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Newly Released Documents Show What the Feds Knew About the New Jersey Drone Scare

Drones Matthew Petti | 5.9.2025 12:31 PM The government sent out a lot of mixed messages the week of December 16, 2024. In response to various...

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Trump Gets Bored With the War in Yemen

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Should Sharing Information About Israeli Businesses Get You 20 Years in Prison?

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U.S. Government: We Didn't Use 'Political Violence' in Iraq

U.S. Government: We Didn't Use 'Political Violence' in Iraq

War Matthew Petti | 5.2.2025 11:35 AM Why does Washington find it hard to beat Iranian influence? According to the State Department, it's because...

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Did Mike Waltz Just Go Down John Bolton's Path?

Did Mike Waltz Just Go Down John Bolton's Path?
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Court Frees Palestinian Student Arrested by ICE at His U.S. Citizenship Hearing

Court Frees Palestinian Student Arrested by ICE at His U.S. Citizenship Hearing
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U.S. Navy Accidentally Throws $64 Million Jet Overboard Off the Coast of Yemen

U.S. Navy Accidentally Throws $64 Million Jet Overboard Off the Coast of Yemen
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As the Economy Tumbles, so Does Trump's Approval Rate

As the Economy Tumbles, so Does Trump's Approval Rate

Trump Administration Matthew Petti | 4.25.2025 12:20 PM President Donald Trump's approval rating has dropped to 40 percent, lower than all other...

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How Easter Eggs Spread Around the World

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ICE Arrests Palestinian Immigrant at His Citizenship Test

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ICE Retracts Threat To Stop Illegal 'Ideas' at the Border

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Border Cops Try To Make an End Run Around Attorney-Client Privilege

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What To Do If Border Police Ask To Search Your Phone

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Who Is the 'Top Missile Guy' the U.S. Killed in Yemen?

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Review: Aging Millennials Confront Adult Problems on Screen

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Will the U.S. Bomb Iran Over a Nuclear Weapons Program That Doesn't Exist?

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Why Economic Sanctions Against Iran Are Backfiring

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It's Not Journalists' Job To Protect Government Secrets

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The Atlantic Should Not Find Out About a War Before Congress Does

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France Accuses Trump of Booting Space Researcher Over 'Personal Opinion'

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Trump Owns the Middle East Wars Now

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Why Would Trump Want To Ban Bhutanese People?

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Trump Attacked Biden's 'Crazy' Yemen War. Now He's Reopening It.

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Has Trump Cut a Deal To Get U.S. Troops Out of Syria?

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Are Democrats Regretting Trying To Out-Hawk Trump?

Diplomacy Matthew Petti | 3.13.2025 10:35 AM The Democratic Party has been trying to paint negotiations as appeasement. During the 2024 elections,...

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Who Is the Palestinian Columbia Student Detained For His Protest Activity?

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Is Trump Borrowing Biden's 'Bear Hug' Approach to Israel?

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The Bipartisan War on Elbridge Colby

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The Best of Reason: Inside the Russian Occupation of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

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The Sad Quest for a Secret 'Epstein Client List'

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Trump Finds a Face-Saving Way To Give Ukraine 'the Right To Fight On'

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Inside the Russian Occupation of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

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Does Trump Want Lower Gas Prices or Oil Sanctions on Iran?

Foreign Policy Matthew Petti | 2.24.2025 10:24 AM The law of supply and demand is the most basic insight in economics. When there's more of a good...

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Did Biden Blow the Best Chance of Preventing War in Ukraine?

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J.D. Vance Brings the Culture War to Europe: 'There Is a New Sheriff in Town'

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Is Trump Getting Ready To Cut Ukraine—and Europe—Loose?

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5 of the Worst USAID Scandals in History

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Trump's Foreign Policy Is a Lot of Noise

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Trump's Middle East Policy: Pull Troops Out of Syria To Put Them in Gaza?

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The Best of Reason: The Pentagon Keeps Losing Equipment and Buying Stuff It Doesn't Need

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The White House's 'Feverish Dream' About $50 Million for Condoms in Gaza

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Trump Revives Biden's Failed Proposal To Remove Palestinians From Gaza

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Neocons Wage a Rearguard Action Against Trump's Middle East Peace Drive

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Donald Trump Turns on His First Term's Middle East Hawks

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Trump Goes After Mexico by Designating Drug Cartels Terrorist Organizations

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Nobody Won the War in Gaza

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Here's How Police Are Being Trained To Deal With Incels

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The Pentagon Keeps Losing Equipment and Buying Stuff It Doesn't Need

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America's Arctic Troops in Greenland Go To Diversity Training

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Was the Las Vegas Bombing a Case of the Afghan War Coming Home?

War on Terror Matthew Petti | 1.6.2025 4:37 PM Master Sgt. Matthew Alan Livelsberger was clearly shaken by what he saw in Afghanistan. In the last...

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