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In a prior job I wrote about the new Hamas leader’s astounding survival after Israel tried to kill him time.com/khaled-mashaal/

Biden-Harris insider Liz Allen moves from the global stage back to the campaign trail: nytimes.com/2024/08/02/us/…

NEW: The moral dilemma behind the rising trend of prisoner swaps nytimes.com/2024/08/02/us/…

NEW: Biden wanted to end “forever wars,” and in an important sense he did, by leaving Afghanistan. But war still defined his presidency — and may well shape the next one. nytimes.com/2024/08/09/us/…

In Port a Prince Haiti, Secretary of State Antony Blinken makes clear he will not serve into a Harris administration if asked, saying that he "will relish spending a lot more time" with his kids after January 2025.

New: The US hunts for an off-ramp from Israel's Lebanon war, focusing on a UN plan and breaking Hezbollah's political grip in Beirut. nytimes.com/2024/10/11/us/…

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NEW: How Secretary Antony Blinken Became the Secretary of War. Michael Crowley and I covered dozens of trips by Blinken over 4 years. We went with him to Ukraine and the Middle East in wartime. We look at the grim path of Biden’s top diplomat in this The New York Times story: nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/…

In Panama City, Secretary of State Rubio watches the deportation of northbound Colombian migrants intercepted by Panama (under a Biden-era agreement)

Until the WH press conference, Donald J. Trump call for moving Gazans was seen largely as a negotiating ploy: maximalist opening position before reaching a deal--standard operating approach. Is this still the case? If no longer true, there will be a clamor for the WH to provide

Breaking news on the dismantling of USAID: Trump appointees order almost all employees to go on leave by Friday. Direct hires oversees will have to move back to US with their families. The aid programs will likely end. w/ Karoun Demirjian Michael Crowley. nytimes.com/2025/02/04/us/…

Rubio to unhappy USAID worker: "foreign aid is the least popular thing government spends money on. And I spent a lot of time in my career defending it and explaining it. But it’s harder and harder to do" nytimes.com/2025/02/06/us/…

NEW: The strange tale of how an assassination helped to create the modern civil service nytimes.com/2025/02/13/us/…

Re-upping this story I wrote last week on Rubio, Russia and Trump: nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/…

Re-upping this from February nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/…

NEW: Trump talks big on peace and diplomacy: on Iran, the Ukraine and Gaza wars, and tariffs with China. But he fails to meet goals. The US could be drawn into a new Middle East war as Trump supports Israel striking Iran. w/ Michael Crowley. Gift link: nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/…