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The White House

Official WH twitter account. Comments & messages received through official WH pages are subject to the PRA and may be archived. Learn more http://wh.gov/privacy
2,902,314 followers |

UK Prime Minister

The official twitter channel for Prime Minister David Cameron's office, based at 10 Downing Street. Twitter policy: http://www.number10.gov.uk/number10online/
2,003,373 followers |

The Economist

Official site for The Economist. Follow for article updates, events and news from The Economist. To subscribe go to: http://econ.st/ddIkQq
1,985,505 followers |

NPR Politics

Political coverage and conversation from @NPRnews
1,794,087 followers |

World Economic Forum

Official Twitter account of the World Economic Forum, best known for the Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters (@pilcherg @chris_parker @WEF_Anna tweeting)
1,668,887 followers |

Newt Gingrich

Husband, father, grandfather, citizen, small businessman, author, former Speaker. I'm running for president to offer leadership to solve America's challenges.
1,462,788 followers |

Nicholas Kristof

New York Times columnist, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, co-author @Half the Sky, http://www.facebook.com/kristof
1,260,951 followers |

UN Refugee Agency

The official account of UNHCR. Follow us as we provide vital aid and protection to the forcibly displaced around the world (@AlexandraKE tweeting)
1,220,473 followers |

United Nations

Official twitter account of United Nations. Get the latest information on the UN.
874,083 followers |

Library of Congress

We are the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in our collections.
381,496 followers |

POLITICO

Politics, Political News
341,254 followers |

Boris Johnson

310,661 followers |

Speaker John Boehner

Official Twitter account for the Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH)
305,738 followers |

Dmitry Medvedev

Prime Minister of Russia
287,677 followers |

Mike Bloomberg

Entrepreneur, Mayor of New York City, Philanthropist.
259,906 followers |

Stephen Harper

Prime Minister of Canada
224,633 followers |

Foreign Policy

Global Politics, Economics and Ideas
204,425 followers |

HuffPost Politics

The latest political news from The Huffington Post's politics team.
195,620 followers |

The Atlantic

Official Twitter feed for The Atlantic magazine and TheAtlantic.com. News and analysis on current affairs, politics, and culture. Curated by @JaredBKeller (^JK)
126,599 followers |

Charles Krauthammer

114,613 followers |

Thomas L. Friedman

NY Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author of Lexus and the Olive Tree and From Beirut to Jerusalem.
108,832 followers |

Daily Kos

News. Community. Action.
93,205 followers |

U.S. Dept of Defense

Official U.S. Department of Defense Twitter: news, images & video about our Total Force serving around the world. (replying/following does not = endorsement)
88,772 followers |

Foreign Affairs

In-depth insight and analysis on international affairs and U.S. foreign policy since 1922.
83,134 followers |

BBC Politics

The official account for political news from the BBC team based at Westminster
76,588 followers |

New York Times World

World news from The New York Times. Follow our editors and correspondents here: http://bit.ly/zHEuSI
76,486 followers |

benwedeman

Article RTs NOT endorsement. Fan page? Of course not! Only the news is the star. All else is just polished teeth. Always question conventional wisdom.
74,897 followers |

Foreign Office (FCO)

Latest news from the #UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office. For our #travel updates please follow @fcotravel. #foreignaffairs #digitaldiplomacy #foreignpolicy
74,082 followers |

Londonist

London news, London events, London features, London people
71,262 followers |

The Joint Staff

News about the Joint Staff and services. Presence of external links, follows do not constitute endorsement from the Joint Staff or DoD.
67,843 followers |

The Caucus

The politics staff of The New York Times tweets the latest news, analysis and multimedia from the 2012 elections and around Washington.
55,092 followers |

Benjamin Netanyahu

Updates from the Likud Office of Benjamin Netanyahu
54,966 followers |

Senator Harry Reid

News from the office of Nevada Senator Harry Reid, the U.S. Senate Majority Leader. (Español: @SenadorReid)
54,075 followers |

NYTimes Politics

National PolticalNews from NYTimes.com/Politics
52,802 followers |

UNEP

The official twitter page of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
49,969 followers |

Maureen Dowd

New York Times Op-Ed columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author.
49,228 followers |

CFR

The Council on Foreign Relations is a resource for foreign policy news and analysis. CFR takes no institutional positions on matters of policy.
43,320 followers |

