Source - Fox News
A top Russian official reportedly said Tuesday that Moscow’s relationship with the U.S. is at its lowest level since the Cold War.
Source - The Telegraph
Donald Trump has blamed Barack Obama and 'his people' for a series of leaks of classified information from the White House and protests against the administration.
Source - The Daily Express
The House of Lords have rejected a amendment to the Brexit bill which would have pushed for the UK to remain in the single market after leaving the EU.
Source - The Daily Express
Sir Mark Lyall Grant, the top security advisor who has been accused of talking over Theresa May and annoying Donald Trump, has resigned.
Source - Fox News
The White House said that President Trump's upcoming budget will propose a whopping $54 billion increase in defense spending and impose corresponding cuts to domestic programs and foreign aid.
Source - The Telegraph
Donald Trump is ordering a $54 billion (£43 billion) surge in defence spending at the expense of environmental and foreign aid programmes.
Source - The Daily Express
Four European leaders have called for a European “Federal Union” to strengthen the relationship between states as Brussels approaches its first "divorce settlement" on its 60th anniversary.
Source - EUobserver
Commission head Juncker say EU states which want deeper integration should press ahead in core groups, in reaction to the UK’s departure.
Source - The Telegraph
Theresa May is next month poised to announce the end of free movement for new EU migrants on the same day that she formally triggers Brexit negotiations.
Source - Associated Press
President Trump's nominee to be secretary of the Navy said Sunday that he was withdrawing from consideration for the post.
Source - Fox News
Obama and other top Democrats are focusing efforts on state-level races and ending the reconfiguring of voting districts a combined effort to end “Trump-ism” and help their party regain control of Congress and legislatures.
Source - The Telegraph
Theresa May is facing a double defeat over the Brexit Bill as peers from across parties back extra protections for EU citizens and a veto on the final deal.
Source - Fox News
Officials in President Trump’s administration Friday downplayed an intelligence report by the Homeland Security Department that contradicts the White House’s main arguement for implementing a travel ban.
Source - The Daily Express
A massive protest vote in France could tip the election the way of Marine Le Pen as claims the electorate is queuing up to give the country's establishment a 'slap in the face'.
Source - Fox News
White House chief of staff Reince Priebus asked a top FBI official to dispute media reports that President Trump's campaign advisers were in frequent touch with Russian intelligence agents.
Source - The Washington Post
The reclusive mastermind behind Trump’s nationalist ideology and combative tactics made his public debut at the CPAC, declaring that the new administration is fighting to “deconstruct” an outdated system of governance.
Source - The Telegraph
Energised for our Future" that Trudy Harrison was declared the new Conservative MP for Copeland - when the electorate went nuclear.
Source - The Telegraph
This was meant to be the night the Ukip leader Paul Nuttall trounced Labour and stormed triumphantly into Parliament on a wave of populist support.
Source - Fox News
As Trump becomes the latest U.S. president to attempt a 'reset' with Russia, a key Republican ally is pressing the White House not to lose sight of an emerging battle with Moscow in the Arctic.
Source - The Telegraph
It is a variant of the tragic episode in Greece, but this time on a far larger scale, and with systemic global implications.
Source - Fox News
Spicer said Tuesday that if Trump’s newly appointed national security adviser wanted to remove Bannon from the National Security Council’s principals committee, the president would “take that under serious consideration.”
Source - NATO official site
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed US Vice President Mike Pence to NATO Headquarters on Monday (20 February 2017), and thanked him for America’s unwavering commitment to the transatlantic bond.
Source - WSJ
Court rejects argument that businessman was sought for political reasons.
Source - WSJ
Country’s highest Sunni Muslim authority says politician had been informed she would need to cover her head.
Source - WSJ
Homeland Security memos say almost anyone living in the U.S. illegally is subject to removal
Source - The Telegraph
A senior aide to Donald Trump has warned the European Union that it can expect "hostility" after Britain leaves the European Union, according to reports.
