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Mike Huckabee
QiOSK

Is Huckabee too ‘extreme’ to be US ambassador to Israel?

Lawmakers: could the self-described 'unapologetic, unreformed Zionist' navigate today's rocky diplomatic waters on behalf of the United States?

Musk Hegseth
Military Industrial Complex

DOGE wants to cut the Pentagon — by 0.07%

His recently announced meager $580m reduction is just an exercise in reshuffling

Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine
Military Industrial Complex

More nukes = more problems

A recent report says the US should ditch new development and focus deterrence strategy on sub-based weapons

Iraq war Army soldiers Baghdad
Middle East

The ghosts of the Iraq War still haunt me, and our foreign policy

As a young National Guardsman I reported for duty on March 21, 2003. Why are there still troops there today?

Donald Trump Miriam Adelson
Washington Politics

The Israeli-American Trump mega-donor behind speech crackdowns

Miriam Adelson is more than a funder of the Maccabee Task Force, she's also its president

Wall Street Stock Exchange
Washington Politics

Emergency! Trump's use of extraordinary powers for tariffs

Executive authorities have remained unchecked for decades. Is there any surprise that the president prefers them over working with Congress?