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Associated PressAugust 13, 2017

A nuclear showdown. The world’s most unpredictable foe. A world on edge. What will the new president do? Be Trump. Faced with perhaps his gravest international crisis yet, President Donald Trump this week responded precisely as his some of supporters hoped and his critics long feared. The mix of plain-spoken bluster, spontaneity and norm-breaking risk […]

Associated PressAugust 11, 2017

Beyond the bluster, the Trump administration has been quietly engaged in back channel diplomacy with North Korea for several months, addressing Americans imprisoned in the communist country and deteriorating relations between the longtime foes, The Associated Press has learned. It had been known the two sides had discussions to secure the June release of an […]

Scott PowersJuly 5, 2017

Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson expressed grave warning about North Korea now that it has launched an intercontinental ballistic missile but called it a “vexing problem” that has no clear solutions. Nelson said the United States has only two options, seeking a diplomatic solution, which he suggested does not seem to be working, or […]

Blake DowlingMay 31, 2017

I was looking at some pictures of my great uncle on Memorial Day (Captain Alex Hood Dowling), thinking about his sacrifice for our country, as well as those of so many others. Our family watched the PBS Memorial Day special and heard some wonderful and heartbreaking stories of those that made the ultimate sacrifice. It […]

Scott PowersMay 12, 2017

Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy renewed her call Friday for independent, non-partisan investigations into Russia’s involvement in last fall’s elections, calling the Russian activities “a direct assault on our democracy.” Speaking at the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce in her hometown, the freshman congresswoman pressed her background, interests and house committee assignments in national security […]

Associated PressApril 25, 2017

Sure enough, the big trans-Pacific trade deal is toast, climate change action is on the ropes and various regulations from the Obama era have been scrapped. It’s also a safe bet President Donald Trump hasn’t raced a bicycle since Jan. 20, keeping that vow. Add a Supreme Court justice — no small feat — and […]

Associated PressApril 6, 2017

The United States fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week’s gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians, U.S. officials said. It was the first direct American assault on the Syrian government and Donald Trump‘s most dramatic military order since becoming president. The surprise strike marked a striking reversal […]

Associated PressJanuary 21, 2017

President Donald Trump‘s inaugural speech promised “America first” policy led by a forceful executive, in contrast to the coalition building and international conferences which have featured strongly in past administrations. The billionaire businessman and reality television star — the first president who had never held political office or high military rank — promised to stir […]

Scott PowersMay 20, 2016

If companies want to know who to trust to do business in civil-war-torn Ukraine, they might contact Maitland-based Strategic Risk Management LLC for privately researched background intelligence reports. Companies that need to move goods through the dicier parts of Afghanistan might call on Winter Park-based Innovative Logistics LLC to handle the planes, warehouses, trucks and security. And if the […]

Mitch PerryMay 19, 2016

Let’s talk about somebody I assiduously generally eschew writing about in this space, Donald Trump. (That’s not to make any editorial point at all. It’s just that there’s so much going on in news and politics right now, and you can get your fill of Trump a thousand other places on the internet). On Tuesday, […]

Tag: North Korea

Donald Trump answers call of crisis with familiar bluster, spontaneity and norm-breaking risk that defined his political rise

Beyond bluster, U.S., N. Korea in regular contact

Bill Nelson joins grave warnings about North Korea, Vladimir Putin’s cyber warfare

Blake Dowling: This Memorial Day had me looking for unity

Stephanie Murphy: Russian interference in U.S. elections ‘direct assault on our democracy’

Donald Trump’s 100-days promises: Fewer than half carried out

U.S. blasts Syria base with cruise missiles

World jittery about Donald Trump’s ‘America first’ inaugural speech

Todd Wilcox brings ground-level view of foreign affairs to U.S. Senate race

Mitch Perry Report for 5.19.16 — The yin and yang of Donald J. Trump