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U.S. Government Quietly Declassifies Post-9/11 Interview With Bush and Cheney
In a newly declassified interview conducted in 2004, Bush shows not a glimmer of awareness of the destruction and carnage he had unleashed on the world.
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Midterms Will Determine Republicans' Stance on Ukraine — and America
Christian nationalists see Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as a key step in his campaign to crush the global woke left.
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New Justice Department Media Rules Won’t Help if Trump Wins Again
Merrick Garland’s latest policy includes plenty of vague language that could still make it relatively easy for prosecutors to go after reporters’ sources.
New Report Sheds Light on Pentagon's Secret Wars Playbook
The analysis suggests that the U.S. war in Somalia was waged with no clear legal basis.
How a Rare Effort to Compensate Iraqi Airstrike Victims Failed
Seven years after a U.S.-planned airstrike on Hawija killed at least 85 civilians, a token of compensation has delivered little or no help to survivors.
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John Durham Was Trump's Answer to Robert Mueller. His Investigation Went Nowhere.
Durham has used the criminal justice system to score political points, not to search for the truth.
Did a Woke Mob Cancel the “Jihad Rehab” Doc? Here’s the Real Story.
The substantive objections over informed consent were completely obscured by a ruckus over "cancel culture" and identity politics.
Inside the Aggressive Legal War to Shield the Founder of Russia’s Wagner Group
Hacked emails from a Russian law firm reveal Yevgeny Prigozhin’s approach to fighting sanctions — and journalists.
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Trump's Bad Week May Hasten His Ruin — or Simply Stoke His Hubris
A forthcoming subpoena and a cascade of disadvantageous court rulings made last week particularly trying for the ex-president.
FBI Held Training With Indian Cop Who Oversaw Unit Accused of Torture and Murder
The FBI’s training of Kashmiri police official Tahir Ashraf Bhatti might run afoul of the “Leahy laws.”