Guy Taylor
Articles by Guy Taylor
Donald Trump threatens to rain ‘fire and fury’ on North Korea
Concern of an armed clash over North Korea's nuclear weapons program reached new heights Tuesday as an angry President Trump warned that Pyongyang could soon face "fire and fury like the world has never seen" amid reports that the North has managed to build a nuclear bomb small enough to fit inside an intercontinental ballistic missile. Published August 8, 2017
Donald Trump hails U.N.’s vote to further sanction North Korea
The Trump administration says it has new momentum to expand international pressure on North Korea following a unanimous U.N. Security Council vote to ramp up economic sanctions as punishment for Pyongyang's recent long-range ballistic missile tests. Published August 6, 2017
Germany expects Russia election meddling
Intelligence officials here are on high alert, bracing for a wave of cyberattacks, embarrassing information leaks and fake news stories spread on social media as part of an expected Russian campaign to sow political discord ahead of next month's German federal elections. Published August 6, 2017
Donald Trump, Rex Tillerson split on Iran nuclear accord compliance
A heated behind-the-scenes debate is playing out among high-level Trump administration advisers over whether the president should declare Iran in violation of the nuclear accord reached under his predecessor, President Barack Obama. Published August 2, 2017
U.S. Russia sanctions alarm EU due to endangering energy deal with Moscow
Proposed U.S. legislation to expand sanctions against Russia has sparked an angry reaction in Europe, where EU officials warned Wednesday the moves could undermine the sensitive energy security relationship between Moscow and Western Europe. Published July 26, 2017
Saad Hariri confident on aid after meeting Trump
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Tuesday rejected the notion his tiny and diverse country -- home to both Sunni and Shia Muslim populations as well as Christians -- is jammed in the middle of a growing Middle East power struggle between the Sunni Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Shia-dominated Iran. Published July 25, 2017
Donald Trump, with Emmanuel Macron, downplays Russia scandal
President Trump on Thursday hailed the results of the Syrian cease-fire that he negotiated with Russian President Vladimir Putin and downplayed the furor over his son's contact with a Russian lawyer as standard practice in the bare-knuckled world of presidential campaigns. Published July 13, 2017
Nice’s Bastille Day muted by terror attack memories
The enduring pain courses just beneath the surface in Nice, as it does in other French towns and cities that have been targets of attacks orchestrated or inspired by Islamic State in the past year. Published July 13, 2017
Protesters set up ‘No Trump Zone’ in Paris
Protesters angry about President Trump's visit with French counterpart Emmanuel Macron set up a symbolic "No Trump Zone" here Thursday to kick off what activists say will be a series of anti-Trump rallies while he's in town as an honored guest at the nation's Bastille Day ceremonies slated for Friday. Published July 13, 2017
Brexit negotiations stall on counterterrorism strategy
It's one of those ironies that could only happen in the transnational, cross-cultural politics of the European Union: The EU's top counterterrorism cop hails from a nation that will soon no longer be part of the bloc he protects. Published July 12, 2017
Europe braces for ISIS fighters returning from battlefield
NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: Europe's top intelligence and counterterrorism officials are bracing for a surge of battle-hardened Islamic State foreign fighters returning home to the continent as the jihadi group loses its territorial base in the Middle East, the head of the European Union's main law enforcement agency says. Published July 12, 2017
Donald Trump on G-20 world stage with Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel
When President Trump arrives late Thursday for his inaugural gathering of leaders from the world's 20 largest economies, he will be contending not only with Russian President Vladimir Putin in their fraught first face-to-face meeting, but also with host Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, an experienced leader who has clashed with Mr. Trump and hopes to keep the summit tightly focused on her favored agenda. Published July 5, 2017
Iranian dissidents rally in France for the overthrow of Iran’s theocracy
Thousands of supporters of an Iranian dissident group rallied here Saturday for the overthrow of Tehran's theocratic regime at an event that featured speeches by several Trump administration allies -- including Newt Gingrich and Rudolph W. Giuliani -- as well as the former head of Saudi intelligence. Published July 1, 2017
Donald Trump, Moon Jae-in to meet on North Korea, THAAD
As President Trump prepares to meet with new South Korean President Moon Jae-in for the first time, the White House said Wednesday that the U.S. has only begun to exert serious pressure on North Korea to halt its nuclear weapons program and faulted the Obama administration for not imposing stronger sanctions against Pyongyang. Published June 28, 2017
Sergey Kislyak out, Anatoly Antonov in as Russian ambassador
Moscow's mercurial U.S. Ambassador Sergey Kislyak -- a central character in the Russian election meddling saga -- will soon leave Washington, but his replacement might prove problematic in his own way as the Trump administration tries to find a working relationship with Vladimir Putin's Kremlin. Published June 27, 2017
Susan Rice records that intelligence committee wants are locked in Obama archive
House intelligence committee sources say career officials at the National Security Council are slow-walking the delivery of subpoenaed records on former National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice's handling of classified information and the "unmasking" of Trump campaign workers. Published June 22, 2017
Otto Warmbier’s death unlikely to change Trump administration’s strategy
The Trump administration showed little sign of changing its strategy toward North Korea on Tuesday, despite pressure from Capitol Hill for a muscular action following the death of American student Otto F. Warmbier. Published June 20, 2017
Otto Warmbier, U.S. student freed from North Korea, dies, family says
Otto F. Warmbier, the University of Virginia student who was in a coma last week when North Korea released him after 17 months of detention, died at a Cincinnati hospital Monday, sparking outrage and accusations of "murder" lodged against the communist regime that held him. Published June 19, 2017
U.S. intel urges ‘caution’ on Russia’s claim to have killed ISIS leader
U.S. intelligence officials are skeptical of Russia's claim that its military killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi with an airstrike in late May along with other senior commanders of the terrorist group, also known as ISIS and ISIL. Published June 16, 2017
Robert Mueller faces tough obstruction case against Donald Trump
Special counsel Robert Mueller could have a tough time making an obstruction of justice case stick against President Trump, according to legal analysts, who said he will have to overcome a number of "unique hurdles" — not the least of which is a decades-old Justice Department ruling that a sitting president can't be charged. Published June 15, 2017