The Army Tries To Use Esports as a Recruiting Tool, Gets Trolled, Grabs the Banhammer
By kicking out critics on Twitch and Discord, is the military running afoul of the First Amendment?
By kicking out critics on Twitch and Discord, is the military running afoul of the First Amendment?
In woke corporate America, there's no statute of limitations on wrongthink.
A look at war through the lens of the performance enhancers that help make it possible
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Police brutality brought Americans into the streets. What would military force do?
The president has said he's willing to deploy active-duty military personnel to cities and states that aren't doing enough to crackdown on street violence.
Rocket attacks and "precision defensive strikes" will bring us ever closer to truly endless war.
Empty displays of ritual militarism are always a waste of time, money, and goodwill, but especially during a pandemic.
The coronavirus pandemic should certainly occasion more prudence at the Pentagon in strategy and spending alike.
Glenn Fine was abruptly removed from his post without explanation.
Adjudication Outside Article III (part four)
"Absent policy changes, the federal government continues to face an unsustainable long-term fiscal path," America's top auditor warns. But is anyone listening?
The administration also plans to move $2.2 billion originally earmarked for purchasing vehicles, ships, and aircraft to cover wall construction costs.
Eight Republicans join the vote, but that's not enough to overrule a likely veto.
Impeachment managers in Trump's Senate trial have overplayed their hand by claiming that Ukrainians perished because he blocked aid from the country.
Civilian deaths are also on the rise, and it's increasingly obvious that there is no clear strategy for the U.S. to "win" its longest military conflict.
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Four Republicans cross the aisle to support a new resolution limited the president's power to wage war. But could they get enough to overrule a veto?
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“Let’s vote on this and see who is serious about ending forever wars.”
It's a good time for those potentially on the receiving end of a draft notice to give some thought to how they might respond or resist.
Sens. Mike Lee and Rand Paul declare support for a Senate version.
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Tehran's response to the killing of Iranian military chieftain Qassem Soleimani threatens a deeper war.
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Killing the longtime chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard can't be good for avoiding another Middle Eastern war.
That horse has left the barn.
Despite a change in administrations, U.S. foreign policy in the 2010s stayed its wasteful, destructive course.
She's not a libertarian, but Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is shaking up the race for the Democratic nomination.
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That could be bad news for 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg.
Pentagon brass, who urged the president not to issue these orders, fear that the president's actions will undermine the system of military justice.
Despite the failure, Pentagon officials are spinning the audit as a step in the right direction.
The senator from Massachusetts thinks more Americans should join the military. Why?
Afghanistan taught us the risks of miring troops in entrenched domestic security problems.
The mishandling of the Syrian withdrawal appears to have created less stability in Syria and considerably weakened Trump's ability to dictate foreign policy—a situation where actually bringing the troops home now seems even more farfetched.
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If Trump wants credit for ending wars in the Middle East, he'll have to actually reduce the number of Americans deployed there.
Washington's priority should be ending America's role in this fight.
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The videos show a U.S. military jet's encounter with what appears to be a fast-moving, unidentified object.
Sen. Warren: "The problems in Afghanistan are not problems that can be solved by the military."
An ever-growing military budget is yet another illustration of the GOP's abandonment of small-government principles. And Democrats aren't any better.