Politics

Taiwan throttles internet during annual anti-China military drills

The Taiwanese government throttled national internet access this week as part of a multilevel military drill testing the island’s resilience in the face of a hypothetical Chinese invasion.

In Ohio, Haitians’ American dream shatters as ICE prepares to deport them

US immigration has ramped up operations against Haitians, whose temporary protected status was removed by Trump

France broke the Levant. Trump can fix it by giving Syria Tripoli

On Sept. 1, 1920, French High Commissioner Henri Gouraud signed a decree that ripped Tripoli from Faisal’s short-lived Syrian Arab Kingdom, only days after the Battle of Maysalun. More than 200 Sunni merchants from Tripoli submitted formal petitions demanding reunion with Damascus. Gouraud ignored every signature to create a Maronite-majority Greater Lebanon and deny Syria its natural Mediterranean outlet.

Europe Wants American Gas. Why Is It Letting Its Courts Sabotage Our Pipelines?

America’s energy advantage depends on more than just the resources beneath the ground. It depends on the pipelines, terminals, and other infrastructure needed to move energy from where it is extracted to where it is needed. Without the ability to build and operate those systems under predictable rules, abundant resources cannot deliver affordable power at home or strengthen American influence abroad.

A Silver Lining in Afghanistan

Five years after the U.S. withdrawal, al-Qaeda remains weak and the Taliban has become an unexpected partner.

‘Unrig the economy for working people’: the California candidate who wrote updated labor laws

Marni von Wilpert helped draft the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, and now wants to work toward implementing it.

Trump has a 'big stick' in Iran. He forgot to bring a brain

More than a century ago, Theodore Roosevelt spoke about his approach to foreign policy with a phrase that has survived generations: “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” The lesson was never simply that America should possess crushing military power. Military power is most effective when used with restraint, credibility, and a clear understanding of what it is supposed to accomplish.

Powerful cartel in Mexico sought to buy weapons overseas in exchange for fentanyl and meth, U.S. says

August 12, 2026 / 6:29 AM EDT / CBS/AFP

Steal This Story, Please! review

This comprehensive documentary about the Democracy Now! radio show host and seasoned investigative reporter takes in a massacre in East Timor, the actions of oil giants and a flustered Bill Clinton as it reflects her vital work

America Called It Genocide. The ICC Shelved the Warrant

Open any newspaper and the word “genocide” is everywhere, attached to a conflict now in its third year of international litigation, endlessly debated by legal scholars, contested by governments, and argued over in United Nations chambers and on cable news alike. Reasonable people disagree about it, and that disagreement drives coverage.

Could toppling the Iranian regime be an October surprise?

Americans are not known for their patience in long-term wars that include consistent casualty counts.

How ‘pro-union conservatism’ is a win for the radical Left

Congress will deal a massive blow to the anti-abortion, pro-conservative values movement if it passes Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-MO) Faster Labor Contracts Act. The bill upends the current process for negotiating union contracts, allowing union-friendly government “arbitrators” to impose their own labor terms onto any private-sector business, large or small, that becomes unionized. The bill has a real chance of clearing the Senate after a small group of ill-advised Republicans teamed up with Democrats to circumvent Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and advance it out of the House.