For Trump, a Steep Learning Curve Leads to Policy Reversals  —  WASHINGTON — For President Trump, the road to changing his mind on China included a discussion with corporate executives in the State Dining Room of the White House in February.  When the conversation turned to China's currency …

U.S. May Launch Strike If North Korea Reaches For Nuclear Trigger  —  The U.S. is prepared to launch a preemptive strike with conventional weapons against North Korea should officials become convinced that North Korea is about to follow through with a nuclear weapons test, multiple senior U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News.

Why the US dropped the ‘mother of all bombs’ in Afghanistan  —  The U.S. military dropped a massive non-nuclear bomb on ISIS targets in Afghanistan Thursday - using the weapon for the first time ever partly to send the enemy a message, according to a U.S. Central Command spokesman.

Trump will keep list of White House visitors secret  —  The Trump administration announced Friday that it would not follow former president Barack Obama's policy of voluntarily disclosing the names of most visitors to the White House complex, citing “grave national security risks and privacy concerns.”