List of Leaders articles
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Members of the National Guard patrol outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on Jan 12. All the Capitol Rioters Should be Tracked Down
But not in ways that will only further entrench the surveillance state.
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Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump in Miami Miami’s Spanish-Language Media Is Overrun With Trumpist Conspiracies
Right-wing Cuban Americans believe they’re fighting U.S. communism.
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As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden exits after delivering remarks on the Trump administrations recent actions in Iran and Iraq in New York on Jan. 07, 2020. How Biden Can Help Prevent War on Iran—Right Now
Law and precedent bar the new administration from diplomacy before Inauguration Day. But that doesn’t mean its hands are tied.
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U.S. Ambassador in Morocco David T. Fischer after a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker and Morocco's foreign minister in Dakhla, in Morocco-administered Western Sahara, on Jan. 10. Morocco Wants Compromise, Not War, in Western Sahara
Pro-Sahrawi U.S. commentators ignore the territory’s history and the international community’s shifting stance toward the conflict.
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An activist wearing a mask of U.S. President Donald Trump marches with a model of a nuclear rocket during a demonstration against nuclear weapons in Berlin on Nov. 18, 2017. The United States’ Nuclear Peril Will Outlast This Administration
As observers fear a Trump-initiated strike, deeper problems in the U.S. nuclear posture abound.
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Thousands of Donald Trump supporters storm the United States Capitol building following a "Stop the Steal" rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington. The Trump Mob Combined the Worst of Left And Right
The president’s supporters are full of sound and fury, signifying far less than they claim.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ‘Stop F—ing Lying’: Congress, Trump Officials in Heated Exchange Over Terrorism Designations
Congressional overseers are livid that the administration made major policy changes without prior formal consultations.
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and President Donald Trump speak at the White House. Trump Team Makes Last-Minute Moves to Box In Biden on Foreign Policy
On Taiwan, Yemen, and Cuba, the Trump administration is laying political land mines for Biden on its way out the door.
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Rex Tillerson testifies during his confirmation hearing to be U.S. secretary of state before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington on Jan. 11, 2017. ‘We’re in a Worse Place Today Than We Were Before He Came In’
Former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on the mess Donald Trump is leaving behind.
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U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks Group of State Department Officials Call for Consultations on Trump’s Removal
Second dissent cable directed at Pompeo also rebukes the secretary of state for not forcefully condemning the president.
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Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6. Our Top Weekend Reads
An opportunity for Biden, populism’s online fires, and the need for transitional justice.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Trump’s Inexplicable Crusade to Help Iran Evade Sanctions
The U.S. president never could grasp that shielding Turkey’s Halkbank for Erdogan would make Iranian sanctions evasion easier.
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A protester waves the Sahrawi flag in front of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Madrid on Dec. 10, 2020. Biden Can Backtrack on Trump’s Move in Western Sahara
Labeling the Polisario Front a separatist insurgency rather than anti-occupation movement sets a dangerous precedent. But there’s also no strategic reason Biden can’t back away from Trump’s brash turn on day one.
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A pro-Trump rioter yells inside the Senate Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6. It Happened Here
Trump’s movement is a uniquely American fascism, built on a century of American imperialism.
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Thousands of Donald Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol building Trump’s Collapse Is Biden’s Triumph
Amid the Capitol chaos, the U.S. president-elect is entering office already empowered, and Trump is "damaged goods" for 2024.
