Reports now suggest that Trump took the unprecedented step of killing a foreign leader based on thin evidence of a threat and with an eye toward domestic politics.
About 1,000 left-wing demonstrators marched from the White House to Trump International Hotel to protest U.S. aggression against Iran.
A humble and prudent foreign policy begins with recognizing the fog of war—and rejecting the dangerous paths of obedient belief and premature omniscience.
The constitutional role of Congress is not to cheerlead a major escalation of a nearly 17-year-old conflict. It's to consider the best interest of the American people.
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Killing the longtime chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard can't be good for avoiding another Middle Eastern war.
The Council on Foreign Relations survey of foreign policy experts finds "more threats...likely to require a U.S. military response in 2020 than ever before."
Several dozen protesters tried to storm the American embassy in Baghdad in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes in the country over the weekend.
That horse has left the barn.
It's hard to compete for attention with the ongoing impeachment proceedings, but the "Afghan Papers" should cause heads to roll (or explode).
A new documentary highlights the role played by the CIA and Britain's MI6 in overthrowing Iran's duly elected prime minister back in 1953.
Many of the president's beefs are frivolous, but he is right that impeachment has been rushed.
Despite a change in administrations, U.S. foreign policy in the 2010s stayed its wasteful, destructive course.
If I were Trump, I would not want to find out.
She's not a libertarian, but Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is shaking up the race for the Democratic nomination.
Donald Trump, Democrats, and Republicans agree on trillion-dollar deficits for as far as the eye can see.
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The gaps in the record invite the public to dismiss impeachment as a purely partisan exercise.
Neither party is serious about reining in spending. This is unsustainable.
While the president’s motives in seeking Ukrainian investigations are a matter of dispute, his actions are clear from the public record.
America's exit from Iraq could benefit both Iraqis and Americans.
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The case for offering victims of our foreign policy a chance to get out and start over.
American troops are risking their lives to defend Syrian oil fields, but U.S. law is stopping anyone from using the oil. One man tried to “fix” the situation—or was it a con?
That could be bad news for 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg.
No number of NATO summits will re-energize an alliance against an enemy that went out of business nearly 30 years ago.
Given Ukraine's dependence on Trump's good will, Volodymyr Zelenskiy's comments about quid pro quos should be viewed as aspirational rather than factual.
Pentagon brass, who urged the president not to issue these orders, fear that the president's actions will undermine the system of military justice.
Was rocketry pioneer Frank Malina written out of some histories of space exploration for his political sins?
The Reason Roundtable panelists ask: Why so many hawks in the anti-Trump clump?
Despite the failure, Pentagon officials are spinning the audit as a step in the right direction.
A new study shows that tariffs and other anti-trade policies actually benefit executives far more than the average worker.
The senator from Massachusetts thinks more Americans should join the military. Why?
At tonight's debate, Gabbard continued her laser-like focus on the need to end America's overseas wars.
Afghanistan taught us the risks of miring troops in entrenched domestic security problems.
Various states sued to stop the feds from allowing such gun-making files to circulate legally. Now, a federal judge says the decision to not prohibit them was "arbitrary and capricious."
The Jones Act isn't saving American shipbuilders, but it's driving up prices for Americans.
Promoters and detractors alike are not thinking through how unlikely it would be for Gabbard to seek and win the Green Party nomination, let alone come anywhere close to Jill Stein's totals from 2016.
WhatsApp (and owner Facebook) sues to protect users from malicious surveillance from officials.
He's wrong on both counts.
"Intervention after intervention hasn't had the intended consequence. We've got more chaos."
President Trump's foreign policy flies in the face of his rhetoric.
The Kentucky senator makes the case for less American military involvement abroad.
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