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People walk near the U.S. State Department in Washington, Monday, March 26, 2018. The White House says the expulsion of Russian diplomats and closure of the Russian consulate in Seattle will "make the United States safer." White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says in a statement that President Donald Trump is responding to "Russia's use of a military-grade chemical weapon on the soil of the United Kingdom." She says the move will reduce "Russia's ability to spy on Americans and to conduct covert operations that threaten America's national security." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

U.S., Allies Expel Russian Diplomats

by Josh Lederman The Associated Press, and Jill Lawless The Associated PressMarch 27, 2018

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2018, file photo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, sits alongside Vice President Mike Pence, center, and second lady Karen Pence at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. Pence was all set to hold a history-making meeting with North Korean officials during the Winter Olympics in South Korea, but Kim Jong Un's government canceled at the last minute, the Trump administration said Tuesday, Feb. 20. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

U.S.: North Korea Canceled Meeting With Pence

by Josh Lederman Associated PressFebruary 20, 2018

FILE- In this June 7, 2017, file photo, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a conference in Athens. Biden is tiptoeing toward a potential run in 2020, even broaching the possibility during a recent gathering of longtime foreign policy aides. Huddled his newly opened office steps from the U.S. Capitol, Biden opened a planning meeting for his new diplomacy center by addressing the elephant in the room. He said he was keeping his 2020 options open, considering it a real possibility. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

Biden, in Public and Private, Tiptoes Toward a 2020 Run

by Josh Lederman Associated PressFebruary 18, 2018

Trump Orders Up Flashy Military Parade

by Josh Lederman Associated PressFebruary 7, 2018

In this Jan. 5, 2018, photo, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a interview with the Associated Press at the State Department in Washington. The United States would be “putting people intentionally in harm’s way” if it sent diplomats back to Cuba, Tillerson said, even as a new FBI report casts doubt on the initial theory that Americans were hit by “sonic attacks.” (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

U.S. to Keep Diplomats Out of Cuba

by Josh Lederman Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressJanuary 9, 2018

In this Dec. 30, 2017, photo, Iranian protesters chant slogans at a rally in Tehran, Iran. The Trump administration is calling on Iran's government to stop blocking Instagram and other popular social media sites as Iranians demonstrate in the streets. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Trump throws full US support behind protesters in Iran

by Josh Lederman Associated PressJanuary 3, 2018

This Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017 photo shows the Washington office of the Palestine Liberation Organization. On Saturday, Palestinians threatened to suspend all communication with the United States if the Trump administration follows through with plans to close their diplomatic office in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Palestinians to Suspend Talks If U.S. Closes PLO Mission

by Josh Lederman Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressNovember 18, 2017

FILE- In this May 5, 2017, file photo, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, right, and his military attorney, Lt. Col. Franklin Rosenblatt, leave court after a preliminary motions hearing at the courtroom facility on Fort Bragg, N.C. Bergdahl, who was held captive by the Taliban for half a decade after abandoning his Afghanistan post, is expected to plead guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy rather than face trial. (Andrew Craft /The Fayetteville Observer via AP, File)

Bergdahl Expected to Plead Guilty

by Josh Lederman Associated Press, and Lolita c. Baldor Associated PressOctober 7, 2017

In this Sept. 29, 2017 photo, a worker carries cardboard inside the compound of the United States embassy in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017. The United States expelled 15 of Cuba's diplomats Tuesday to protest its failure to protect Americans from unexplained attacks in Havana, plunging diplomatic ties between the countries to levels unseen in years. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

U.S. Orders 15 Cuban Diplomats to Leave

by Josh Lederman Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressOctober 3, 2017

FILE - In a Friday, Sept. 29, 2017 file photo, staff stand within the United States embassy facility in Havana, Cuba. The terrifying attacks in Cuba overwhelmingly hit U.S. intelligence operatives in Havana, not ordinary diplomats, when they began within days of President Donald Trump’s election, The Associated Press has learned. To date, the Trump administration largely described the victims as U.S. Embassy personnel or “members of the diplomatic community,” suggesting it was bona fide diplomats who were hit. That spies, working under diplomatic cover, comprised the majority of the early victims adds an entirely new element of mystery to what’s harmed at least 21 Americans over the last year. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan, File)

U.S. Spies Targeted In Cuba

by Michael Weissenstein Associated Press, Josh Lederman Associated Press, and Matthew Lee Associated PressOctober 2, 2017