National Security

Trump came to power thanks to some of the same factors that fueled the rise of Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America.

Bolton has outlasted James Mattis and John Kelly, and the Trump administration is now filled with hard-liners who want to attack Iran.

Trump’s secretary of state gave a speech in Cairo that obscured the U.S. role in the Middle East. America has not been a force for good.

The Defense Department quietly announced that it would be paring back its “strike releases,” which watchdogs use to corroborate reports of civilian harm.

Some Afghans fear that fewer U.S. troops will lead to more violence, while others hope the pullout will give the country a better shot at peace.

A U.N. panel found that detainees in prisons controlled by U.S. allies were beaten, electrocuted, hung upside down, and raped.

The fiercest attacks have occurred in Al Kashmah, a village on the Euphrates River near the border with Iraq, according to three sources in eastern Syria.

The more playwright Tina Satter read of the FBI's interview of Reality Winner, the more it started to seem like a thriller.

From Puerto Rico to Gaza, The Intercept sent photographers and video journalists into the field to bring viewers to places they might not otherwise see.

Surveillance and spying have been recurring themes; influence-peddling has been rampant, with Saudi Arabia and its allies cozying up to the administration.