The Government’s Own Data Shows Country of Origin Is a Poor Predictor of Terrorist Threat
Jeff Sessions has worked since at least 2015 to build a case for limiting Muslim immigration. His evidence is ambiguous at best.
1,288 posts found for ‘iran’
The Syrian People Have Been Betrayed By All Sides
Bashar al Assad is the biggest monster but not the only one in Syria. Governments in the West and Arab world should open their borders to refugees and deliver aid.
Intercepted Podcast: Could Trump Start World War III?
Donald Trump has not started any new wars — yet. But his administration is pouring gasoline on several initiated by his predecessors.
Rep. Jan Schakowsky Calls for Investigation Into Trump’s Ties to Blackwater Founder Erik Prince
In an interview, Rep. Schakowsky said Erik Prince "is now is part of the inner circle, the ruling party, the people with the most influence in the world."
Trump Is Following Obama Administration’s Lead on Sanctions Against Iran
Sanctions levied against Iran after its recent ballistic missile test may reflect President Donald Trump’s recent bellicose language, but they're nothing new.
Intercepted Podcast: Hate of the Union
In the State of the Union, Trump attacked immigrant rights, vowed to keep Guantánamo open, and threatened North Korea. Naomi Klein analyzes the speech.
Press Secretary Sean Spicer Falsely Accuses Iran of Attacking U.S. Navy Vessel, an Act of War
It was Houthi rebels who attacked a Saudi frigate. This is how wars start.
Jared Kushner Still Has a Job Because Washington Only Fears Republicans
Try to imagine Clinton's son-in-law Marc Mezvinsky — like Kushner, a rich New Yorker with a convict father and no experience — in her White House.
Donald Trump Said Saudi Arabia Was Behind 9/11. Now He’s Going There on His First Foreign Trip.
Trump’s about-face on Saudi Arabia is shameless. Twice on one day in the election campaign, he connected the Saudis to 9/11.
War Correspondents Describe Recent U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen
Sentiment in Washington may not reflect that the U.S. is at war, but Anand Gopal and Iona Craig have seen the carnage from recent U.S. military strikes in Iraq, Syria and Yemen.