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Here’s What’s Going On With North Korea
The war of words between North Korea and the U.S. escalated again Wednesday as North Korea announced it was preparing a plan to launch...
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Are there legal grounds to disobey a presidential order to launch a nuclear weapon?
No. None. Zilch. As Tom Nichols, a professor at the Naval War College and an expert in nuclear strategy put it, the idea of legal...
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Did President Trump Disclose Classified Information to Russia?
The Washington Post reported Monday that in a meeting last week with Russian ambassador Sergei Lavrov, President Donald Trump described details of intelligence the...
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Trump’s Syria Airstrike Explained
President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered a missile attack on a Syrian airbase the U.S. believes was the launching point for Tuesday's chemical attack....
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