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Evan Vucci / AP What Progressives Miss About Arms Sales
Celebrating their success in retaining blue-collar jobs is one way Republicans are winning the votes of working-class Americans.
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Faisal Al Nasser / Reuters Trump Will Probably Have a Great Trip to Saudi Arabia
And he will leave wishing he could spend more time in such places where people afford him more respect than the Washington press corps.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Dangers of Presidential Indiscretions
President Trump had the legal right to declassify information—but by sharing sensitive intelligence with the Russians, he may have jeopardized national security.
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Mian Kursheed / Reuters Gulf Leaders Still Love Trump
As the UAE’s crown prince visits Washington, the Emiratis are as excited as ever about the prospects for the new administration.
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Rodi Said / Reuters Donald Trump Wants to Defeat the Islamic State—So He's Arming the Kurds
It was a necessary decision. But it could also cast a shadow over U.S.-Turkey relations for years to come.
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Alex Brandon / AP What Trump Gets Right—and Progressives Get Wrong—About Andrew Jackson
In the 19th century, Jackson broadened the electorate, but the self-righteousness of some Democrats impedes their efforts to do the same.
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Anees Mahyoub / Reuters What's Really at Stake for America in Yemen's Conflict
As the Trump administration navigates the risks of escalation, there’s a real danger it will get the calculus wrong.
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Reuters / Department of Defense The Fight Against the Islamic State Just Got Harder
Initial thoughts on the Trump administration’s new front in the Syrian war
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Goran Tomasevic / Reuters A Tale of Two Air Strikes
One that did happen, in Mosul, killed hundreds of civilians. Could one that didn’t, in Syria in 2013, have helped save innocent lives today?
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Charles Platiau / Reuters Egypt and America Are Destined to Disappoint Each Other
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s supporters in Washington are about to get mugged by reality: His regime is alarmingly weak.
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Mark Tenally / AP Mike Pence and the 'Billy Graham Rule'
Their method of protecting their marriage may be misguided, but it shows the Pences have an admirable awareness of their own human weaknesses.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters When the Generals Become Democracy's Guardians
Military officers have checked some of the president’s uglier populist impulses. But what does that mean for liberal values?
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Thaier Al-Sudani / Reuters The Coming Fall of Mosul
Iraqi forces are on the verge of a mighty victory.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump Gets an Upgrade at National Security Adviser
By replacing Mike Flynn with H.R. McMaster, President Donald Trump added one of the most talented officers the U.S. Army has ever produced to his team.
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Alex Brandon / AP Donald Trump Will Defeat ISIS
And it will be mostly due to the work of his predecessor.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Don't Politicize the Failed Yemen Raid
America cannot punish its elected officials for allowing its military, diplomatic corps, and intelligence services to take risks necessary to pursue its interests.
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Lauren Victoria Burke / AP Can Mike Flynn Regain Influence Inside the White House?
Trump’s national security adviser faces challenges ahead in his quest to become part of the president’s decision-making process.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Dangerous Delusion of 'We Should've Kept the Oil'
The president has said he wants to support the troops, but his careless comments put U.S. lives at risk in Iraq.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Cheapening a Sacred Space
On Saturday, President Trump stood in front of the CIA’s Memorial Wall and gave a speech that said more about himself than those the wall commemorated, or the agency they served.
