20-year US intervention in ruins as Taliban enters Kabul
The world watches as the Afghan government tragically teeters on the brink and America reflects on its failed policies there.
The world watches as the Afghan government tragically teeters on the brink and America reflects on its failed policies there.
Not only would this be the “Saigon moment” Biden is trying to avoid, it would signal a full-scale diplomatic abandonment of Afghanistan.
He was a colleague and a principled truth-teller during an era of war, hubris, and Beltway banditry.
Billionaire Peter Thiel has poured millions into the campaign of Blake Masters, who in turn appears to be boosting Thiel’s financial interests.
The next step — passing the full Congress — seems closer than ever, which would end a 20-year-run for this much abused authority.
Officials have announced an ‘end’ to the combat mission, but this appears to be a shift in definitions rather than a real withdrawal.
The War on Terror-era neocon is at it again, scolding America for withdrawing from Afghanistan and advocating we stay in the game.
But will the Senate take up the mantle and finally bring about reunions between North Koreans and their families in America?
Heavily redacted classified DOJ memo shows the legal contortions used to justify the 2020 assassination.
Is there a double standard when government-linked makers and sellers of ‘nasty’ spyware used by autocrats are U.S. allies?
There are bipartisan efforts to sneak more money into the Pentagon’s already bloated and unaccounted for coffers.
President Biden announced plans today to start evacuating at-risk Afghan interpreters and families. No criticism here.
Emerging details suggest that President Moïse’s assassins were Colombians hired by a security firm in Florida. Sound familiar?
The administration may be overhauling punitive sanctions — but some countries will still be treated differently than others.
But an authorization for military conflict in Africa just won’t die as lawmakers move to renew a controversial counter-terror program, too.
Stunning find includes MoD plot to provoke Russia in Ukrainian waters last week and U.S. request to leave troops in Afghanistan.
What he gets from Biden will depend on whether his requests are compatible with the realities of the U.S. military withdrawal.
Revelations that Khashoggi’s killers were trained by a private security contractor in the States have raised some uncomfortable questions.
Details are still unclear but the episode highlights the danger in using warships to make diplomatic or legalistic points.
The pressure on Biden is increasing as the Taliban take more territory by the day, and the Pentagon continues to send mixed signals.
Ebrihim Raisi came out swinging at his first press conference, indicating new challenges ahead for Washington-Tehran diplomacy.