Issues

The Winners and Losers of Obama’s Keystone Veto

Analysis: Good deal for Steyer, Buffett, China. Not so much for humans, workers, climate

Lachlan Markay
January 7, 2015
In this photo reviewed by the U.S. military, the sun rises above Camp Delta at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013
National Security

Obama Cuba Initiative Prompts New Fears of Gitmo Naval Base Giveaway

State Department: Base return not on US agenda for talks

Bill Gertz
January 7, 2015
A Palestinian woman scatters sweets as she celebrates with others an attack on a Jerusalem synagogue, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip November 18, 2014. Two Palestinians armed with a meat cleaver and a gun killed four people in a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday before being shot dead by police, the deadliest such incident in six years in the holy city amid a surge in religious conflict
Politics

Rand Paul Moves to Cut U.S. Aid to the Palestinians Over ICC Bid

Second time Paul has sought to eliminate aid to PA

Adam Kredo
January 6, 2015
National Security

Rubio: Cancel Meetings With Cuba Until Prisoners Released

Cuba has failed to release 53 political prisoners and has jailed more than a dozen more

Alana Goodman
January 6, 2015
A man walks past near an image of revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara in Havana December 27, 2014