The Pentagon Is Learning It’s Not So Easy to Sink a Boat
U.S. military attacks on suspected drug smugglers in the Caribbean have been less effective than portrayed by the Pentagon, the...
Congress
Trump Fabricates Story of Hand-to-Hand Combat Between Troops and Child Gangsters in D.C.
President Donald Trump claims that U.S. troops have engaged in hand-to-hand combat with young members of the Venezuelan gang Tren...
Episode Two: A Death in the Dark
In January 2008, Ryan Frederick, a 28-year-old who worked the night shift at a Coca-Cola plant in Chesapeake, Virginia, found...
The Right Wing Desperately Wants to Make Charlie Kirk Its MLK
Charlie Kirk speaks during a campaign rally for Donald Trump in Glendale, Ariz., on Aug. 23, 2024. Photo: Rebecca Noble/Getty...
Did Qatari Money Drive Trump’s Push for Gaza Ceasefire?
The notion that President Donald Trump’s recent push toward a ceasefire in Gaza may have been motivated, in large part,...
The State Department Isn’t Telling Congress When U.S. Weapons Fall Into the Wrong Hands
On paper, the guardrails are clear. When the U.S. ships weapons overseas, partner governments promise three things: That they’ll use...
License to Kill: Trump’s Extrajudicial Executions
The United States has executed 21 people over the last month in targeted drone strikes off the coast of Venezuela....
The Trump Administration Is Hiding How Many Pregnant People Are in ICE Detention
The putrid smell emanating from breakfast turned Daniela’s stomach, which wailed internally from hunger and nausea. For months, she had...
Republican Governors Eagerly Join Trump’s Military Campaign Against Blue Cities
President Donald Trump is conducting a partisan war on America, claiming extraordinary powers to target immigrants and deploy military forces...
Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks
Republican Senators, with an assist from Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., voted down an attempt block the Trump administration’s missile strikes...
Black People Knew This Would Happen
The Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago on Oct. 4, 2025. Photo: Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images Before...
Trump’s War on Drugs
From Afghanistan to Iraq, the United States has long used drone strikes to take out people it alleges are terrorists...
Episode One: Dirty Business
In 2006, a 92-year-old Atlanta woman was gunned down in her own home by police during a drug raid. The...
Mike Waltz sees Trump’s Gaza plan as ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity for peace’
U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said he believes President Donald Trump’s new Gaza peace plan could represent...
Government Shutdown and Free Speech Showdown
The federal government shut down on Wednesday as President Donald Trump threatened mass federal layoffs. Republicans are blaming Democrats for...
