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WASHINGTON — The State Department ordered a partial evacuation of the United States Embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday, responding to what the Trump administration said was a threat linked to Iran, one that has led to an accelerated movement of American ships and bombers into the Persian Gulf. The department ordered “nonemergency U.S. government employees,” […]

“The term is meant to be pejorative because it’s a very bad policy,” he said. “I mean, think about what we’re doing — we’re inviting this retaliation that denies our farmers, the most productive farmers on the planet, the opportunity to sell their products overseas and then we say, ‘Don’t worry, we’ll have taxpayers send

WASHINGTON — As the Trump administration draws up war plans against Iran over what it says are threats to American troops and interests, a senior British military official told reporters at the Pentagon on Tuesday that he saw no increased risk from Iran or allied militias in Iraq or Syria. A few hours later, the

She was born Georgianna Alice Mitchell (called Georgie Alice as a girl, she later preferred to go by Alice) on March 4, 1931, in Philadelphia and grew up mainly in Bloomington, Ind., where her father, Allan C. G. Rivlin, headed the Indiana University physics department and worked on developing the atomic bomb as part of

Just two weeks ago, the United States and China seemed to be gliding toward a trade deal meant to resolve tensions between the world’s two largest economies. But the breakdown in talks since — the United States raised tariffs to 25 percent on $200 billion of Chinese imports and is threatening to tax an additional

“We’re not working on headlines,” she said. “We’re helping neighbors.” A Republican tracker with a video camera taped her every move. “Angie and her staff hate me, but they can’t stop me,” he told an attendee. Ms. Davids is socially liberal, but like Ms. Craig, she has taken a pass on the “Medicare for all”

“We are very worried about the risk of a conflict happening by accident, with an escalation that is unintended really on either side,” said Jeremy Hunt, the British foreign secretary. The Iranian government has not threatened violence recently, but last week, President Hassan Rouhani said Iran would walk away from parts of the 2015 nuclear

Two of the parties fighting for UK votes in the EU elections are both only a few weeks old, but feature faces well known to those who follow politics. For Politics Live, John Owen reports from a Brexit Party event in Huddersfield, while Greg Dawson was with their rivals Change UK in Cardiff. Change UK’s

Republicans initially resisted calls for a new election, which began within weeks of the midterm vote. But after days of damning testimony before the State Board of Elections, during which Mr. Harris appeared to mislead regulators, party officials conceded that another campaign was inevitable. State regulators quickly agreed and essentially reset the district’s 2018 election

Jeremy Hunt has told reporters this is “a crunch week” for cross-party Brexit talks. He said discussions between ministers and Labour “have actually continued” despite pessimism about their chances of success. On the idea of a fresh referendum on any agreement that is reached, he said it would be “a betrayal of what people voted