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Christopher C. Krebs, director of the Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 14, 2019 in Washington, DC.

Trump Ousts Cybersecurity Chief Over Election Claims

The outgoing president continues to spread falsehoods about fraud, even as the recently fired Chris Krebs calls the elections ‘the most secure’ in history.

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After Biden Win, U.S. Intelligence Community ‘Probably Doing Cartwheels’

Long maligned and vilified under Trump, the spy agencies hope to restore normality under Biden.

Donald Trump delivers a speech on foreign policy.

Team Biden Urged to Keep Trump’s Afghan Envoy

Biden’s foreign-policy team is weighing the merits of letting Zalmay Khalilzad keep his job or letting him go.

The American flag flies at the U.S. Capitol

Democrats Urge Outgoing Trump to Be Flexible on Sanctions

Lawmakers are redoubling efforts to ensure all countries can get essential medical equipment during the pandemic despite ramped-up U.S. sanctions.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to troops during a surprise Thanksgiving day visit at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan on Nov. 28, 2019.

Trump’s New Defense Secretary Announces Afghan Withdrawal

The hasty–and unexplained—move drew criticism from Republicans and the head of NATO.

Rap Against Dictatorship performs during a demonstration at the October 14th Memorial in Bangkok on Aug. 27.

Rap Against Dictatorship Turns Thai Protests Into Video Hits

Facing a military-backed government, Thai protesters find musical inspiration.

Members of the Amhara militia

Sudan Will Decide the Outcome of the Ethiopian Civil War

As Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed goes to war against Ethiopia’s former rulers—the Tigray People’s Liberation Front—Khartoum’s moves will determine whether the conflict remains a local affair or a regional conflagration.

United Nations Special Envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen puts on his face mask

U.N. Peacemaking in the Age of Plague

United Nations diplomats and civil servants fear peace efforts in Geneva may aid the spread of the coronavirus.

The General Services Administration (GSA) Headquarters building, where the Washington presidential transition offices for US President-elect Donald Trump are located, are seen in Washington, DC, November 21, 2016.

Trump Appointee Stonewalls Congress on Transition Progress

The General Services Administration is ignoring congressional deadlines for answers about the stalled transition that has forced the Biden team to improvise.

This picture taken December 26, 2011 shows the Pentagon building in Washington, DC.

Trump Loyalists Primed to Further Remake Pentagon

Officials in the Pentagon see this week’s purges as a sign the White House will be even more aggressive in bending the Pentagon to its political whims.

An Afghan man cries beside the coffins of victims in a Taliban militant attack

Afghans Caught in the Crossfire While U.S. Prepares to Clear Out

Despite ongoing peace talks, intensifying Taliban attacks on Afghans across the country are out of control—and threaten the country’s future.

U.S. President Donald Trump

More Top Pentagon Officials Out After Trump Sacks Esper

“It’s embarrassing for the United States,” a former senior intelligence officer who served under Trump said of the recent spate of firings.

Protesters storm the office of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan

Armenians Rage Against Last-Minute Peace Deal

People trashed the parliament and stormed the presidential palace after Armenia’s PM bowed to the inevitable.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden

The World Calls Biden, While Trump and Company Double Down

Major world leaders are reaching out to the U.S. president-elect as Pompeo claims there will be a “smooth transition to a second Trump administration.”

A woman walks past a store damaged by recent shelling in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh

In Nagorno-Karabakh, the Cycle of Ethnic Cleansing Continues

In the 1990s, the Azerbaijani population was expelled. Now Armenians could face the same fate.

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