Author: Matthew Pennington
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Some see signs of hope on N. Korea as Trump heads to U.N.
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WASHINGTON • North Korea’s Kim Jong Un is “little rocket man” no more. President Donald Trump isn’t a “mentally deranged U.S. dotard.” In the year since Trump’s searing, debut U.N. speech fueled fears of nuclear conflict with North Korea, the two leaders have turned from threats to flattery. And there’s fresh hope that the U.S.…
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Trump says he’ll meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — After months of trading insults and threats of nuclear annihilation, President Donald Trump agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jung Un by the end of May to negotiate an end to…
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US tightens sanctions on North Korean shipping
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration escalated pressure on North Korea Friday by slapping sanctions on scores of companies and ships accused of illicit trading with the pariah nation. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the U.S. has now blacklisted virtually all ships being used by the North. The administration billed it as the largest installment of…
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Trump boasts of bigger ‘nuclear button’ than North Korea’s
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday that he has a bigger and more powerful “nuclear button” than North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The president’s Tuesday evening tweet came in response to Kim’s New Year’s address, in which he repeated fiery nuclear threats against the United States. He said he has a “nuclear button”…
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US flies bomber, fighter mission off North Korean coast
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WASHINGTON — In a show of American military might to North Korea, the United States on Saturday flew bombers and fighter escorts to the farthest point north of the Demilitarized Zone by any such American aircraft this century. The Pentagon said the mission showed how seriously President Donald Trump takes North Korea’s “reckless behavior.” “This…
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Officials say Trump’s Afghan plan involves 3,900 more troops
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s plan to end the stalemate in America’s longest war and eliminate Afghanistan’s rising extremist threat involves sending up to 3,900 additional U.S. forces, senior officials said Tuesday. The first deployments could take place within days. In a national address Monday night, Trump reversed his past calls for a speedy exit and recommitted the…
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Trump, North Korea trade escalating threats of fire
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea and the United States traded escalating threats, with President Donald Trump warning it would be met “with fire and fury like the world has never seen” and Pyongyang claiming Wednesday it was examining its plans for attacking Guam. The comments follow reports that North Korea has mastered a crucial…
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US approves 1st arms sale to Taiwan under Trump
WASHINGTON — The State Department has approved arms sales to Taiwan worth a total of $1.4 billion, the first such deal with the self-governing island since President Donald Trump took office, officials said Thursday. The sale will anger China, which regards Taiwan as part of its territory. It comes at a delicate time for relations…
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Suicide bombers attack Afghan police compound
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — At least three suicide bombers attacked a police training center Monday in southern Afghanistan’s largest city, but the assailants were killed before they could inflict any casualties, officials said. One of the attackers drove an explosives-laden car up to the gate of the center and detonated the bomb, blowing a hole…