The defense secretary's asserted authority to control the speech of retired military officers "would chill public participation by veterans," a brief supporting Mark Kelly warns.
What exactly was the point of killing thousands of people and destroying the world economy?
After considering a permanent U.S. presence, the Trump administration instead evacuated American troops once and for all.
Plus: The U.S. blockade widens, Los Angeles teachers get a pay bump, the sunny side of a treeless national mall, and more...
After walking out of peace talks in Pakistan, the U.S. and Iran are now playing a game of chicken.
The feds have arrested an Army staffer who spoke to a journalist for a book about special operations. The journalist says it's retaliation for exposing corruption.
The newlywed couple thought they were doing “everything the right way” by reporting to the base to start their lives together.
He's using tools that were advertised as humane, but he isn't hiding the cruelty involved.
Plus: There is no exit strategy in Iran, Artemis II approaches the Moon, federal taxpayers get to beautify D.C., and more...
The proposal is "an enormous waste of taxpayer dollars and would make Americans less, not more, safe." Thankfully, Congress is unlikely to adopt it.
Plus: back to the moon, one year since "Liberation Day," birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court, Jonathan lives, and more...
The British Empire evacuated the Chagos Islands to build a military base, which the U.S. is using in the Iran War. Now, a court ruling is giving the original owners hope of going home.
Iran has reportedly made U.S. bases in Arab countries “uninhabitable.” Israel is pitching itself as an alternative.
A war by any other name must still be authorized by Congress.
Plus: the Facebook verdicts, porn star chatbots, facial recognition gone awry, drag queen regulation, and more…
The president’s attempt to manage the consequences of the war is adding wrinkles to his diplomatic goals in Ukraine, China, and other countries.
Plus: a pause on power plant bombing, an executive order to fund the TSA, a tentative plan to end the DHS shutdown, and more…
With the Pentagon's track record, lawmakers are right to be skeptical.
Unfortunately, Trump's war in Iran is every bit as shortsighted—and illegal—as the one in Iraq that he once called "a big, fat mistake."
Plus: boots on the ground, The Bachelorette cancels season, Meta reverses itself on virtual reality, and more...
Department of Homeland Security
The Oklahoma senator, nominated to replace Kristi Noem, is blasé about the use of deadly force.
Brendan Carr, who relishes his role as Trump's "media pit bull," sent a threatening X post while visiting the president at Mar-a-Lago.
And Middle Eastern dictatorships are helping him do it.
Plus: Tucker Carlson says the CIA is after him, and Reason mourns the loss of longtime staffer Brian Doherty.
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi return to discuss yet another bad idea from Elizabeth Warren and if the war in Iran will end sooner rather than later.
Some MAGA peaceniks have seemingly transformed into neocons.
The Trump administration’s plan to end drug cartels in Latin America is another interventionist boondoggle.
Plus: Pete Hegseth spends millions on lobster tail and rib-eye steak, oil prices go for another roller-coaster ride, no inflation increase, and more...
Reason speaks with civilians about wartime life in Iran, Israel, Kuwait, and Bahrain.
You can have low gas prices or war in the Middle East, but not both.
Lawmakers are refusing to acknowledge what is increasingly looking like a big, long war.
Supporters of Trump's actions want to create an aura of necessity to shield the president from urgent criticism.
The article explains why the war requires congressional authorization,and why this requirement is important.
Plus: Congress shrugs, a cat cafe unionizes, and Liz Wolfe checks in, and more...
The president has no lawful authority to launch a war absent a congressional declaration of war.
Plus: Congress is reluctant to assert its war powers, the Pentagon brands Anthropic a national security threat, and a listener asks whether regime change is ever morally defensible.
Trump and his team can’t get their story straight on why they started this war, how long they plan to fight it, and whether they'll put boots on the ground.
Plus: 3 Americans killed in retaliation, former President Bill Clinton testifies about Jeffrey Epstein, and more...
The administration was wrong to unilaterally and unconstitutionally commit the U.S. to war.
Khamenei's rule was marked by a combination of cruelty and incompetence. His death may have unfolded much the same way.
"And Congress is on the hook as much as the president."
Trump's attack on Iran is obviously unconstitutional. The moral and policy issues are a closer call.
OpenAI has entered a contract with the Defense Department allowing all lawful use of ChatGPT after Anthropic refused to remove its restrictions on domestic mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons systems.
The war is aimed at regime change, has spread across the Middle East, and was started without the consent of the American people.
Dario Amodei penned a public letter explaining the danger of the Defense Department's request to remove certain constraints from Claude, and refusing them outright.
Pete Hegseth has threatened to invoke the Defense Production Act to force Anthropic to come around.
Plus: the same ole hawkish lies, a familial connection to Barry Goldwater's nomination, and the future of media is prediction markets on Substack.
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