List of United States articles
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NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 28: Protestors rally during a demonstration against the new immigration ban issued by President Donald Trump at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 28, 2017 in New York City. President Trump signed the controversial executive order that halted refugees and residents from predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images) Was Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’ Intentionally Malevolent or Merely Incompetent?
Why process matters when you’re making policy.
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yates Nixon Lawyer Warns of ‘Calamity,’ Calls Trump’s Statement on Firing of Acting AG ‘A New Low’
John Dean, who kept a list of political enemies, says he has never seen a statement so "nasty."
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: U.S. President Donald Trump (2nd R) delivers remarks at the beginning of a meeting with (L-R) Jennifer Korn, Taylor Gourment co-owner Casey Patten, El Sombrero Mexican Bistro owner Irma Aguirre, Joy Weatherup-Anthis of JWA Construction Managment and other small business people in the Roosevelt Room at the White House January 30, 2017 in Washington, DC. During the meeting, Trump said he will announce his 'unbelievably highly respected' pick to replace the late Supreme Court Antonin Scalia on Tuesday evening. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Shadow Government: Podcast Edition
Will Trump broaden his inner circle to include his own top brass, or continue to trust only a select few?
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Steve Bannon, chief strategist and senior counselor to US President Donald Trump, attends a meeting with automobile leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, January 24, 2017. / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Steve Bannon Is Making Sure There’s No White House Paper Trail, Says Intel Source
The Trump administration’s chief strategist has already taken control of both policy and process on national security.
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US President Donald Trump speaks the ceremonial swearing-in of James Mattis (R) as secretary of defense on January 27, 2017, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. The oath was administered by US Vice President Mike Pence (L) / AFP / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) The Coming Chaos: What to Expect From Trump’s National Security Team
The way national security policy is made ultimately derives from the tone set by the president and there is no sign that Trump is changing.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - AUGUST 23: An interpreter with the U.S. Army Bravo Company 82nd Airborne participates in a patrol August 23, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq. There are increasing calls for the resignation of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki due to his failure to quell walkouts by Sunni members of Parliament and his inability to bring about agreements on power sharing within the divided government. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Pentagon Scrambles to Make Exception for Iraqi Translators
Fearing it will lose cooperation on the battlefield, the DoD is trying to come up with a list of Iraqis who should be exempt from the immigration ban.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 26: The U.S. State Department is shown January 26, 2017 in Washington, DC. Four senior management team members at the State Department resigned January 25, adding to an exodus of career senior foreign service officers who have recently resigned their positions. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Career Officials: You Are the Last Line of Defense Against Trump
Our nation’s security depends on you.
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Trump advisor Steve Bannon is seen in the Oval Office before US President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May meet at the White House January 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Brendan Smialowski (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) President Bannon’s Hugely Destructive First Week in Office
The puppet master is leading the Trump administration down a road of carnage.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 28: President Donald Trump signs three executive actions in the Oval Office on January 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. The actions outline a reorganization of the National Security Council, implement a five year lobbying ban on administration officials and a lifetime ban on administration officials lobbying for a foreign country and calls on military leaders to present a report to the president in 30 days that outlines a strategy for defeating ISIS. (Photo by Pete Marovich - Pool/Getty Images) Trump’s Travel Bans Needed a Larger Strategy and a Better Rollout
Recent executive actions by President Donald Trump — a temporary travel ban on individuals from certain countries and a memo organizing the interagency national security process — reaffirm several well-established rules of governing.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: President Donald Trump signs his first executive order as president, ordering federal agencies to ease the burden of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch - Pool/Getty Images) It’s Time for a New Kind of Resistance
Traditional opposition won’t work in the Trump era. Here’s what principled patriots need to do.
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Beijing, CHINA: Visitors walk past China's second nuclear missile on display as they visit the Military Museum in Beijing, 23 July 2007. The US military 22 July said its troops had found Chinese-made missiles which they believe were smuggled into Iraq by groups in Iran in order to arm groups fighting US-led forces. AFP PHOTO/TEH ENG KOON (Photo credit should read TEH ENG KOON/AFP/Getty Images) China’s Happy to Sit Out the Nuclear Arms Race
While Putin and Trump push for bigger arsenals, Beijing has all the nukes it'll ever need.
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cops-crop The Immigration Ban Goes to Court, A Deadly Mosque Shooting in Quebec, France’s Presidential Race Heats Up: The Weekend Behind, the Week Ahead
Here's a round-up of top stories from the world this weekend
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on November 14, 2016. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) Sorry, Mr. President: The Obama Administration Did Nothing Similar to Your Immigration Ban
And anyone who’s saying so just doesn’t have the facts.
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SEATTLE, WA - JANUARY 29: Protestors hold up signs in front of effigies of U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin during in a demonstration on January 29, 2017 in Seattle, Washington, against Trump's executive order banning Muslims from certain countries. The rally was one of several in the area over the weekend. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images) SitRep: Washington’s New Terrorism Problem; Bannon Snipes at Flynn; Republicans Balk at Muslim Ban; Trump’s ‘Safe Zone’ Coalition
Fallout from the weekend's executive orders continues
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ARLINGTON, VA - JANUARY 27: U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Hall of Heroes at the Department of Defense on January 27, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. Trump signed two orders calling for the "great rebuilding" of the nation's military and the "extreme vetting" of visa seekers from terror-plagued countries. (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images) Trump’s Immigration Order Gives Ammunition to ISIS, Endangers U.S. Troops
With its blanket ban on Muslims from seven countries, the White House sparked a global backlash that experts say will fuel terrorism.
