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Trump’s Cosplay Cabinet

April 26, 2025

A paper cutout of a suited man at a podium, whose face is cut out of the paper, on a light blue background

Pete Hegseth’s Patriotic Duty Is to Resign

April 22, 2025

A black and white photograph of Pete Hegseth

Why Trump Is Standing by Hegseth, for Now

Jonathan Lemire

April 21, 2025

A photo of Pete Hegseth talking as Donald Trump looks on

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Pete Hegseth Is Running Out of Excuses

David A. Graham

April 21, 2025

Pete Hegseth looks off to the side

Trump Is Gaslighting Us

April 5, 2025

Blurry photo of Donald Trump speaking at a microphone

The Truth About Trump’s Greenland Campaign

March 28, 2025

People sit around a table with a map of the Arctic on it.

The Double Standard at the Center of the Signal Debacle

Isaac Stanley-Becker and Jonathan Lemire

March 27, 2025

Black-and-white photo of Donald Trump

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The Pentagon’s DEI Panic

March 7, 2025

Photo of the Enola Gay plane

Hegseth Has All the Wrong Enemies

March 7, 2025

A photo portrait of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

Trump, by Any Means Necessary

March 5, 2025

In a black-and-white photo, Donald Trump speaks to Congress.

Lawful, but Enormously Destructive

February 23, 2025

Trump’s Military Purge Has Washington Asking ‘Who’s Next?’

Shane Harris and Jonathan Lemire

February 22, 2025

Fragments of the Pentagon seal

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The Great Surrender

David A. Graham

February 13, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., smiles and shakes hands with Donald Trump after a swearing-in ceremony

Who’s Running the Defense Department?

February 13, 2025

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Is There Anything Trump Won’t Blame on DEI?

January 30, 2025

What’s Guiding Trump’s Early Moves

David A. Graham

January 29, 2025

Illustration of Donald Trump against a red and blue background.

America Is Now Counting on You, Pete Hegseth

January 25, 2025

The U.S. Needs Soldiers, Not Warriors

January 21, 2025

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The GOP Is No Longer the Party of National Security

January 14, 2025

Pete Hegsth smiles during his Senate confirmation hearing

You Are Cordially Invited to an Event That Could Ruin Your Life

December 18, 2024

Hand holding a platter with a "bare your soul" invitation card

The Crumbling Foundation of America’s Military

December 17, 2024

Projectiles sit waiting to be shipped

Bring Back the War Department

Elliot Ackerman

December 5, 2024

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The Kash Patel Principle

November 30, 2024

The Thing That Binds Gabbard, Gaetz, and Hegseth to Trump

David A. Graham

November 13, 2024

A triptych of black-and-white photos of Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, and Matt Gaetz, cropped from the collar up

The Chinese Balloon and the Disappointing Reality of UFOs

February 3, 2023

An illustration of a saucerlike UFO with a page behind it being pulled back to reveal a weather balloon

What the UFO Discussion Really Needs

May 19, 2022

An illustration of the classic image of the UFO, as a flying saucer

The UFO Trap

June 25, 2021

A UFO makes a question mark out of clouds.

The Defense Department Is Leaderless Again

June 18, 2019

The Brain of the Pentagon

May 8, 2019

Andrew Marshall