No one will blame you if you can’t keep track of the Republican presidential field. It’s huge … you have 18 people from across the Republican ideological spectrum.

From the moment John Kerry’s trip to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s summer residence in Sochi on the Black Sea was announced, it was hard to see what the U.S. secretary of state hoped to achieve.

King Salman’s decision not to come to Washington this week for the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) summit is a very deliberate signal of his lack of confidence in American policy in the Middle East.

Follow a live Twitter chat with Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Richard Stengel about his recent trip to Asia. The event begins at 11 a.m. UTC. #YSEALIChat Tweets

At first, the word “thug” was so consistently used by city, state and even national leaders to describe the Baltimore rioters — many of them teen-agers — that it seemed a deliberate, coordinated effort to send a message.

I need you to respect what Black America is feeling right now. To those rushing to judgment about what’s happening in Baltimore: Please stop and listen before you say any more.  

With more than 8,000 companies operating nationwide, solar energy has become one of the fastest-growing industries in America — thanks, in large part, to remarkable growth on both the West and East coasts.

In announcing his nuclear framework, the president declared : “This agreement is good for the United States, good for our allies, and good for the safety of the entire world.”