$7,700 Is Your Share of the Wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria So Far
Including homeland security, domestic surveillance, TSA harassment, veterans benefits, and interest on associated federal debt: $61,000 per taxpayer
Including homeland security, domestic surveillance, TSA harassment, veterans benefits, and interest on associated federal debt: $61,000 per taxpayer
Now that it's in Trump's hands, even the illusion of responsibility is fading.
Paul announces that his move won four hours of floor debate in Senate over ending the 16-year-old Authorization for the Use of Military Force that launched modern war on terror.
The president's latest flip-flop is total and appalling. Will it finally alienate his base?
Says he's going against his first instinct, but that that's what presidents do.
The rhetorical use of the term "terrorism" leads to erosions of civil liberties and poor policy making.
Erik Prince's plan may be better than the status quo, but that doesn't mean it's the best path.
What happens when you think privacy and speech are just tools of the enemy
Lack of due process or transparency keeps father from knowing why it happened or how to fix it.
Feelings aren't facts, and shouldn't be treated a such.
An appeals court upholds an injunction against the president's travel ban but once again leaves him perfectly free to improve screening.
Security threats don't excuse the abolition of due process.
Intent on blocking visitors from Muslim-majority countries, the president confuses political incorrectness with seriousness.
Responsible gun ownership could prevent terrorism.
Using fear of terrorists to try to control what you can see online
The president's counterterrorism policy confuses political incorrectness with seriousness.
Certain guarantees of security are simply impossible in a free society, and the more we widen the net of suspects via mass surveillance, the more impossible true protection gets.
The Department of Homeland Security makes terrorism more effective by exaggerating the threat it poses.
His recklessness doesn't necessarily weaken the executive branch. In fact the opposite may be true.
Supreme Court turns away transparency lawsuit trying to force release of Senate report.
Voters go to the polls Sunday, where two candidates will advance to the final round.
Secretary John Kelly wants you to know that the problem is you, not them.
About 40 U.S. troops will "train and equip" local forces.
Data journalist details five-year fight to make information more available.
A U.S. airstrike in Mosul could have caused the largest civilian casualties since the start of the Iraq War.
But what can the U.S. accomplish in its 16th year in Afghanistan that it couldn't accomplish in the first 15?
Reports show possible loosening of restrictions on strikes, more CIA participation.
Bombing campaign in Yemen intensifies as additional troops head to Syria, elsewhere.
America has been trying to have it both ways for too long.
'Shut up,' the president explained.
During the 90-day ban, the government is considering whether to extend it in duration and scope.
The secret prisons used by the CIA during the Bush administration-where torture took place-could get a Trump-era reboot.
The global war on terror never missed a beat.
A decades-long fight gets a new face.
Hints at actual policy plans.
Official government count of "non-combatant" deaths under Obama is between 66 and 118. Other estimates are north of 400.
Opportunity to limit government surveillance power missed.
Will we ever truly know the full extent that we used waterboarding and abusive techniques on prisoners during the war on terror?
A speech on respecting rule of law and transparency from an administration that did neither.
Amid European calls for speech crackdown, social media companies introduce tool for easier deletions.
A level of snooping every autocrat in the world will admire.
The president-elect reserves the right to torture terrorism suspects for revenge.
The president-elect has said he wants to continue with strikes against terrorists, but to what degree?