As the Afghanistan War Commission wraps up its work, it too should ensure that its assessment of the U.S. war addresses grave human rights violations and the need for genuine accountability.

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America 250: Echoes of the Buy-Centennial Fifty years ago the United States ‘celebrated’ our nation’s founding with red, white, and blue junk from sea to shining sea. As the Semiquincentennial looms, ...

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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. Payam ...

The war with Iran has revealed the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. defense establishment and suggests how the U.S. armed forces can be reshaped to fight the wars of the future. Specifically, the ...

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) conducts U.S. blockade operations in the Arabian Sea, April 16, 2026. US Navy photo While the war in Iran has siphoned assets from the Pacific and is using “finite levels” ...

Stefan Gerlach, Chief Economist at EFG Bank, tells CNBC that central banks are still haunted by the inflationary shocks of 2021 to 2022. With several of Europe's central banks meeting today, including ...

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The first week of Iran’s retaliation campaign during Operation Epic Fury demonstrates that drones are no longer auxiliary strike systems but central instruments of modern air campaigns. Their ability ...

Tommy McKinnon doesn’t claim to have climbed Mount Everest. He hasn’t built a Fortune 500 empire. He doesn’t describe his life as extraordinary. Instead, he calls it steady. Purposeful. Blessed. And ...