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Follow Robbie Gramer: On X Articles by Robbie Gramer Supporters of Guatemala’s president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo, demonstrate outside the National Palace of Culture awaiting the beginning of Arévalo’s delayed inauguration ceremony in Guatemala City. Inside the White House Effort to Prevent a Coup in Guatemala Report | Robbie Gramer August 28, 2024, 5:23 PM Jake Sullivan, a man in his 40s wearing a black suit, stands and speaks at a podium while giving a press briefing at the White House. He has one hand raised to point at a crowd of seated journalists, whose raised hands are seen in the foreground, out of focus. Congress Demands Sullivan Testify on Afghanistan Withdrawal Exclusive | Robbie Gramer August 27, 2024, 2:56 PM U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sits at a desk, wearing a serious expression as he waits to resume speaking during a congressional hearing. Other people, dressed formally in suits, sit in a crowd behind him in the wood-paneled room on Capitol Hill. Congressional Gridlock Leaves Key National Security Posts Vacant Exclusive | Robbie Gramer August 23, 2024, 2:36 PM Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in protest over the war in Gaza near the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, where the Democratic National Convention is taking place, on Aug. 21. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) How Is Foreign Policy Driving the U.S. Vote? Situation Report | Jack Detsch, Robbie Gramer, Amy Mackinnon August 22, 2024, 3:54 PM Security guards are seen in shadowed silhouette as they walk through a hallway at the convention center where the Democratic National Convention is being held. A large screen behind them shows the words "DNC 2024" in front of a bright blue background. DNC Offers Few Clues on Harris’s Foreign Policy Report | Robbie Gramer, Amy Mackinnon August 20, 2024, 5:38 PM U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov looks on during a ceremony to receive credentials from newly appointed foreign ambassadors at the Kremlin in Moscow. Inside Putin’s Kremlin Insider | Robbie Gramer August 13, 2024, 6:00 AM Then-Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrives to attend the meeting of Russia’s and Iran’s presidents at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 7, 2023. The Kremlin Plays Mideast Crisis Broker Situation Report | Amy Mackinnon, Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch August 8, 2024, 5:30 PM Tim Walz raises one hand to point as he speaks a podium during a Democratic campaign event. Walz is a 60-year-old man with white hair, wearing a navy blue suit and red tie. Harris Picks Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as Running Mate Report | Robbie Gramer August 6, 2024, 10:44 AM An Israeli Air Force fighter jet flies over the border area of northern Israel with south Lebanon amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters. High-Profile Assassinations Push Iran and Israel to the Brink of War Report | Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch August 1, 2024, 5:10 PM A vote sign is seen in a polling location as voters check in to cast ballots in Atlanta, Georgia on May 21. Foreign Interference in U.S. Election Heats Up Situation Report | Jack Detsch, Robbie Gramer August 1, 2024, 2:30 PM American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was released from Russian custody in a historic prisoner exchange on Thursday, smiles from inside a glass defendant's cage prior to a hearing in Yekaterinburg's Sverdlovsk Regional Court on June 26. U.S. and Russia Conduct Largest Prisoner Swap Since Cold War Report | Amy Mackinnon, Robbie Gramer August 1, 2024, 11:33 AM A woman reads a book on the beach in Hyères, France, on July 20. The Best Summer Reads for National Security Nerds Situation Report | Jack Detsch, Robbie Gramer July 25, 2024, 3:00 PM U.S. President Joe Biden sits with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the start of an Israeli war cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv on Oct. 18. Netanyahu Speech Sharpens Democrats’ Israel Divide Report | Robbie Gramer July 24, 2024, 5:00 AM Sudanese refugees walk along a dirt path next to a metal fence topped with barbed wire beneath hazy clouds against a blue sky. Many carry belongings with them, including a woman at the front of the pack balancing a large sack on her head as she carries others in her arms. Leaning against the fence are tents and cloths draped to create shade. 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