International players from the oil industry are meeting in Houston this week for the annual gathering called CERAWeek. It’s the first meeting since the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, declared a historic cut in oil output last November in order to bring prices up from a 12-year low. It’s also the first […]

The White House wants to bump up defense spending and reduce the budgets of some other federal agencies. One agency in the crosshairs is the State Department. It wields something known as soft power — diplomacy and foreign aid. So what happens when you slash spending on soft power?  Click the audio player above to […]

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President Donald Trump’s administration promises a very different trade approach than its predecessors. Trump and his team have criticized trade deals involving multiple countries, preferring to work with countries one-on-one. It appears multilateral deals are out and bilateral deals are in. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.