmanuel Macron reach to shake hands during a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP hide caption

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Former deputy national security adviser in first Trump term defends shift on Europe

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Tuesday

United States Vice-President JD Vance, rear right, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, rear left, meet during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Matthias Schrader/AP hide caption

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Foreign policy expert Stephen Walt discusses America's shifting alliances

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Wednesday

Whether Biden or Trump wins in November will mean very different things for America's place in the world. Jim Watson/Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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What a second Biden or Trump presidency could mean for American allies and foes

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Monday

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Monday

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, the former president, gestures to the crowd after speaking at a rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., on Feb. 10. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption

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Thursday

A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with a picture of North Korea's latest satellite-carrying rocket launch, at a railway station in Seoul on Nov. 22. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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What North Korea's shift toward Russia means for its global strategy

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Wednesday

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, shown here in 2008, was born on May 27, 1923. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption

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Henry Kissinger, controversial diplomat and foreign policy scholar, dies at 100

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From left to right, top: former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former President Donald Trump, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. From left to right, bottom: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and Vivek Ramaswamy. Joe Raedle/Getty Images; Brandon Bell/Getty Images; Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images; Scott Olson/Getty Images; Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

Republican presidential candidates from left, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., participate in a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News Wednesday in Miami. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

Demonstrators rally to demand a cease-fire against Palestinians in Gaza on Independence Avenue near the U.S. Capitol last month in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Young progressive Democrats are splitting from the party on Israel

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