Source - The US Department of State
My intent was to affirm the full U.S. commitment to NATO and to gain an updated appreciation of the situation facing our alliance.
Source - EUobserver
Not only Donald Trump but also Poland's Jaroslaw Kaczynski, Hungary's Viktor Orban and Norway's Siv Jensen have been bashing Sweden over its once liberal migration policy in recent years.
Source - AP
Poland’s Foreign Ministry says it has written to the European Union in response to the bloc’s recommendations on rule of law in the country.
Source - Fox News
“We expect all allies to make good on a promise made in 2014 and pay their fair burden,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a summit in Brussels attended by Vice President Pence.
Source - The Daily Express
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker could be set to resign as early March, according to reports.
Source - Fox News
President Trump’s revised travel ban targets the same seven countries listed in his original executive order and exempts travelers who already have a visa to travel to the U.S.
Source - Fox News
Reince Priebus said Sunday that top U.S. intelligence officials have told him that Donald Trump’s presidential campaign did not collude with Russia.
Source - The Washington Post
Trump plans to speak Sunday with at least four candidates to be his next national security adviser, a spokesman said, signaling a desire to swiftly replace the ousted Michael Flynn.
Source - Fox News
President Trump returned Saturday to campaign mode.
Source - Fox News
McCain, R-Ariz., on Friday told the Munich Security Conference that President Trump’s administration is in “disarray” and has “a lot of work to do.”
Source - The Telegraph
Donald Trump today vowed to build up a military "so great none will dare to challenge it".
Source - The Telegraph
European leaders have pushed back at Donald Trump’s ultimatum that they increase defence spending or risk America scaling back its commitment to Transatlantic protection.
Source - Fox News
President Trump is setting out to uncover the saboteurs leaking damaging details about his administration.
Source - Fox News
Jim Mattis said Thursday at NATO headquarters he has “little doubt” Moscow has tried interfering in democratic elections, while also rebuffing calls for renewed military cooperation with Russia.
Source - Fox News
President Trump's first choice to succeed the departed Michael Flynn as national security adviser has turned the job down due to family reasons.
Source - EUobserver
US defence chief Jim Mattis issued the warning after a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels on Wednesday (15 February).
Source - NATO official site
NATO Defence Ministers began two days of talks in Brussels on Wednesday (15 February 2017), focused on ensuring NATO’s strength and flexibility in the face of evolving challenges.
Source - Fox News
Sensitive intelligence is being withheld from President Trump by U.S. intelligence officials because they are reportedly concerned that the information could be compromised.
Source - Fox News
House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz told that he would ask the Justice Department's inspector general to investigate leaks of classified information that led to the resignation of Flynn.
Source - Fox News
Federal officials questioned former national security adviser Michael Flynn last month about whether he talked about sanctions with a Russian official.
Source - The Daily Express
Aò American political commentator dragged Barack Obama's name and administration through the mud as she blamed the recent "leaks" involving Michael Flynn on his associates working for Trump.
Source - NATO official site
“We will stress the importance of fair burden-sharing and higher defence spending,” said Mr. Stoltenberg.
Source - The Telegraph
It is still less than a month since Donald Trump was sworn in as America’s 45th president, but already he has made it clear that, when it comes to dealing with the outside world, this presidency will be like no other.
Source - The Washington Post
Flynn repeatedly brushed aside the suggestion that he discussed sanctions imposed by the Obama administration with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S.
Source - The Daily Express
FRrench presidential candidates Marine Le Pen and Francois Fillon have lashed out at the “silent” French government which is allowing riots to take over parts of Paris.
Source - Fox News
Michael Flynn’s resignation as national security adviser was driven in part by intervention from Vice President Mike Pence and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus.
Source - Fox News
President Trump’s embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned Monday night and three names have emerged as possible replacements.
Source - New York Post
Paul Sperry writes that former President Barack Obama is setting up a “shadow White House” in Washington, DC, for organizing anti-Trump protests nationwide and “rebuilding the ravaged Democrat Party.”
