Edward Wong

Washington, D.C.

Diplomatic Correspondent at The New York Times

Diplomatic Correspondent @nytimes. Author of "At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China." Harvard Nieman Fellow. Taught at Princeton & UC Berkeley.

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U.S. to Downgrade Palestinian Affairs Office in Jerusalem, Officials Say

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Adam Rasgon |Natan Odenheimer |Edward Wong

The U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, plans to shut down a direct communications channel between U.S. diplomats in Jerusalem working on Palestinian issues and agencies in Washington. In recent years, an office within the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem had a direct line of communication with Washington. That was meant to signal that the United States saw Palestinian issues as important, and considered the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip to be separate from Israel.
Marco Rubio, secretario de Todo

1 week ago | hechoencalifornia1010.com | Edward Wong

You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. El exsenador por Florida ahora dirige cuatro organismos gubernamentales. Ha superado a Henry Kissinger e incluso a Xi Jinping, líder de China, quien solo tiene tres títulos principales. Por Edward WongEdward Wong es corresponsal diplomático y fue jefe del buró de Pekín. Reporta la política exterior de Estados Unidos desde Washington.
Marco Rubio, secretario de Todo

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Edward Wong

El ex senador de Florida ahora dirige cuatro organismos gubernamentales. Ha superado a Henry Kissinger e incluso a Xi Jinping, líder de China, quien solo tiene tres títulos principales. Secretario de Estado. Administrador en funciones de la Agencia de Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional. Archivero en funciones de la Administración Nacional de Archivos y Registros. Y ahora asesor interino de seguridad nacional del presidente Donald Trump.
Marco Rubio, secretary of everything

1 week ago | seattletimes.com | Edward Wong

Secretary of state. Acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Acting archivist for the National Archives and Records Administration. And now interim national security adviser to President Donald Trump. Marco Rubio, 53, has accumulated four titles starting with his confirmation as secretary of state on Jan. 20, the same day that Trump took his oath of office. It very well could be a record in the modern history of the U.S. government.
Marco Rubio, Secretary of Everything

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Edward Wong

The former senator from Florida is now the head of four government bodies. He has outdone Henry Kissinger and even Xi Jinping, China's leader, who has only three titles. Secretary of state. Acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Acting archivist for the National Archives and Records Administration. And now interim national security adviser to President Trump.
Marco Rubio, Secretary of Everything

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Edward Wong

9 hours agoMarco Rubio's swift rise to a central spot in Trump's orbitIn a dramatic shift in fortunes, Rubio is the first person since Henry Kissinger to be both secretary of state and national security adviser at the same time. Marco Rubio was just two weeks into his new job when he got a critical lesson in being President Donald Trump’s secretary of state. In Latin …14 hours agoEmployers added a surprising 177,000 jobs as job market shows resilience.
Russia declares a 72-hour ceasefire in Ukraine for next week to mark Victory Day in World War II

2 weeks ago | post-gazette.com | Edward Wong |Volodymyr Yurchuk |Elise Morton |Darlene Superville

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire next week in Ukraine to mark Victory Day in World War II as the U.S. presses for a deal to end the 3-year-old war. Kyiv insisted on a longer and immediate truce. The Kremlin said the truce, ordered on “humanitarian grounds,” will run from the start of May 8 and last through the end of May 10 to mark Moscow's defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 — Russia's biggest secular holiday.
U.S. Military Says Its Air Campaign Has Hit More Than 800 Targets in Yemen

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Edward Wong

President Trump ordered a start to the strikes against the Houthis on March 15. Congressional officials say the campaign has cost well over $1 billion. American forces have hit more than 800 targets in Yemen during an ongoing air campaign that began six weeks ago against the Houthi militia, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
Rubio Says Trump Will Decide This Week on Continuing Ukraine War Talks

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Edward Wong

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said there are reasons to be optimistic, but also asserted there are "other issues" on which the administration wants to spend its energy. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that the Trump administration will decide this week whether to continue pursuing a negotiated settlement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine or to turn its attention to other matters.
Fired U.S.A.I.D. Workers to Keep Government-Issued Phones and Computers

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Karoun Demirjian |Greg Kendall-Ball |Edward Wong

Staff members being fired from the federal agency responsible for distributing foreign aid will be able to keep their government-issued electronic devices when it closes its doors this summer, according to an internal email, copies of which were shared with The New York Times.