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Prominent far-right figures and elected officials have called for vengeance following the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Kirk, the cofounder of the conservative youth organizing group Turning Point USA, was shot and killed while taking ...
The framers of the U.S. Constitution lived in an age of muskets and messengers, when war moved slowly and left time for Congress and the president to confer. But by giving Congress the power to declare war and the president command of the military, they ...
President Donald Trump recently hinted that he may revert the Department of Defense back to the Department of War, an old title dating back to 1789. “It used to be called the Department of War and it had a stronger sound. And as you know, we won World ...
“The fabric of what binds America together at this point is basically on its final thread,” one source tells WIRED. It’s impossible to look around and not wonder whether the US is teetering on the brink—though of what, is the question. Ordinary ...
For years, despite all of the partisan fighting, I’ve been very dismissive of the idea that our country would become entangled in another civil war. But, unfortunately, we might be in the early stages of one. One of the main reasons why I couldn’t ...
In early September 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the DoD and its leaders may use the names “Department of War” and “Secretary of War” in certain contexts. The administration and its surrogates quickly began ...
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with John Spencer, chair of urban warfare studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point, about why he doesn't think there is a genocide in Gaza. We have a response to the allegation that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. The US military has killed scores of people — 83 and counting — in unprecedented military strikes on alleged drug boats. But it is new ...
Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. This past week, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy re-asserted ...
Military veterans aged 65 face being mobilised under new powers to prepare the Armed Forces for war. The Government is set to increase the age at which the nation’s pool of retired soldiers, known as the strategic reserve, can be called upon from 55 to 65.
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