Trump on Wednesday was as good as his word. He did de-escalate “a little bit” after the shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents last weekend drove Minneapolis and the country toward a ...

Alex Pretti and Renee Good, the two people killed by federal agents in separate incidents in Minneapolis this month, were both labeled “domestic terrorists” by the likes of Homeland Security Secretary ...

Alex Pretti’s shooting also has political implications. It’s the latest incident at home and abroad that raises questions over whether Trump, with his diminished approval ratings on most issues, has ...

On Thursday, Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act if the “corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the ...

On January 16, in a cringe-making scene, Trump accepted the Nobel Peace Prize medal awarded to courageous Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. Her gesture might have salved the ego of a ...

Even President Donald Trump’s push for total, unchecked power may struggle to overcome the potent combination of political reality and moral outrage.

French President Emmanuel Macron appears up for the fight. He warned Tuesday of a “shift towards a world without rules, where international law is trampled under foot and the only rule that seems to ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. President Donald Trump tried to hit the reset button with Americans on Wednesday ...

Brett McGurk is a CNN global affairs analyst who served in senior national security positions under Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden. One year ago this week, Joe ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. In President Donald Trump’s simple and provocative language, Somali immigrants to the ...