The role the United States plays on the world stage has helped define us as a nation for more than 200 years. It has also often divided us. Every president starting with George Washington had…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump took an early victory lap for his “America First” diplomacy Tuesday, claiming a series of big wins on his foreign policy priorities. Some of his claims were true — in…

At first glance, President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize an upstart opposition leader as president of Venezuela looks like an abrupt and risky break from diplomatic norms — vintage Trump, in other words. But it…