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

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

Border Cops Try To Make an End Run Around Attorney-Client Privilege
09.04.2025 10

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What To Do If Border Police Ask To Search Your Phone

What To Do If Border Police Ask To Search Your Phone
04.04.2025 1

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

Who Is the 'Top Missile Guy' the U.S. Killed in Yemen?
31.03.2025 40

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Review: Aging Millennials Confront Adult Problems on Screen

Review: Aging Millennials Confront Adult Problems on Screen
28.03.2025 2

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

Will the U.S. Bomb Iran Over a Nuclear Weapons Program That Doesn't Exist?
27.03.2025 8

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Why Economic Sanctions Against Iran Are Backfiring

Why Economic Sanctions Against Iran Are Backfiring
27.03.2025 2

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It's Not Journalists' Job To Protect Government Secrets

It's Not Journalists' Job To Protect Government Secrets
27.03.2025 20

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

The Atlantic Should Not Find Out About a War Before Congress Does
25.03.2025 2

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

21.03.2025 10

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Trump Owns the Middle East Wars Now

20.03.2025 3

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Why Would Trump Want To Ban Bhutanese People?

18.03.2025 2

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

17.03.2025 3

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

14.03.2025 2

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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,...

13.03.2025 4

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

10.03.2025 8

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

08.03.2025 10

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The Bipartisan War on Elbridge Colby

06.03.2025 10

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

05.03.2025 7

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The Sad Quest for a Secret 'Epstein Client List'

28.02.2025 2

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

28.02.2025 10

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Inside the Russian Occupation of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

25.02.2025 6

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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...

24.02.2025 6

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

20.02.2025 30

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

15.02.2025 9

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

13.02.2025 2

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5 of the Worst USAID Scandals in History

10.02.2025 3

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Trump's Foreign Policy Is a Lot of Noise

06.02.2025 5

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

05.02.2025 2

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

05.02.2025 6

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

30.01.2025 30

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

28.01.2025 7

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

27.01.2025 5

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

21.01.2025 10

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Trump Goes After Mexico by Designating Drug Cartels Terrorist Organizations

21.01.2025 7

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Nobody Won the War in Gaza

16.01.2025 10

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

14.01.2025 6

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

12.01.2025 40

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America's Arctic Troops in Greenland Go To Diversity Training

09.01.2025 30

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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...

07.01.2025 5

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Is Biden Teeing Up an Iran War for Trump?

War Matthew Petti | 1.3.2025 11:55 AM President Joe Biden has less than a month in office, but that might be enough time to leave a very big mess...

03.01.2025 2

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Congress Sanctions a Syrian Government That No Longer Exists

Syria Matthew Petti | 12.26.2024 3:23 PM If a government falls in the world, but Congress isn't around to hear it, did it really fall? Apparently...

26.12.2024 3

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How FOIA Gave Rise to Government Transparency Laws Around the World

Transparency Matthew Petti | From the January 2025 issue It's well-known that the government heavily censors documents before declassifying them—...

26.12.2024 20

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Police Data: N.J. Drone Sightings Concentrated Along Airport Flight Paths

UFO Matthew Petti | 12.20.2024 1:53 PM It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a UFO! It's an Iranian mothership! It's a radiation probe! Or maybe it's...

20.12.2024 5

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We Don't Need Terrorism Laws When Murder Is Already Illegal

Terrorism Matthew Petti | 12.19.2024 5:30 PM New York state prosecutors announced on Tuesday that they were charging Luigi Mangione, the alleged...

20.12.2024 20

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CNN Presented a Syrian Jailer as a Torture Survivor

Media Criticism Matthew Petti | 12.17.2024 10:36 AM The most heartbreaking story out of the Syrian revolution last week was the opening of the...

17.12.2024 20

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Biden's Transformation From a Dove to a Hawk

Foreign Policy Matthew Petti | From the January 2025 issue In the January 2025 issue of Reason, we're giving performance reviews of Joe Biden's...

17.12.2024 6

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The War in Gaza Is Far Worse Than You Thought

War Matthew Petti | 12.13.2024 11:57 AM How many people in Gaza have been killed by the Israel-Hamas war? For a long time, the only source of...

13.12.2024 6

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No, an Iranian 'Mothership' Isn't Attacking New Jersey With UFOs

New Jersey Matthew Petti | 12.12.2024 3:50 PM Something weird is going on in New Jersey, and it's not just the swamp gas . Residents across the...

13.12.2024 10

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Syria's Rojava Revolution Is in Grave Danger

Syria Matthew Petti | 12.11.2024 10:45 AM Kobane, Syria, was home to one of the most famous military turning points in history. A small force of...

11.12.2024 2

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