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Foreign Policy Doesn’t Win Elections, But It Could Decide the GOP’s Fate

President Donald Trump must corral the conservative movement to prevent the isolationist wing from undermining his own agenda ...

MAGA voters are getting the muscular foreign policy they voted for

Indeed, the poll shows that MAGA Republicans are more hawkish, and less isolationist, than any other group in America — ...
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Trump administration tells US diplomats abroad not to opine on foreign elections

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House in Washington, D.C. By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...
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Marco Rubio Bans Diplomats From Criticizing Foreign Elections

Marco Rubio has instructed U.S. diplomats not to comment on the legitimacy or fairness of foreign elections, breaking with decades of American diplomatic practice. The memo, sent to all Foreign ...
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Trump administration tells embassies to rein in criticism of foreign elections

President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio listen during a meeting with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Countering foreign influence on elections and democracy requires more—not less—research

In mid-April, the State Department shuttered the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, an office tasked with fighting foreign influence campaigns. The move followed an earlier ...
The New York Times

Rubio Restricts U.S. Criticism of Tainted Foreign Elections

A State Department cable telling officials to avoid comments on the “fairness or integrity” of most elections continues a U.S. turn away from promoting democratic values abroad. By Michael Crowley and ...
MLive

Republicans seek to block foreign money in Michigan elections

Foreign persons, businesses and governments are currently barred by federal law from influencing Michigan elections by spending money on political candidates, campaigns and committees. However, ...
The Daily Signal

EXCLUSIVE: ‘AMERICA FIRST’—State Department Takes a Step Away From Nation Building

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell is the White House Correspondent for "The Daily Signal." Send her an email. FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The State Department will pivot away from meddling in foreign ...
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Philippines Election: Duterte Wins From the Hague But Marcos Hangs On

A man stands in front of a wall with campaign posters put up, a day before the May 12 midterm elections, in Manila, Philippines, on May 11. Lisa Marie David/Reuters The Philippines’ parliamentary ...
The Conversation

Foreign interference threats in Canada’s federal election are both old and new

Chris Tenove receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council to research global policies to address online interference in elections. Heidi J. S. Tworek receives funding from ...