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Palantir Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp gestures next to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick
Washington Politics

The anti-China coalition is breaking apart at the seams

The ad hoc group pushing confrontation with Beijing was never as formidable as it seemed

Marco Rubio speaks at the Pnyx hill, where ancient Athenians held democratic assemblies, with the ancient Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis in the background
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What Rubio really means when he talks about 'civilizational' renewal

The Washington establishment is using new words to describe the old forms of interventionism

Joe Biden and Brett McGurk
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Meet the ex-Biden official working hard to rewrite history on Gaza

Brett McGurk's former colleagues challenge his book's central premise that pressuring Israel would have been counterproductive

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee
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If Dems win big in midterms, Hegseth's head could roll

Liberal lawmakers are anxious to go after the defense secretary over Iran, Venezuela and more

Two farmers stand in a field looking at soy crop
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American farmers are slammed by war 7,000 miles away

Combined with tariffs, Trump's conflict with Iran and subsequent shipping disruptions are squeezing agriculture and sparking short-sighted bailouts

Most voters in key states want to block US arms transfers to Israel
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Most voters in key states want to block US arms transfers to Israel

A new poll found widespread frustration with the Washington-Tel Aviv relationship ahead of the midterms