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  • Northern lights are seen over Tromsoe on November 2, 2022. – Norway OUT (Photo by Rune Stoltz Bertinussen / NTB / AFP) / Norway OUT (Photo by RUNE STOLTZ BERTINUSSEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images)

    U.S. is opening its first diplomatic post above the Arctic Circle and it will be staffed by a single ‘consul’

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
  • Evan GershkovichPolitics

    Blinken has ‘no doubt’ that WSJ reporter accused of being a spy is wrongfully detained—but there’s no formal declaration yet

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich is shown in this undated photo. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken repeated his call for Russia to immediately release Gershkovich on Wednesday at NATO headquarters following two days of talks among the alliance’s foreign ministers.  Russia accuses Gershkovich of espionage, a claim Americans deny. (The Wall Street Journal via AP, File)Politics

    U.S. secretary of state says WSJ reporter was ‘wrongfully detained’ by Russia—but a formal decision hasn’t been made yet

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
  • FILE – In this file photo taken from a video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, on Dec. 9, 2020, a rocket launches from missile system as part of a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile test launched from the Plesetsk facility in northwestern Russia. The United States and Russia have stopped sharing biannual nuclear weapons data under the faltering New START arms control treaty. U.S. officials say they had offered to continue to provide such information to Russia even after President Vladimir Putin suspended Russia’s participation in the treaty, but that Moscow had declined to share its own data. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)Politics

    America and Russia have stopped sharing nuclear weapons data as the last arms control pact between them falls apart

    By Matthew Lee and The Associated Press
  • 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