Empires don’t just fall like toppled trees. They weaken slowly as a succession of crises drain their strength until they suddenly begin to disintegrate. Read More...
The Washington Post reported that the sales included "thousands of precision-guided munitions, small diameter bombs, bunker busters, small arms, and other lethal aid." Read More...
Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich noted that "no person has done more in living memory to undermine the functioning of the U.S. government" than McConnell. Read More...
Officials are investigating the unverified claim that the doctors, who were kidnapped by al-Shabaab militants in 2019, died during a recent U.S. drone strike. Read More...
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