Meet the Iran Hawks Inside Trump’s Administration
President Donald Trump listens to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a Cabinet meeting in October 2019.Alex Wong/Getty John Bolton resigned as national security adviser in September at the nadir of his influence in the Trump administration. Left on the sidelines of talks with North Korea and the Taliban, Bolton grew isolated, his notoriously hawkish…
Man Who Never Lived in Iraq Dies There After Trump Administration Deported Him
A woman protests the deportation of Chaldeans in Detroit in 2017.Jim West/Zuma A Detroit resident deported to Iraq—a country he had never visited, with a language he did not speak—died this week because he was unable to obtain insulin for his diabetes. The man, 41-year-old Jimmy Aldaoud, was deported in June and died Tuesday. A…
A Majority of Military Veterans Think the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq Were a Mistake
American soldiers patrol near the site of a US bombing during an operation against Islamic State (IS) militants in the Achin district of Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on April 15, 2017. Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty It’s not just a majority of Americans who think the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were a catastrophic mistake. Military veterans now increasingly…
Trump’s First Defense Secretary Was a “Mad Dog.” Will His Second Be a Lapdog?
Deputy defense secretary Patrick Shanahan prays before the start of a Cabinet meeting in August at the White House.Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump’s bizarre, rambling performance during a Cabinet meeting last week received attention for all the obvious reasons, from his historically inaccurate interlude about…
Trump Said ISIS Has Been Defeated in Syria. That’s News to His National Security Team.
Leon Neal/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump’s baffling decision to withdraw US forces from Syria provided critics and allies with another reason to doubt promises made by the president’s national security team—as Trump’s claim that ISIS has been “defeated” was quickly contradicted by his own aides. In September,…
It’s 2018 and Candidates Are Still Running Attack Ads Against Iraq War Protesters
McSally for Senate/YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Democrat Kyrsten Sinema and Republican Martha McSally, both current members of Congress, are locked in a tight contest in the race to succeed retiring Arizona GOP Sen. Jeff Flake. McSally, who touts the endorsement of President Donald Trump despite refusing to say…