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It starts with the generals and goes straight through political waste and fraud in his ballooned-up budget and ends with a demoralized force of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines. That will be ...

A group of Western democracies on Tuesday announced targeted sanctions against Jewish settlers in the West Bank and individuals and businesses that support them.

The parties of sitting presidents rarely do well in the midterms. However, the loss Republicans face this fall will be owed ...

There were lots of heroes on 9/11. Donald Trump isn't one of them, no matter how hard he tries to convince Americans that he was somehow present at Ground Zero or that he was ever in any danger ...

I remember looking at the Himalayas with a kind of pride that is difficult to explain to someone who has never stood beneath ...

The right-wing Alternative for Germany's victory in the state elections in Saxony-Anhalt sent a shockwave through Germany and ...

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In a surprising victory for democracy, Missouri's Supreme Court ruled that the state's Republicans cannot use their ...

A consolidated and corporatized media ecosystem has given rise to a growing number of “news deserts.” One state has taken the ...

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Not surprisingly, Donald Trump wants to make an election in which he is not on the ballot all about himself.