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Tony Soprano visits the CIA HQ: Who does Trump think he is fooling with this?

Sun, 22/01/2017 - 20:13
Read it aloud in Tony Soprano accent.

The Women’s March Heard Round the World

Sat, 21/01/2017 - 23:49
A round-up of marches and reactions from Women’s March events around the world.

Trump Goes to CIA to Attack Media, Lie About Crowd Size, and Suggest Stealing Iraq’s Oil

Sat, 21/01/2017 - 23:27
The new president keeps his campaign stump speech handy for a visit to the intelligence officials he spent months denigrating.

Putin Signs Long-Term Basing Deal With Syria

Sat, 21/01/2017 - 21:48
Russia’s military foothold in Syria just got a lot firmer and will last for decades, boosting Moscow’s heft in the region.

Trump’s Civil Religion Has an Angry God

Fri, 20/01/2017 - 23:55
America’s 45th president isn’t the first populist to be inaugurated — but he’s the loneliest.

When the Mob Rules, Everyone Is a Target

Fri, 20/01/2017 - 23:09
Trump’s ochlocracy brings dangers and threats that the Republic has not witnessed since Joe McCarthy. Do we even know how to fight back?

Undocumented Immigrants Tense on Inauguration Day, But Ready to Resist

Fri, 20/01/2017 - 20:36
If Donald Trump tries to follow through on his campaign promises, activists vow resistance.

Trump Promises ‘America First’ in Defiant and Divisive Inaugural Speech

Fri, 20/01/2017 - 20:32
Anxious allies and a polarized country may find little solace in the new president’s isolationist speech.

In Washington, Protests and Riots on Inauguration Day

Fri, 20/01/2017 - 19:18
Mr. Trump comes to Washington. Protesters and rioters do, too.

What’s up on the White House website: Trumpish promises on the U.S. military

Fri, 20/01/2017 - 19:07
I see that the Donald Trump White House has posted foreign policy and military messages on whitehouse.gov.

Davos Diary 2: Say It Ain’t So, Joe

Wed, 18/01/2017 - 17:24
As Biden delivers his valedictory address at the World Economic Forum, we wonder what might have been.

Barack Obama Was a Foreign-Policy Failure

Wed, 18/01/2017 - 16:58
The 44th president of the United States promised to bring change but mostly drove the country deeper into a ditch.

When I think about morale at the CIA, I think about 2 things: Mission and family

Wed, 18/01/2017 - 16:48
Imagine having the job of your dreams. You look forward to work each morning and are filled with a tremendous sense of purpose. Then imagine that you get a new CEO who starts publicly trashing your organization to the entire world.

How to make State great again

Wed, 18/01/2017 - 16:48
The Obama administration’s conduct of foreign policy related to global conflict may have frustrated many, but it was both coherent and internally consistent.

We Are the Last Defense Against Trump

Wed, 18/01/2017 - 14:00
America's institutions weren't designed to resist a modern strongman. That leaves civil society.

Situation Report Exclusive: Congresswoman Visits Damascus; Top U.S. General Briefs Trump; Obama offers clemency for Manning, Gen. Cartwright

Wed, 18/01/2017 - 13:51
By Paul McLeary and FP Staff BRUSSELS — In two days of high level meetings last week, top Pentagon and White House officials met with President-elect Donald Trump and his staff to walk through the biggest national security issues of the day. While traveling in Brussels on Wednesday, Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff ...

Democratic Rep. Gabbard Makes Secret Trip to Syria

Wed, 18/01/2017 - 13:38
The Hawaii lawmaker, who has bucked both parties on the issue of Syria, met with government officials on a "fact-finding" mission.

The U.S. Media’s Unfortunate Obsession with One Beijing Rag

Tue, 17/01/2017 - 23:25
The Global Times' outrageous statements make for great headlines. That's the problem.

Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning’s Sentence, Manning To Leave Prison in May

Tue, 17/01/2017 - 23:20
And Gen. James Cartwright gets a pardon.

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