Why it’s called the department of “defense” in the first place
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Friday renaming the Department of Defense the “Department of ...
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The US strike on a Venezuelan drug boat, briefly explained
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Why the Ukraine war is so hard to end
At the height of the Iraq war, bloggers coined the term “Friedman unit” in reference to the New York Times ...
Why China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are more than just Axis of Evil 2.0
Editor’s note, September 2, 12:10 pm ET: This week, the leaders of Iran, North Korea, and Russia, along with around ...
Donald Trump is a globalist
The defining photo of the recent White House Ukraine summit will likely turn out to be one depicting five European ...
Gaza’s famine is now official. What does that change?
The hunger crisis in Gaza reached another grim milestone on Friday when the world’s leading hunger watchdog confirmed that a ...
What makes Israel’s starvation of Gaza stand apart
“We are imposing a complete siege on . No electricity, no food, no water, no fuel — everything is closed. ...
What we learned from the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting, briefly explained
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Trump-Putin summit ends with no deal on Ukraine
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Israel’s Gaza policy is viciously cruel — and strategically disastrous
Israel’s restrictions on humanitarian aid in Gaza are, first and foremost, a moral atrocity. Israeli policies since March, most notably ...
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