Trump Makes Baghdadi Death About Humiliation, not Human Rights
Plus: GMO fear is killing people, the suburbs are changing, and more...
Syria
Trump Said Leaving Syria Was About Bringing Our Troops Home. Why Is He Sending Them to Iraq?
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.
Trump Wishes Russia Luck in Syria as U.S. Bombs Its Own Bases and Erdogan Scoffs at Trump's Attempt to Make a Deal
Plus: U.K. drops porn age-verification plans, Congress grills tech leaders again, D.C. to hear testimony on prostitution decriminalizion, and more...
Tulsi Gabbard Called Out Mainstream Media, Both Parties, Democratic Candidates for Supporting Disastrous Regime Change in the Middle East
"As president I will end these regime change wars."
Trump Changes His Mind About Turkey and Hopes Steel Tariffs Will Stop the Slaughter
Plus: Snowden warns about encryption threats, Libertarians fight for ballot access, and more...
ABC News Used Footage From a Kentucky Gun Show and Said It Was Syrian Warfare
Trust in the media is at historic lows.
Bringing Them Home? Trump Commits 1,800 More Troops to the Middle East
If Trump wants credit for ending wars in the Middle East, he'll have to actually reduce the number of Americans deployed there.
Trump Brushes Off the Threat of Free ISIS Militants Because 'They're Going to be Escaping to Europe'
Plus: The Kurds "didn't help us in the Second World War" anyway, says the president. And more...
We Can Learn 3 Lessons From Trump's Partial Syria Withdrawal
Reshuffling is not only a haphazard half-measure—it is no substitute for the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria.
John Stossel Interviews Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard and Stossel discuss war, drug legalization, and government spending.
U.S. Consents to a Turkish Invasion in Syria; Kurdish Forces Call It 'A Stab in the Back'
Plus: Guns, gender discrimination, religious schools, immigrants, and abortion before the Supreme Court; thousands injured in Iraqi protests; and more...
The U.S. Shouldn't Play Endless Whac-A-Mole in Syria
ISIS' terror should not be minimized, but Washington should refrain from inflating it to justify unnecessary military action.
Rand Paul and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Found Something They Can Agree On
Both the libertarian-leaning Republican and the democratic socialist want Trump to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.
Tulsi Gabbard Pushes Back Against Meghan McCain's 'Assad Apologist' Accusation: Reason Roundup
Plus: Will Wilkinson on "abolishing billionaires," and what's really going on with YouTube?
Washington Imperialists Fret Over Trump's Troop Withdrawals
Trump is routinely accused, with good reason, of distorting the facts and failing to face reality. It's time for his critics to take a good long look in the mirror.
Rep. Justin Amash Highlights 'Two Outstanding Lines' From Trump's SOTU
But Amash's reaction wasn't all positive.
Trump Denounces 'Endless War,' Teases Aggressive Stance on Venezuela in SOTU Address
The president's speech was a mixed bag on foreign policy.
Bureaucratic Fights in Washington Sow Chaos in Syria
Trump decided to pull U.S. troops out of Syria. But no one knows when or how it's happening and Congress is nowhere to be found.
America Does Not Need to Stay in Syria to Protect the Kurds
It should lift the travel ban and bring them with it
Administration Hawks Try to Derail Quick End to U.S. Involvement in Syria
National Security Adviser John Bolton says the U.S.'s withdrawal is conditioned on protection of the Kurds, total elimination of ISIS.
Bring the Syrian Kurds With You, America
They have been loyal allies and need an exit strategy too
Warren Endorses Afghanistan Withdrawal As Trump Spews Soviet Propaganda About the Country: Reason Roundup
Plus: a public domain bonanza, Khashoggi killers on trial, and Super Bowl sex-trafficking panic starts early
Trump's Right About 'Ridiculous' Misuse of U.S. Troops
The withdrawals from Syria and Afghanistan reflect a welcome willingness to question endless military commitments.
