Trump’s War on ISIS Is Failing, No Matter How Gorka Spins It
White House counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka was on a mission. He wanted someone dead, and he knew who could make...
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U.S. Casualties in Iran War Rise as Military Strikes Begin Again
The number of U.S. casualties in the Iran War ticked higher on Tuesday, hours after American military forces conducted what...
Ahmadinejad Is Still Bad for Iranians — and Still Great for Israel
Iran’s former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad holds a press conference after registering as a candidate for Iran’s 2021 presidential elections on...
Ebola Outbreak Rages After Trump Gutted Global Health Safeguards
The World Health Organization’s chief said on Tuesday that he was “deeply concerned about the scale and speed” of an Ebola...
WHO head ‘deeply concerned’ over ‘scale and speed’ of Ebola spread, says emergency committee will meet
The head of the World Health Organization announced a meeting of his emergency committee regarding the "scale and speed" of...
Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization” Fund Is a Handout to His Hardcore Supporters
Donald Trump speaks at the “Save America March” rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021. Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via...
“We Will Find You and We Will Kill You”
IN 16 pages, the Trump administration’s new official counterterrorism strategy outlines in broad terms who it views as terrorist threats...
How Trump’s New Counterterrorism Strategy Puts You at Risk
the Trump administration last week unveiled its “2026 Counterterrorism Strategy,” a 16-page collection of threats, grievances, hyperbole, and lies. The...
Big Finance Might Be Dooming the SPLC — Even Before Its Day in Court
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks at a press conference with FBI Director Kash Patel following the indictment of the...
Trump’s Killing Spree Isn’t Stopping the Flow of Drugs Into the U.S.
The Pentagon claims that attacks on civilian boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific have severely curtailed the import of...
Mike Johnson Used Crypto Catnip to Get Freedom Caucus Support for Domestic Spy Law
Far-right Republicans in the House, including many members of the Freedom Caucus, revealed the price of their support for a...
Marco Rubio Is Rebranding the State Department as Explicitly Christian
The State Department has shifted its public image in favor of explicit Christian messaging and iconography and away from secular...
Meet the Four Democrats Who’ll Decide If Trump Gets His Domestic Spying Law
A messy fight over whether the U.S. government can conduct warrantless surveillance of American citizens could come down to whether...
Trump Has Already Spent at Least $4.7 Billion Attacking Latin America
The Pentagon won’t disclose the price tag of its wars in the Western Hemisphere, but a new analysis by Brown...
Pentagon Erases Wounded U.S. Troops From Iran War Casualty List: “Definition of a Cover-up”
Amid a fragile ceasefire in the U.S. war on Iran, the Pentagon is playing a numbers game with American casualty...
