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America Spent a Fortune Shooting Down Cheap Drones. Now the Missile Stores Are Bare.

Defense Spending America Spent a Fortune Shooting Down Cheap Drones. Now the Missile Stores Are Bare. After burning through...

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The U.S. and Iran Are Exchanging Nuclear Concessions for Economic Relief. That's Compromise, Not Surrender.

Iran Compromise With Iran Isn't 'Surrender' Hawks don’t understand what diplomacy is: Both sides give something up and both sides...

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No, Trump Isn't 'Paying' Iran $24 Billion To End the War

Foreign Policy No, Trump Isn't 'Paying' Iran $24 Billion To End the War There’s a lot of confusion about sanctions relief and the...

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The Iran War Is Over, For Now

Foreign Policy The Iran War Is Over, For Now The U.S. and Iran have moved to the next stage of the peace process. Hawks on all...

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‘Why Is America Hosting the World Cup If It Is So Hostile?’: Trump’s Border Crackdown Spoils Soccer Tournament

Sports Trump's Border Crackdown Spoils World Cup America pushed to host the international tournament. Now the government is...

12.06.2026 5

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Marco Rubio's 'Cage Fights for Diplomacy' Are Another Form of Crony Capitalism

Crony Capitalism Marco Rubio's 'Cage Fights for Diplomacy' Are Another Form of Crony Capitalism Instead of dismantling the cultural...

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Trump's Middle Eastern Ceasefire: Fiery But Mostly Peaceful

Foreign Policy Trump's Middle Eastern Ceasefire: Fiery But Mostly Peaceful The White House keeps insisting that peace is around the...

08.06.2026 7

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The Debate Over Israel Aid Is Coming. Congress Wants To Future-Proof the Relationship First.

Foreign Aid The Debate Over Israel Aid Is Coming. Congress Wants To Future-Proof the Relationship First. The Israeli government is...

05.06.2026 5

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Republican Hawks Don't Want an Iran Deal—and Opportunist Democrats Are Helping Them Along

Foreign Policy Republican Hawks Don't Want an Iran Deal—and Opportunist Democrats Are Helping Them Along Bipartisan pressure is...

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Why did the FBI Want Dilbert Creator Scott Adams' Twitter Data?

FOIA Why did the FBI Want Dilbert Creator Scott Adams' Twitter Data? The cartoonist caught the FBI’s attention over a bizarre...

01.06.2026 7

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Iran Is Turning America's Sanctions Playbook Against It

Sanctions Iran Is Turning America's Sanctions Playbook Against It The U.S. Treasury is trying to fight the kind of trade embargo...

29.05.2026 5

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Does Reporting Bad News About the Iran War Make You a Foreign Agent?

Free Speech Does Reporting Bad News About the Iran War Make You a Foreign Agent? The Trump administration invokes the notoriously...

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Why Has Trump Stopped Selling Weapons to Taiwan?

Foreign Policy Why Has Trump Stopped Selling Weapons to Taiwan? The administration is avoiding conflict with China to focus on war...

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Review: A Victim of Chinese Authoritarianism Explains Censorship and Surveillance

Censorship Review: A Victim of Chinese Authoritarianism Explains Censorship and Surveillance "A primary aim of censorship is to...

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Why Does Trump Keep Bringing Up Decades-Old Foreign Grievances?

Foreign Policy Why Does Trump Keep Bringing Up Decades-Old Foreign Grievances? Instead of making the case for war in Venezuela,...

21.05.2026 7

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The U.S. Government's Shifting Excuses for Bombing a School in Iran

War The U.S. Government's Shifting Excuses for Bombing a School in Iran The Trump administration has come up with contradictory...

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There Was No Delcy Rodríguez in Iran

Foreign Policy There Was No Delcy Rodríguez in Iran The Trump administration thought it was repeating the Venezuelan model in...

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Judge Stops U.S. Treasury From Sanctioning Someone's Speech

Sanctions Judge Stops U.S. Treasury From Sanctioning Someone's Speech The Trump administration accused Francesca Albanese of...

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Hantavirus Fear Comes to the Remotest Islands in the World

Pandemic Hantavirus Fear Comes to the Remotest Islands in the World Tristan da Cunha and Pitcairn Island are nearly...

13.05.2026 10

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Even Dictatorships Don't Fight Wars This Way

Foreign Policy Even Dictatorships Don't Fight Wars This Way The American public never got a satisfying explanation for why Trump...

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Trump's Bluff to Iran Didn't Work

Foreign Policy Trump's Bluff to Iran Didn't Work After trying to open the Strait of Hormuz by force, the U.S. is ready to accept an...

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Civilians Across the Middle East React to the Iran War: 'A Fear That Settles in Your Heart'

War Civilians Across the Middle East React to the Iran War: 'A Fear That Settles in Your Heart' "Now they are hitting everything....

