U.S. Played Secret Role in Nigeria Attack That Killed More Than 160 Civilians
The 2017 bombing of a displaced persons’ camp was termed a “U.S.-Nigerian” operation, according to a document obtained by The Intercept.
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The Cult of Donald Trump
On January 6, Trump was not much different from Jim Jones, as he urged his rabid followers to kill American democracy.
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Donald Trump Is Even More Unhinged Than We Thought
The January 6 hearings may be the best congressional inquiry since the Church Committee’s legendary investigation of the intelligence community in the 1970s.
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Rashida Tlaib Is Trying to Fix the Espionage Act, but Whistleblowers Are Probably Out of Luck
The antiquated measure is an abuse of the legal system, but the Justice Department has no incentive to stop using it.
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Anti-Abortion Zealots Were Precursor to Donald Trump's Right-Wing Shock Troops
The two camps merged during the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Army Bases Shockingly Unprepared for Chemical, Biological Attacks
Documents say safety shortfalls likely exist across the Army, which operates chemical weapons storage facilities and a research institute that works with lethal pathogens.
Foreign Fighters in Ukraine Could Be a Time Bomb for Their Home Countries
Two killed in the Ukrainian Army’s International Legion may have been neo-Nazis.
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Cassidy Hutchinson's Jan. 6 Testimony Was an Alexander Butterfield Moment
Butterfield’s revelations about the Nixon tapes changed the trajectory of the Watergate scandal and helped lead to the president’s resignation.
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U.S. Vows to Hunt Russian War Criminals — but Gives a Pass to Its Own
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced investigations of war crimes committed in Ukraine. But America has a surplus of its own unpunished atrocities.
Pentagon Must Do More to Mitigate Civilian Harm, Says House Armed Services Committee Chair
Proposed requirements are a major improvement, but experts say they still fall short.