Source - Fox News
Justin Trudeau, a polar opposite to President Donald Trump in almost every way, has arrived in Washington keen to build a relationship that doesn't threaten trade.
Source - Fox News
Why Robin Townly, an NSC senior director for Africa and a former Marine, was denied access remains unclear.
Source - Fox News
The United States and Japan held a joint press conference on Saturday night following reports that North Korea fired a ballistic missile in what would be its first such test of the year.
Source - Fox News
Although President Trump said he is convinced that his travel ban will eventually win in court, he said Friday that he is considering crafting a “brand new order."
Source - Fox News
President Trump vowed Friday to take “additional security” steps next week to keep the country safe.
Source - Fox News
A defiant President Donald Trump tweeted “SEE YOU IN COURT” after a San Francisco federal appeals court Thursday upheld the suspension of his controversial immigration order.
Source - Fox News
Donald Trump told China President Xi Jinping the U.S. would honor the “one China” policy months after Trump suggested he might use American policy on Taiwan as a bargaining chip between the two sides.
Source - The Telegraph
Project Fear has proved to be a Gallic hostage to fortune.
Source - Fox News
Sean Spicer defended the deadly commando raid in Yemen last month, labeling the mission a success and saying anyone who sees it otherwise owes the Navy SEAL killed during the raid an apology.
Source - The Daily Express
Marine Le Pen’s bid to become France’s next president has been given another boost after yet another poll suggested she would win the first round of voting in April.
Source - EUobserver
Local authorities in Libya's capital city Tripoli and elsewhere are mounting resistance to EU plans to stem migration flows towards Italy.
Source - Fox News
President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee said Wednesday that comments Trump made about the federal appeals court deliberating his travel ban were "disheartening and demoralizing".
Source - Fox News
Sen. Jeff Sessions won confirmation Wednesday evening to become the next attorney general of the United States.
Source - Fox News
President Trump delivered a pointed warning Wednesday to judges considering his immigration and refugee restrictions.
Source - The Associated Press
Yemen has withdrawn permission for U.S. forces to conduct antiterror ground missions in the country after a deadly commando raid last month that reportedly resulted in civilian casualties.
Source - Fox News
Iran removed a powerful missile from a launchpad east of Tehran within the past few days.
Source - The Daily Express
Marine Le Pen’s “clever” political tactics have helped her win support ahead one of the most uncertain presidential elections for decades, a leading French political journalist claimed on Newsnight.
Source - Fox News
Three Chinese warships sailed near the contested Senkaku Islands Monday, apparently sending a message to the U.S. just two days after Mattis visited Japan and vowed to defend the islands.
Source - Fox News
Trump could come under new pressure to lift the curtain on secret elements of the Iran nuclear deal struck by his predecessor.
Source - The Daily Express
Brussels officials are set to jet out to Washington DC to meet their counterparts in the new US administration - but an invitation for President Donald Trump to visit the EU has apparently been snubbed.
Source - Fox News
When told by O’Reilly that the Russian leader is a “killer,” Trump replied that the U.S. has killers too.
Source - The Telegraph
Mr Trump said Judge James Robart had placed America in "peril".
Source - Fox News
A federal appeals court denied the Justice Department's request for an immediate reinstatement of President Donald Trump's ban on accepting certain travelers and refugees.
Source - Fox News
Airlines, federal agencies, foreign travelers and others scrambled throughout Saturday in response to a weekend court order blocking President Trump’s immigration ban.
Source - Fox News
Twitter’s $1.6 million pledge to help fight the White House’s anti-terror immigration order is just the latest case of social media companies taking on Trump.
Source - Fox News
A federal judge in Seattle issued a ruling that temporarily halts President Trump’s controversial executive order barring travelers and immigrants from seven predominately Muslim countries.
