Author: Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY

The U.S. sanctions are aimed at ratchetingup pressure on embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro but could increase gas prices in the U.S.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Elliott Abrams will travel to New York with him Saturday for a meeting of the United Nation’s Security Council.

American diplomats in Venezuela are in the middle of an escalating dispute between the Trump administration and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

While the U.S. president’s online missives are often meant to punch and provoke, the Irish ambassador’s tweets are designed to soothe and enchant.

A top Russian official warned theTrump administration against military intervention in Venezuela, saying it would create a “catastrophic scenario.”

Secretary of State Pompeo argued that the Trump administration has “reinvigorated” and “rebuilt” American’s leadership role in the region.

Political experts seemed taken aback that Trump said Russia was “right” to invade Afghanistan in a Cold War conflict.

The Trump administration will demand Paul Whelan’s release if the charges against him are unfounded, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday.

Senior GOP lawmakers voiced concern over Trump’s abrupt decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, retreat from Afghanistan, and Mattis’ departure.

Long before President Trump took office, the U.S. had a checkered history in Central America – and some say it may have created the migrant crisis