As N.F.L. Fights Racism and Sexism, Team Owners Undercut the Message
The N.F.L. has taken strides to repair its image as being insensitive to issues facing women and people of color. But the league continues to...
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Officials Push U.S.-China Relations Toward Point of No Return
WASHINGTON — Step by step, blow by blow, the United States and China are dismantling decades of political, economic and social engagement, setting the stage...
Woody Johnson Was a Loyal Trump Supporter in 2016. As an Ambassador, He May Be Too Loyal.
LONDON — Playing host at a small dinner on Tuesday night in honor of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the American ambassador to Britain, Robert...
Trump’s Request of an Ambassador: Get the British Open for Me
LONDON — The American ambassador to Britain, Robert Wood Johnson IV, told multiple colleagues in February 2018 that President Trump had asked him to see...
Late Action on Virus Prompts Fears Over Safety of U.S. Diplomats in Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON — Inside the sprawling American Embassy compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a coronavirus outbreak was spreading. Dozens of embassy employees became sick last month,...
Ruth Buchanan, Philanthropist and Hostess Extraordinaire, Is Dead at 101
Ruth Buchanan, the Dow Chemical heiress who entertained world leaders as the wife of an ambassador and White House chief of protocol and dazzled American...
A Reckoning With Race to Ensure Diversity for America’s Face Abroad
WASHINGTON — Tianna Spears dreamed for years of becoming an American diplomat. She quit in January after two, and says she will never return to...
The U.S. State Department of Racial Discrimination
Since the protests over the killing of George Floyd, the State Department has been rocked by internal debates, Zoom calls and discussions on how to...
Gaps in Vetting Visas Allowed Saudi Gunman Into U.S. Pilot Training
President Trump stepped before the cameras at a White House news conference less than a month after his inaugural and declared that he was already...
Top State Department Aide Resigns Over Trump’s Response to Racial Unrest
WASHINGTON — A senior State Department official has said she will resign over President Trump’s handling of racial unrest, according to a person familiar with...