03.05.2026 10

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A Pointless War: How Iran Hawks Finally Got Their Way

War A Pointless War: How Iran Hawks Finally Got Their Way President Donald Trump and his predecessors spent decades putting the...

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Is Ukraine Helping Al Qaeda Conquer West Africa?

Foreign Policy Is Ukraine Helping Al Qaeda Conquer West Africa? The proliferation of drones to Malian rebels is a bizarre,...

29.04.2026 10

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War Hawks' 'Credibility' Obsession Makes America Less Credible

Foreign Policy War Hawks' 'Credibility' Obsession Makes America Less Credible Trump is making the same mistakes Nixon did, doubling...

28.04.2026 10

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Rubio Falsely Accuses Iranian Exiles of Being Soleimani's Nieces

Immigration Rubio Falsely Accuses Iranian Exiles of Being Soleimani's Nieces The State Department and ICE claimed to have caught...

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Neither War nor Peace With Iran

Foreign Policy Neither War nor Peace With Iran The Trump administration is stuck in a standoff that is unstable and damaging to the...

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Kodak Invented This Film for World War II Spy Planes. Then It Became Art.

Art Kodak Invented This Film for World War II Spy Planes. Then It Became Art. Aerochrome photography is a beautiful example of a...

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Trump's Iran Deal Looks a Lot Like the Previous Ones He Hated

Foreign Policy Trump's Iran Deal Looks a Lot Like the Previous Ones He Hated What exactly was the point of killing thousands of...

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The U.S. Military Has Finally Left Syria

Foreign Policy The U.S. Military Has Finally Left Syria After considering a permanent U.S. presence, the Trump administration...

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Congress Declines Again To Rein in Trump's Iran War

War Powers Congress Declines Again To Rein in Trump's Iran War Republicans can’t decide whether the war is too early to stop, too...

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Trump Responds to Iranian Blockade of Strait of Hormuz By Blockading It

War Trump Responds to Iranian Blockade of Strait of Hormuz By Blockading It After walking out of peace talks in Pakistan, the U.S....

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FBI Goes After Whistleblower Who Helped Unmask the 'Fort Bragg Cartel'

Whistleblowers FBI Goes After Whistleblower Who Helped Unmask the 'Fort Bragg Cartel' The feds have arrested an Army staffer who...

09.04.2026 10

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Would U.S. Wildlife Laws Turn Greenland's Hunters Into Criminals?

Greenland Would U.S. Wildlife Laws Turn Greenland's Hunters Into Criminals? Greenlandic hunters fear a U.S. takeover because...

09.04.2026 20

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Has the Iran War Ceasefire Already Ceased?

War Has the Iran War Ceasefire Already Ceased? Both sides claim that they’ve agreed to stop fighting and open the Strait of...

08.04.2026 10

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Trump Is Openly Targeting Innocent Civilians

Foreign Policy Trump Is Openly Targeting Innocent Civilians He's using tools that were advertised as humane, but he isn't hiding...

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The Islanders Expelled To Build the West's Middle East Fortress

Foreign Policy The Islanders Expelled To Build the West's Middle East Fortress The British Empire evacuated the Chagos Islands to...

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Inside the U.S. Military Buildup in Israel

Foreign Policy Inside the U.S. Military Buildup in Israel Iran has reportedly made U.S. bases in Arab countries...

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Trump Can't TACO His Way Out of Iran

War Trump Can't TACO His Way Out of Iran The president is good at backing out of a losing bet—but this time, it's out of his...

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What Happens If There's a Murder in Antarctica?

World What Happens If There's a Murder in Antarctica? No single government controls the South Pole, so how do they deal with crime?...

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Joe Kent Is the First Iran War Crack in the Trump Admin

War Joe Kent Is the First Iran War Crack in the Trump Admin The top intelligence official resigned because there was no “imminent...

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Trump Wants To Cover Up Bad News About the Iran War

Iran Trump Wants To Cover Up Bad News About the Iran War And Middle Eastern dictatorships are helping him do it. ...

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Review: Have Aliens Visited Earth? This Documentary Says Yes.

Aliens Review: Have Aliens Visited Earth? This Documentary Says Yes. The Age of Disclosure makes bold claims but is frustratingly...

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What Is Life Like Beneath the Bombs of the Iran War?

War What Is Life Like Beneath the Bombs of the Iran War? Reason speaks with civilians about wartime life in Iran, Israel, Kuwait,...

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Senate Punts on Iran War Powers as Ground War Grows More Likely

War Powers Senate Punts on Iran War Powers as Ground War Grows More Likely Lawmakers are refusing to acknowledge what is...

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Epstein Files: FBI Tracked Down Anonymous 4chan Conspiracy Theorist

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How Thousands of Randos Like Me Landed in the Epstein Files

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Jeffrey Epstein Brokered Secret Meeting Between Qatari and Israeli Leaders

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Trump Administration Plans More Deportation Flights to Iran Amid Violent Crackdown in the Country

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Syria's Kurdish Revolution Has Been Crushed

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