Source - The Daily Express
The United States has imposed sanctions on Iran and placed a US Navy destroyer off the coast of Yemen just days after Tehran tested a ballistic missile.
Source - The Washington Post
Trump on Thursday warned Israel that constructing new settlements “may not be helpful” to Middle East peace.
Source - Fox News
In an explicit warning to North Korea, Mattis on Friday said any use of nuclear weapons by the North on the United States or its allies would be met with what he called an "effective and overwhelming" response.
Source - Fox News
President Trump, in a series of early-morning tweets on Thursday, blasted the Obama administration’s Iran nuclear deal, again putting the Islamic Republic “ON NOTICE.”
Source - Fox News
President Trump reportedly had a fiery conversation over the weekend with Australia’s prime minister over a refugee deal agreed upon under the Obama administration.
Source - Fox News
The Mexican government Wednesday denied reports that President Trump threatened its president that he would send U.S. troops to stop “bad hombres down there” unless the Mexican military acts.
Source - The Daily Express
SIXTY-NINE percent of people in France want François Fillon to drop his bid to become the country's president, in light of a "fake job" allegation that has hit his campaign, according to a poll published today.
Source - The Daily Express
Angela Merkel has lashed out at Donald Trump’s travel ban as she leads a European Union (EU) rebellion against the US President’s controversial policy.
Source - Fox News
President Trump nominated federal Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.
Source - The Daily Express
THE British pound just completed its best January for six years against the dollar after the new Trump administration slammed other nations that “exploit” underperforming currencies.
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by Ted Malloch - The Parliament
Exclusive: President Trump’s new administration has made it clear that the US is no longer interested in the EU’s integrationist 'ever closer union', writes Ted Malloch, the man tipped to be next US ambassador to the EU.
by Anthony H. Cordesman - CSIS
NATO does need to change, and put a more systematic emphasis on forward deterrence—in nuclear, conventional and irregular/hybrid warfare terms.
by Aliide Naylor - New Eastern Europe
The future of the Baltic states during Trump’s presidency is still very much a talking point across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Feelings remain mixed.
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Source - Fox News
President Trump is planning to outline an ambitious first-year agenda tackling everything from immigration to infrastructure when he delivers his first address to a Joint Session of Congress.
By Philip M. Breedlove - Washington Times
While we focus on the tactical-level mechanics, Russia is playing an aggressive, long-term game with strategic-level ends.
Source - Fox News
President Trump tapped Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, a warrior-scholar deemed an expert in counter insurgency, to be the director of the White House's National Security Council.
Source - The Washington Post
President Trump’s personal lawyer and a former business associate met privately in New York City last month with a member of the Ukrainian parliament to discuss a peace plan for that country.
Source - Fox News
CIA Director Mike Pompeo denied allegations that the agency was hiding intelligence from President Trump.
Source - The Telegraph
"Americans cannot care more for your children's future security than you do," Mattis said.
Source - Fox News
President Trump’s embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned Monday night.
Source - Fox News
Democratic lawmakers pressed for an investigation of President Trump's national security adviser Michael Flynn following reports that Flynn engaged in conversations with a Russian diplomat about U.S. sanctions.
Source - The Telegraph
The EU faces a looming crisis which could threaten the sustainability of the eurozone as the International Monetary Fund has warned Greece’s debts are on an “explosive” path.
Source - The Telegraph
Marine Le Pen promised a revolution for France as she officially launched her presidential campaign.
Source - Fox News
In apparent defiance to the new sanctions imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration, Iran held a military exercise on Saturday to test its missile and radar systems.
Source - The Telegraph
Boris Johnson said that “history has been made” after MPs voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday night in favour of triggering Brexit negotiations and beginning the process of leaving the EU.
Source - Fox News
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Rex Tillerson as secretary of State, as part of a fast-paced day for majority Republicans who also pushed past Democratic resistance.
Source - Fox News
As a matter of strict objective fact, Donald Trump’s trade guru is correct. Germany is the planet’s ultimate currency manipulator.
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