Voices
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.
National Security
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.
Voices
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.
Voices
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.
Ghosts of Guantánamo
Guantánamo Bay Prison’s First Covid Outbreak Shrouded in Secrecy
At least four detainees who have not been charged with any crime contracted Covid-19 at the notorious maximum security prison base.
Voices
In the Shadow of the Jan. 6 Hearings, Right-Wing Militancy Is on the Rise
The Patriot Front’s fascist rhetoric could make it a natural successor to the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers as Donald Trump’s favorite white nationalist group.
Voices
Jan. 6 Hearings Seek to Remind a Forgetful Nation About the Day Donald Trump Almost Engineered a Coup
For a country where few people remember what happened before last week’s verdict in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard case, Thursday night’s hearing provided a gut-punch reminder of the violence of the insurrection.
Voices
Iran Is Backing Out of the Nuclear Deal That U.S. Had Already Reneged On for Years
Iran made the latest move of noncompliance, but the path to war was paved by the United States’ withdrawal from the agreement.