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  • U.S. Secretary of State Antony BlinkenTech

    America’s top diplomat is cancelling his high-stakes trip to China because of their mystery balloon flying over Montana

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
  • A soldier walks past a line of M1 Abrams tanks, Nov. 29, 2016, at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colo.Politics

    Biden reverses course and gets ready to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine—but it could take years before they can be used against Russia

    By Lolita C. Baldor, Matthew Lee, and others
  • Grant WahlLifestyle

    The body of Grant Wahl, top American soccer writer who died covering World Cup, returns to U.S. with ‘no indication of foul play or anything nefarious’

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
  • Brittney GrinerPolitics

    ‘She’s safe, she’s on a plane, she’s on her way home’: Russia frees WNBA star Brittney Griner in dramatic prisoner exchange

    By Eric Tucker, Matthew Lee, and others
  • Mohammed bin SalmanPolitics

    ‘Jamal died again today’: Anguish as White House moves to shield Saudi Crown Prince from lawsuit over journalist’s death

    By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee, and others
  • Joe BidenPolitics

    Biden says Putin ‘can’t get away with’ annexing eastern Ukraine, rips ‘deliberate act of sabotage’ and ‘disinformation and lies’

    By Matthew Lee, Fatima Hussein, and others
  • Now-deceased terror mastermind Osama bin Laden sitting next to his Egyptian lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahri in an undated videotape.

    U.S. airstrike killed al-Qaida leader al-Zawahri

    By Matthew Lee, Nomaan Merchant, and others
  • WNBA star Brittney GrinerPolitics

    U.S. offers deal to Russia aimed at freeing WNBA star Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan

    By Matthew Lee, Eric Tucker, and others
  • Former Secretary of State Madeleine AlbrightPolitics

    Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright dies at 84

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. The State Department says it’s paying more than $2 million per month to provide 24-hour security to Pompeo and a former top aide, both of whom face “serious and credible” threats from Iran. That’s according to a report sent to Congress last month and obtained by The AP on Saturday, March 12. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)Politics

    The U.S. pays $2 million a month to protect Pompeo, aide from Iran threat

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
  • Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. With security rapidly deteriorating in Afghanistan, the United States is evacuating some personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, and U.S. troops with be assisting at the Kabul airport. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)Politics

    U.S. to send 3,000 troops to help evacuate embassy staff in Afghanistan

    By Robert Burns, Matthew Lee, and others
  • UNITED STATES – MARCH 03: Wendy Sherman, nominee for deputy secretary of State, testifies during her Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in Dirksen Building on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Brian McKeon, nominee for deputy secretary of State for management and resources, also testified. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)International

    U.S. Deputy Secretary of State and China’s foreign minister to meet as relations sink further

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
  • 29 April 2021, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: Pipe systems and shut-off devices at the Nord Stream 2 gas landing station. The almost completed gas pipeline is intended to transport 55 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year from Russia to Germany. The USA wants to stop it with sanctions. Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB (Photo by Jens Büttner/picture alliance via Getty Images)

    U.S. and Germany reach deal on completion of controversial Russian gas pipeline

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
  • U.S. President Joe Biden attends a news conference with Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, not pictured, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 15, 2021. Merkel is making her first visit with Biden as Germany has welcomed the return of a “multilateral” United States, committed to international alliances and cooperation. Photographer: Alex Edelman/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInternational

    Biden will warn U.S. companies of the potential business risks of being in Hong Kong

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
  • The Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents organized a press conference of the World Health Organization on July 3, 2020, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva.International

    Trump administration formally withdraws from World Health Organization

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press