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Thomas Watkins

Thomas Watkins

Washington Bureau Chief
Thomas Watkins is US bureau chief and foreign correspondent at The National. He has worked across America, Europe and South Asia and reported from 30 countries, primarily for Agence France-Presse as Pentagon correspondent and Af-Pak bureau chief. He joined The National in 2021 to help set up the Washington bureau and manage its 10-person team. Thomas holds degrees in psychology and journalism.
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The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency used AI to create this image of Santa dressed as an immigration agent. Photo: X
US authorities use AI Santa to announce new push for 'self-deportation'

Some observers point out irony of using an immigrant from the North Pole to promote deportations

USDecember 23, 2025
US President Donald Trump announces the Trump-class battleship at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Getty Images / AFP
US President announces plans to build new 'Trump-class' battleships

Warships will carry nuclear-armed, sea-launched cruise missiles

USDecember 22, 2025
New signage was put up at the Kennedy Centre in Washington a day after the board of trustees approved the change. Getty Images
Kennedy Centre adds Donald Trump's name to Washington landmark

Congress named the performing arts centre as a living memorial to John F Kennedy in 1964, the year after he was assassinated

USDecember 19, 2025
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the disarmament of Hamas is 'critical' for an enduring peace in Gaza. Reuters
Rubio confident first phase of Gaza ceasefire will be completed soon

Several countries will contribute to international peacekeeping force, US Secretary of State says

USDecember 19, 2025
President Donald Trump salutes as troops in Delaware carry the remains of Ayad Mansoor Sakat, a US civilian killed alongside two soldiers in Syria. Getty Images / AFP
ISIS ambush and extremists in Syrian forces cause alarm in Washington

Not all Republicans happy with President Trump's unfettered embrace of Syria's new leader

USDecember 18, 2025
Massad Boulos, US President Donald Trump's senior adviser for Arab and African Affairs, speaks at an event in Doha. AFP
US and Saudi Arabia agree on 'practical steps' for truce in Sudan

Sudanese army chief Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan willing to work with President Donald Trump to resolve conflict

USDecember 17, 2025
President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday. AP
Comment'Inappropriate and disrespectful': Trump's post about Rob Reiner should concern us all

Even some Republicans speak out after Trump suggests Reiner had been killed because he didn't like the President

CommentDecember 15, 2025
EU foreign affairs commissioner Kaja Kallas says she wants 'real troops, real capabilities' for Ukraine. Reuters
US says Ukraine would be given 'platinum standard' security guarantees under peace plan

European leaders struggle for unity after Trump's 'weak' jibe

EuropeDecember 15, 2025
Coastguard forces rappel from a helicopter on to the vessel's deck, in a screengrab of a video published by US Attorney General Pam Bondi. Pam Bondi / X
Iran accuses US of 'piracy' for seizing oil tanker off Venezuela

Iran and Venezuela protest as US escalates tensions with South American nation

USDecember 11, 2025
President Donald Trump brought the leaders of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda to Washington this week to sign a peace deal. Reuters
US focus on Middle East evolving as security dynamics shift, White House says

New national security document also blasts Europe over its immigration policies

USDecember 05, 2025
US President Donald Trump with Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the UN General Assembly in September. Getty Images / AFP
Has Trump really ended seven wars?

US President deserves some credit but his claim to have solved so many conflicts in such a short time is disingenuous

USDecember 04, 2025
US President Donald Trump holds the Fifa World Cup Trophy on August 22. Reuters
US pitches Fifa 2026 World Cup as perfect time to visit

But questions remain about Trump administration's anti-immigrant stance and raids on Latino communities

USDecember 03, 2025
The US Capitol building in Washington. Bloomberg
US politicians consider terrorist designation for all of Muslim Brotherhood

Proposed law would expand on current proscription that applies only to some Brotherhood branches

USDecember 03, 2025
People gather at Los Angeles International Airport in 2017 to protest against President Donald Trump's travel ban on Muslim-majority countries. Reuters
Is Trump aiming for migrants from Muslim-majority countries in new clampdown?

US President increases anti-immigrant stance after Washington shooting

USDecember 01, 2025
Hamas financier Abdelbasit Hamza. The National
Sudanese tycoon sanctioned for financing Hamas protected by SAF leader

Opposition figure Khalid Omer Yousif tells The National Abdelbasit Hamza was freed from jail by Al Burhan

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