Pete Hegseth’s Crisis of Masculinity
On Wednesday at 11:07 p.m. ET, the president went on Truth Social to share an important piece of information with...
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GOP Rep. Called Israeli–U.S. Defense Tech Integration “Dangerous.” The House Passed It Anyway.
The House passed a $1.15 trillion defense authorization bill Wednesday with a controversial provision expanding U.S.-Israel military technology cooperation intact,...
The United States of Betrayal
Donald Trump — America’s self-proclaimed “peace president,” head of the world’s newly created Board of Peace, and the recipient of the first...
Trump’s Formula for Forever Wars
President Donald Trump blew up the temporary ceasefire after the U.S. launched a series of airstrikes against Iran over the...
Iran Claims to Kill 3 U.S. Service Members in Kuwait
After Iran claimed to have killed three U.S. personnel in Kuwait over the weekend, the Pentagon’s official toll of injuries...
Rebecca Nagle on the Boomerang of Empire
Last spring, President Donald Trump issued the “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” executive order, taking aim at federal...
A Government of Trump, by Trump, and for Trump
Twenty-three years ago, I sat down in Metro Diner on Manhattan’s Upper West Side to pick the brain of an...
Why Would Anyone Trust Ex-CIA Agents in Elected Office?
The CIA headquarters in McLean, Va., on March 3, 2005. Photo: Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images The Democratic Party is...
FIFA Gives Trump Exactly What He Wants
President Donald Trump regularly resorts to bluster and threats to get his way — from efforts to overturn election results...
Graham Platner Inspired Another Left-Wing Veteran to Take On an Establishment Dem
Alex Scheel speaks at an Armistice Day rally on Veterans Day 2025. Photo: Bryan Richardson/Courtesy of the Scheel campaign When...
The Horrifying Lessons of 250 Years of American History
In his typical understated fashion, President Donald Trump has billed his Fourth of July rally in Washington, D.C., as the...
How Florida’s Cuban Diaspora and the Israeli Lobby Came Together — and Are Coming Apart
After a devastating earthquake rocked Venezuela last week, President Donald Trump backed off his claims to be “in charge” of...
The Trump Administration’s Shameless Snuff-Film Fixation
With the wreckage of the Twin Towers still smoldering in October 2001, Tom Engelhardt started sending emails to a select...
Keir Starmer’s Downfall Is the Only Reward for Simpering Centrism
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a speech announcing his resignation following mounting political pressure over heavy losses in the...
Rubio announces framework deal between Israel and Lebanon as experts warn Iran will fight to sabotage it
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the U.S.-brokered framework agreement between Jerusalem and Lebanon...