GlobalPost

70 Correspondents in 50 Countries = World News covered. GlobalPost publishes original international content and breaking news from around the globe.
43,034 followers |

TehranBureau.com

Digital News on #Iran. Tweets by @golnoushn and @DanielGeist.
29,974 followers |

allAfrica.com

news and information from the fast-changing continent
29,753 followers |

facebook DC

The Twitter account for Facebook's Washington DC Office with content from our Congress, Government, Politics and related pages.
28,159 followers |

The Economist

Official updates from The Economist live online debates
21,375 followers |

Danny Ayalon

Deputy Foreign Minister of the State of Israel
19,747 followers |

Brookings FP

Helping policymakers and the public engage the great challenges facing the U.S. and the international community in the 21st century.
19,261 followers |

Barham Salih

19,138 followers |

U.S. Central Command

Official Twitter for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM): News and updates about our military members. Questions? Comments? (Following does not mean endorsement.)
19,128 followers |

C.J. Chivers

Senior writer, The New York Times, covering conflict. Author of THE GUN, a history of automatic arms and their influence on war. chivers@nytimes.com
18,642 followers |

WorldPoliticsReview

Analysis for foreign policy professionals
18,613 followers |

AfPak Channel

Tweeting analysis of the news about all things AfPak from my perch @newamerica and @FP_Magazine. RT/follow is not necessarily endorsement!
18,143 followers |

Shanghaiist.com

China in bite-sized portions! Editor: @MrKennethTan
16,714 followers |

Carnegie Endowment

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a think tank dedicated to cooperation between nations. RT ≠ endorsement.
14,088 followers |

U.S. Inst. of Peace

Created by Congress, the independent U.S. Institute of Peace works to prevent, mitigate and resolve international conflict through nonviolent means.
12,400 followers |

Mina Al-Oraibi

Iraqi journalist in London.. after exciting stint in Washington DC..longing to be home. Views expressed here are my own& do not reflect my employer's views.
11,663 followers |

The Economist

Official postings from Gulliver, The Economist's business-travel blog
10,930 followers |

FTC

Official tweets from FTC - protecting America’s consumers since 1914. Twitter’s privacy policy governs here. See how we use tweets: http://go.usa.gov/EUn
8,617 followers |

undispatch

UNDispatch.com, a blog on global issues. Tweets written by Mark Leon Goldberg aka @marklgoldberg
8,583 followers |

Kevin Flower

CNN Jerusalem Bureau Chief - soon to be CNN Director of Coverage for domestic news
8,312 followers |

CNAS

Center for a New American Security: Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies
7,224 followers |

RealClearWorld

For the Best News, Opinion and Analysis on World Politics.
6,365 followers |

Steven A. Cook

Steven A. Cook is Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). All opinions are my own.
5,761 followers |

Max Boot

CFR senior fellow, author of Invisible Armies, a history of guerrilla warfare, out from Norton in Jan. 2013. All opinions are mine but feel free to adopt them.
5,513 followers |

Haaretz Opinion

4,666 followers |

NNSA

The National Nuclear Security Administration oversees the nation's nuclear stockpile, nonproliferation, naval propulsion and emergency response.
4,590 followers |

Bill Roggio

Editor of The Long War Journal & Senior Fellow at The Foundation for Defense of Democracies
4,494 followers |

Chris R. Albon

Director of the Governance Project at @FrontlineSMS. Ph.D. in political science. Writes about governance, global health, and ICT4D at @UNDispatch and elsewhere.
4,441 followers |

The2012Project

@CAWP_RU nonpartisan campaign started by Mary Hughes to inspire women to run 4 ofc. Don't get mad. Get elected! Media: laurie@the2012project.us
2,492 followers |

Yochi Dreazen

Senior National Security Correspondent for National Journal. Chicagoan. Dog lover. President of Annie Dreazen Fan Club. Newlywed. RTs aren't endorsements.
1,914 followers |

White House Blog RSS

Unofficial Twitter White House Blog Feed Updates. This is a Spam Stopper by a tweet who cared to be proactive. *NOT RUN by US GOVT*
1,891 followers |

Ranj Alaaldin

Senior Analyst at the Next Century Foundation; write for the Guardian, Telegraph, WSJ and others; doing a doctorate at the LSE. All tweets my own
1,758 followers |

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