UK's top diplomat David Cameron tells me he told Trump that supporting Ukraine would strengthen US against Russia, China. 'Whoever is president wants to be able to push forward in a way that is backing success and not trying to overturn failure.” washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

The best part of South Korean election night: the graphics.

Josh Paul resigned from the State Dept. in October in protest of the Biden admin's Israel policy. No tidal wave of resignations followed.

But six months later, there might be a movement.

From Hannah Allam washingtonpost.com/style/power/20…

On Saturday, Niger's junta declared the US military presence illegal. But days later, American officials are still determining in closed-door talks if there is a way to hold on. Our story, with Dan Lamothe and Michael Birnbaum: wapo.st/3VtaaN6

U.S. officials are coming to terms with the prospect that DC’s political dysfunction may prevail, either by tanking the Ukraine aid package or passing it too late to avoid disaster for Kyiv.” w/ ⁦Missy Ryan⁩ ⁦John Hudson⁩ ⁦Dan Lamothe⁩ washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

I can confirm this is true, via two U.S. officials familiar with the issue. They say this balloon is quite small, not a threat, and seemingly insignificant.

NEW-> Land mines are making a comeback in Europe, as front-line states that fear Russian invasion are taking lessons from the war in Ukraine. How to Trump-proof NATO's border: washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

“Should we make history here and pull out of NATO?”

What Trump tried to do in term 1 and wants in term 2, with the great team Josh Dawsey Michael Birnbaum

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Last week, ⁦Wojciech Grzedzinski⁩ and I went to the Avdiivka Coke Plant for nearly 24 hours. It will probably be the last line of defense for the Ukrainians before the city falls any day now. washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/…

Trump’s NATO-bashing comments rile allies, rekindle European fears. But some officials question the veracity of Trump’s claim that he threatened to encourage Russian attacks on allies who failed to pay bills, by Joby Warrick Michael Birnbaum Emily Rauhala washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Yulia, a young Ukrainian mother, fled Russia's invasion for the relative safety of her husband's hometown: Gaza City. Now she and her family are sick, injured and waiting for death to come, trapped in Gaza as the war rages. Hannah Allam Anastacia Galouchka
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NSA Jake Sullivan in Brussels today addresses frustration with Hungary stalling on Sweden's entry into NATO. Says he won't make specific threats, but 'Our patience on this can’t be unlimited either.'

RIYADH — Blinken arrives in Saudi Arabia amid a surge in regional violence washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

SCOOP: U.S. thinking about Ukraine’s war aims for 2024 doesn’t envision big territorial gains, after last year’s counteroffensive fizzled. Me w/ karen deyoung, Isabelle Khurshudyan, Emily Rauhala wapo.st/3UfAOZe

SCOOP: Pentagon, under scrutiny, suspends training with several foreign militaries implicated in coups and gross human rights violations. washingtonpost.com/national-secur… - from me & Alex Horton

An important statement on the latest tea controversy. 🇺🇸🇬🇧

Pentagon: 'Tonight the U.S. military, in coordination with our partners, conducted strikes in Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen. We will have more details to share soon.'

How your holiday diamond may be funding Russia’s war. With Beatriz Ríos Sarah Hashemi Lindsey Reem Akkad + more
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New: A 33-year-old USAID contractor, Hani Jnena, was killed alongside his wife and two daughters, aged 4 and 2, after an Israeli airstrike hit the Al Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, according to a statement by his employer obtained by The Post. 🧵

NEW: U.S. officials concede that the United States is not conducting real-time assessments of Israel’s adherence to the laws of war 🧵