Trump's Syria Withdrawal Does Nothing to Restore Constitutional Limits on Presidential War Powers
While the Syria intervention lacked proper congressional authorization, constitutional considerations had nothing to do with Trump's withdrawal decision. Indeed, his administration has doubled down on Obama-era arguments asserting broad presidential authority to initiate military interventions.
Fear of a Rand Paul-Influenced Trump Foreign Policy
Such fear is a sign of an exhausted establishment that can't justify decades of expensive failure.
Donald Trump's Libertarian Christmas?: Podcast
Reason editors' best and worst moments of 2018, including the president's welcome and long-overdue drawdown from Afghanistan
The World Is Not Ending Because of Donald Trump. In Fact, It's Not Even Ending.
We will make it through the weekend, folks, but our problems will outlast the current president, alas.
Bringing Troops Home From Syria and Afghanistan Also Brings Fits of Bipartisan Rage: Reason Roundup
Plus: United Nations goes to bat for Julian Assange and Slack censors chat with Iranians.
Trump Doubles Down on Withdrawing Troops From Syria Despite Freakout From Warmongering Establishment: Reason Roundup
"Does the USA want to be the Policeman of the Middle East?" the president asks-and gets a resounding yes from Republicans and Democrats.
'We've Beaten [ISIS]…Now, It's Time for our Troops To Come Back Home'
Donald Trump explains his decision to withdraw from Syria directly to the American people.
If You Support Democracy and the Rule of Law, You Should Applaud Trump Getting the Hell Out of Syria
Rep. Justin Amash: "U.S. forces should not be engaged in Syria...without legitimate military justification AND proper congressional authorization."
Go Ahead, President Trump, Please Withdraw from Syria Already!
We shouldn't have been there (or Iraq) in the first place.
Sen. Lindsey Graham Is the Imp Whispering 'War' in President Trump's Ear
Technically he's been yelling it at all of us for years now.
You Might Have a 'Uniquely Compelling' Reason to Find Out Whether Your Government Has Placed You on a Kill List
Bilal Abdul Kareem has been nearly droned in Syria five times already. A federal judge agrees his lawsuit over the matter can proceed.
Syria Shows Not Much Has Changed Under Trump's Foreign Policy
The cautious prudence the U.S. desperately needed after a decade and a half of shoot-from-the-hip interventionism has been relegated to a talking point.
The U.S. Military Says It Killed About 500 Civilians Last Year. Outside Groups Put the Count Far Higher.
A lot of people are dying in unauthorized wars.
John McCain: Iraq War 'Can't Be Judged as Anything Other Than a Mistake'
"I have to accept my share of the blame for it," the ailing senator writes in a new book, even while defending several other interventions and surges.
The Trump Administration Is Not Bothering to Estimate Civilian Drone Deaths
Obama's shamefully weak stab at transparency has been abandoned.
Senators Respond to Trump's Unauthorized Military Strike on Syria by Trying to Give Him Even More War Powers
This new proposed bipartisan authorization seems more like a blank check for war.
Forget Robert Mueller. Trump's Attacks On Syria Are a Reminder We're Already in a Constitutional Crisis
Congress has completely abdicated its constitutional responsibility to authorize war.
Trump Should Bring Syrians to America, Not Dispatch American Missiles to Syria
He should stop gutting America's refugee program.
Trump Wages War Wherever and Whenever He Wants
The unauthorized attack on Syria shows Congress won't enforce limits on the president's military powers.
The Real Constitutional Crisis Is Congress' Unwillingness to Do Its Job: Podcast
From Syria to spending, the legislative branch has lost all interest in performing its basic constitutional functions.
'Mission Accomplished'? Maybe Ask George Bush About That.
Trump's Syria-related tweet once again betrays a terrifying lack of historical awareness.
When Trump Loses Alex Jones' and Gains Elizabeth Warren's Support, All Things Are Possible!
The president's controversial, unconstitutional, dumb Syria strikes are insane-and just might mean we can start talking seriously about politics again.
Trump Attacks Syria Without Congressional Authorization (or Clearly Defined Goals)
Basically, it's just like every other military engagement since 9/11.
