List of U.S. Government articles
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Five U.S. government officials, dressed in business formal or military attire, sit side-by-side at a long table, each in front of a microphone and a namecard. The shot is taken from slightly below the table, showing a dark room behind the officials other than bright white fluorescent lights that glare in a grid pattern overhead. How the Signal Chat Leak Makes the NSA’s Job Harder
Now that everyone uses the same communications technologies, security vulnerabilities are amplified.
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U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance (center) and second lady Usha Vance pose with personnel at the U.S. military’s Pituffik Space Base in Pituffik, Greenland, on March 28. U.S. Delegation Visits Greenland Amid Trump Pressure Campaign
Vice President J.D. Vance is the highest-ranking U.S. official to ever travel to the island.
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A soldier with the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, on March 13. What Washington Keeps Getting Wrong in War Planning
Misjudging an adversary’s will to fight has been a major contributor to military failures since World War II.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, among others, attend Donald Trump’s inauguration at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20. Chris Murphy: ‘American Credibility Is Destroyed’
A rising Democratic Party star on Signalgate, corruption, and how the opposition can regroup.
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Keir Starmer and Donald Trump stand close and face each other as they stand in front of a gold curtain. Trump is holding Starmer's hand and patting it with his other hand. Both men wear dark suits and ties. Britain Is Banking on the Special Relationship to Stave Off Trump’s Tariffs
That, and a little costly, preemptive surrender.
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U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts during Trump’s inauguration in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Judicial Crisis Is Uniquely Dangerous
But other democracies provide a roadmap for courts to prevail over attacks from the executive branch.
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People protest personnel cuts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outside the organization’s main headquarters in Atlanta on March 12. The Lessons Not Learned From COVID-19
Trump’s WHO withdrawal and cuts to research and aid are making it harder to prepare for the next pandemic.
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The flag of the United States in New York City on Sept. 18, 2019. America Is Listing in a Gathering Storm
Alarms are clanging at the U.S. geographic military commands around the globe.
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe, accompanied by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, speaks during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. Senators Grill CIA and National Intelligence Directors on Signal Group Chat Fiasco
A hearing meant to discuss global threats to the United States was quickly overtaken by “Signalgate.”
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A red MAGA hat among a sea of other red hats. The Shape-Shifting MAGA Hat
From an expression of intransigence to a symbol of triumph.
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Officials including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a plenary session at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on Oct. 24, 2024. Will Trump’s Unpredictable Foreign Policy Boost BRICS?
If Turkey and Saudi Arabia follow Indonesia in joining the bloc, it could gain more geopolitical heft.
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Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attend Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20. Government Built Silicon Valley
From the internet to electric vehicles, a marriage between Washington and the tech industry helped make America great.
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Inmates sit in a cell at the Terrorist Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on Jan. 27. The Horror Inside the Salvadoran Prisons Where Trump Is Sending Migrants
Human rights organizations have gathered credible evidence of systematic corruption, torture, and killings.
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Plumes of smoke billow up around the mast of a military ship flying the U.S. flag. A bright burst of light is visible at the top of the image, radiating beams of light through the smoke and backlighting the silhouette of the ship. Trump Dramatically Escalates Military Strikes on Yemen’s Houthis
It’s unclear what the U.S. president’s ultimate aims are—or whether increased military action will be enough to neutralize the Houthi threat.
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A U.S. Air Force flight carrying deported migrants arrives at Ramon Villeda Morales International Airport in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on Jan. 31. Trump’s Deportation Machine Takes Shape
The White House is using client states to carry out illegal and unconstitutional expulsions.