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When America’s Top Spies Were Academics and Librarians
My assumption that humanist academics were all on the left was foolish, of course. But so was my defeatist certainty that ...
Takeaways from Senate confirmation hearings: Democrats grill Trump Cabinet nominee
Trump's nominees for secretary of State, attorney general, CIA director, Energy secretary and Transportation secretary went ...
Trump cabinet picks Pam Bondi, Marco Rubio, others faced a full day of questions from senators
President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees for the Department of Justice, State Department and more sat for Senate ...
Justice department will never have an 'enemies list', Trump pick tells senators
Donald Trump has nominated Florida Senator Marco Rubio to be his secretary of state, while he has chosen lawyer Pam Bondi for attorney general.
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Pete Hegseth and the Pornhub–Purity Culture Coalition
What explains today’s political alliance of worldly bros and high-minded theobros? Start with the presumptive SecDef’s views ...
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Political Economy Project hosts ‘Great Power Subversion’ lecture
Government professor William Wohlforth discussed Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and its ...
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Yes, a Hampden conspiracy is hurting the Ibrox club. But it’s correcting injustice, not causing it.
In 2004, journalist Stephen Coll published one of the finest works of modern history I’ve ever read. It’s called Ghost Wars, and it’s the story of the CIA’s secret war in Afghanistan. The book got ...
No experience? No problem. Trump’s Cabinet raises concerns about government dysfunction.
Many of Trump's picks for top jobs in his next administration have not worked at the highest levels of government or in the private sector.
32 American movie and TV remakes that are actually good
For all the big budgets and big stars Hollywood boasts at its disposal, it's not often when a "Hollywood remake" is actually ...
Biden touts accomplishments, warns of ‘oligarchy’ in farewell address
President Joe Biden will give a farewell address to the nation, ahead of his term ending and President-elect Donald Trump’s ...
Is Pete Hegseth Qualified to Run the Military? Wrong Question.
The Senate Armed Services Committee put on quite a show Tuesday, alternately grilling and shilling for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense. It was as partisan ...
John Ratcliffe, Trump’s CIA pick, tells senators he views China as greatest geopolitical threat
John Ratcliffe, Donald Trump's pick to lead the CIA, told members of the Senate that loyalty to Trump would not conflict with ...