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Top Democrats close to AIPAC stick to criticizing Trump’s process failures — but primary candidates are calling for a referendum on the war itself.

As ever, the horrors Trump embodies implicate more than just his singular odious person. His “habit of abusing power to force his will upon an uncooperative world”—in David Frum’s formulation over the weekend—is hardly a tendency idiosyncratically restricted to our forty-sixth president. It’s a core feature of the office, especially after decades of bipartisan fealty to the all-rationalizing theory of the unitary executive. No matter how crude or clumsy Trump may be in forcing his will upon the world, his grandiose and murderous entitlement is directly continuous with his predecessors’.

A divided opposition faces a long road ahead.

Why the country’s vaunted network of regional militias has mostly stayed quiet.

“This is not a so-called regime change war, ” Hegseth said.

The Iran war shows that Trump is loving his military interventions — but they are regime adjustments, not regime-change wars.

Oil and gas prices have jumped, but not as high as one might expect.

The attackers seek quick success as their air defenses dwindle. Iran will try to drag it out.

The American-Israeli assault has decapitated Iran's regime, but the cascade of geopolitical consequences threatens to destabilise the entire global order.

War in Iran could pose instability risks as its neighbors to the east escalate their conflict.

Under Secretary Linda McMahon, the work of the Office for Civil Rights, which aims to protect students from discrimination, is cloaked in secrecy.

An Intercept analysis finds that every single Board of Peace member state has been rebuked for human rights violations.

We heard from more than 40 current and former emergency managers in 11 states about what they need to prepare for the next disaster — and what they aren’t getting.

The yearlong ProPublica Investigative Editor Training Program aims to broaden the ranks of investigative editors.

As climate change intensifies wildfires and other extreme weather events, demand for native seeds is surging.

As climate change remakes the mountains, the fight to save Appalachia's iconic hellbender salamander is becoming a fight for home.

Why every U. S. president ends up in a major military campaign.

Shambala stopped serving meat and fish a decade ago - but is now asking festival goers whether it should allow wild deer.

The national security apparatus built after 9/11 transformed the country in unpredictable ways.

“This is an introduction of U. S. forces into hostilities. It absolutely triggers the 48-hour notice requirement. ”