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The threat led the Secret Service to urge President Trump to fly out of Turkey on the old plane, raising questions about the security of the Qatari-donated jet. [...]
Crossing what was once seen as a political red line, Democrats voted against the usually bipartisan measure, registering dissent about the war in Iran. [...]
The previous supreme leader, who was killed early in the war, had renounced nuclear weapons. U.S. spy agencies believe his son is more interested in building a bomb. [...]
President Trump has insisted the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran would be a relatively short “excursion,” although it has now lasted nearly five months, with no end in sight. [...]
On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank talk with journalist and author Tara Lohan about her new book, Undammed: Freeing Rivers and Bringing Communities to Life. [...]
I was on the faculty of the National War College in 1998, when key congressional Republicans and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Hugh Shelton, invited President [...]
If you have a flair for the ostentatious, the Yellowstone Club, the ultra-elite billionaires’ colony in Big Sky, Montana, may be for you. You’ll get to rub shoulders with titans [...]
I went to see Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait, at the National Portrait Gallery in London, the morning after the much-anticipated World Cup football game between England and Argentina. I’m not [...]
I have seen the police at their best and at their worst. The worst was when two New York cops tried to frame me for disorderly conduct after they overheard [...]