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As the second Trump administration prepares to take office, it faces a full slate of foreign policy crises and a limited capacity for dealing with them. For decades, U.S. foreign policy has been led by people who saw a world without…

Fifty years ago, Phyllis Schlafly pointed out the obvious: If our society accepts the faulty premise that there are no differences between men and women, women have no grounds for objecting to compulsory combat duty. Earlier this month, the…

After Taiwan’s voters defiantly voted for Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as their next president in January, many people are waiting to see when communist China’s dictator Xi Jinping will attack Taiwan…

Apparently, the 81-year-old president had no idea the nation was without a defense chief for three days. It’s not the first time a cabinet official has gone missing during a crisis. On Monday, the Guardian reported Defense Secretary Lloyd…

House Republicans are taking aim at the Pentagon’s censorship regime in the latest version of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In June, Rep. Richard McCormick, R-Ga., attached an amendment to the annual defense bill to…

This week, the D.C. federal court presiding over the 2020 election case against former President Trump granted, in part, a motion by the special prosecutor’s team asking the court to require Trump to disclose in advance of trial if he…

By a vote of 86-11, the Senate overwhelmingly rejected legislation Thursday night to bring home U.S. troops currently engaged in hostilities in Niger. It should not go unnoticed that Congress never voted to send troops to Niger in the first…

Lost in the breathless headlines over the indictment of President Trump for alleged violations of the Espionage Act is a story that deserves much more attention than it has received thus far: the allegation that a senior official at the…

Earlier this week, The New York Times reported on the Ukrainian government’s recent shake-up to fight corruption. “The dismissals appeared to reflect Mr. Zelensky’s goal of reassuring Ukraine’s allies — which are sending billions of dollars…