| US, Russia back off nuclear treaty. Is arms control coming to an end? Posted: 04 Feb 2019 01:23 PM PST ![US, Russia back off nuclear treaty. Is arms control coming to an end?]( "US, Russia back off nuclear treaty. Is arms control coming to an end?") When the United States informed Russia Saturday that it was formally suspending a landmark nuclear arms control treaty that had been a centerpiece of European security for three decades, it was more than just the demise of a cold war-era accord. The US pullout from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987 was also a sign of the waning interest of the world's two nuclear superpowers in arms-control agreements more broadly. The Russia of Vladimir Putin had done little in recent years to address US concerns, first aired by the Obama administration, over its deployment of a new ground-launched cruise missile that the US said left it in noncompliance with the INF Treaty.
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| Why the pope was in Islam's heartland Posted: 04 Feb 2019 01:17 PM PST ![Why the pope was in Islam's heartland]( "Why the pope was in Islam's heartland") This week's visit of Pope Francis to the Arabian peninsula, the birthplace of Islam, is certainly a historic first. It symbolizes two faiths, Christian and Muslim, trying to build bridges. The pope was just one of many at the largest and most diverse gathering ever in the Arab world of religious leaders, including Jewish and Hindu clergy.
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| The team everyone loves to hate, Patriots in fact offer much to emulate Posted: 04 Feb 2019 12:48 PM PST ![The team everyone loves to hate, Patriots in fact offer much to emulate]( "The team everyone loves to hate, Patriots in fact offer much to emulate") Super Bowl LIII was a tad anti-climactic (boring, even) after all the hype – and for most of the nation, a huge disappointment. Jared Goff, the Los Angeles Rams' young quarterback, and Sean McVay, the youngest head coach in the National Football League, were no match for the seasoned savants of New England, Tom Brady and Bill Belichick.
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| Ann Coulter wants a wall. But does Trump actually need to deliver? Posted: 04 Feb 2019 11:13 AM PST ![Ann Coulter wants a wall. But does Trump actually need to deliver?]( "Ann Coulter wants a wall. But does Trump actually need to deliver?") On Tuesday night, when President Trump gives his State of the Union address, issue 1 will be immigration. The nationally televised speech comes at a crucial time, fresh off the record-long shutdown and midway through the three-week window Mr. Trump and Congress have carved out to resolve the impasse over government funding and the president's demand for $5.7 billion in wall money. It also comes at an unusual moment of tension between Trump and some of his strongest supporters in right-wing media – many of whom were irate that he "caved" in ending the government shutdown without getting any money for the southern-border wall.
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