Analysis After Eight Years Fighting Obama, Netanyahu Seeks White House Victory Lap
The premier's D.C. visit has all the potential to be different – if not in terms of political substance, at least in style.
Breaking:
- White House names three-person short list for Flynn's replacement as national security adviser (AP)
- UN chief: No reason for U.S. blocking appointment of Salam Fayyad as Libyan envoy (Reuters)
- U.S. Ethics Office asks White House to probe Conway remarks on Ivanka Trump and Nordstrom (Reuters)
- White House: Trump expects Russia to return Crimea to Ukraine (Reuters)
- White House: Netanyahu, Trump to hold joint news conference on Wednesday (Haaretz)
- French far-right leader le Pen seen winning first round of election, poll says (Reuters)
- U.S. believes North Korean agents murdered brother of leader Kim Jong Un (Reuters)
- House Speaker Ryan: Trump made right decision to ask for Flynn's resignation (Reuters)
- Trump to speak with Britain's May on Tuesday, White House says (Reuters)
- Egypt's parliament approves reshuffle of 9 ministers, state TV reports (Reuters)
- Turkey detains 834 overl inks to Kurdish militants (Reuters)
- Malaysian police confirm dead North Korean was Kim Jong Un's half brother (Reuters)
- Iran urges Gulf States to 'seize the opportunity' of Rohani's visit to Oman, Kuwait (Reuters)
- France wants UN Security Council action on Syria chemical weapons' use (Reuters)
- Half-brother of North Korea's Kim Jong-un killed in Malaysia, South Korean media report (Reuters)
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