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USS Defiant
QiOSK

Congress wants proof Trump-class battleship isn’t a dud

NDAA draft text could hit the brakes on the president’s coveted fleet

military repairs
Military Industrial Complex

DoD not allowed to fix most of its own stuff. Guess who's cashing in?

Right-to-repair rules would put an end to a defense contractor ‘racket’ that hurts combat readiness and gouges taxpayers

Donald Trump Iran
Middle East

Should Trump just end the Iran War without a deal?

Some restrainers argue that forgoing a comprehensive agreement, and the hawkish backlash it inevitably triggers, may be the surest path to ending the conflict.

Abelardo De La Espriella and Ivan Cepeda
Latin America

No clear winner: Colombia's hard right and left will battle out in runoff

Abelardo De La Espriella and Ivan Cepeda represent two distinct visions of the country's future. Neither got 50% in Sunday's vote.

Sunday's election could put Colombia back on team Trump
Latin America

Sunday's election could put Colombia back on team Trump

Relations with the US flagged under Gustavo Petro. A pair of right-wing candidates want to change that.

US and Israeli militaries
Washington Politics

Congress quietly moves to integrate US and Israeli militaries

In the first step towards shifting aid further into the shadows, the House's 2027 NDAA would all but fuse the two countries' armed forces together