The Trump era ends with a bang, not a whimper, revealing a misplaced faith in our elected officials to protect the democratic project.

Trump’s cultists truly believed the 2020 election would be overturned. With those hopes dashed, the putsch is on.

The former colonial power isn’t just a victim of Russian disinformation. It’s waging a similar propaganda campaign in Mali and other countries in the Sahel region.

Joe Biden might be the perfect president to restore America’s standing as a champion against foreign corruption.

The post-9/11 consensus is crumbling, so America’s hawks are inventing fresh rhetoric to justify imperialist disasters.

Hackers, likely working for Russia, broke into federal agencies’ networks starting in the spring. The next breach could be even more damaging. Is it time for a truce?

Wolfgang Kaleck is using the justice system to do what nation-states will not or cannot.

The strange new push for space privatization

The assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is a reminder of how badly the U.S. needs a new approach to Iran. Is Biden up to the task?

The secretary of state is igniting diplomatic infernos left and right, leaving the next administration with untold damage on its hands.

The president was always too dense to develop a coherent foreign policy. Now the secretary of state is using these final weeks in power to cement his own legacy.

Trump’s partial troop withdrawal is cynical and incoherent, but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong.

Tech companies are getting rich by tracking Americans’ movements and then selling the data to various arms of the U.S. military-industrial complex.

It’s still an illegitimate power grab, even if Republican operatives are only doing it to protect Trump’s fragile ego.

Ted Cruz and Dinesh D’Souza have huge followings on Parler, a right-wing Twitter clone that has exploded in popularity since the election.

How the NRA seeded the storylines animating the violent groups that will be patrolling this year’s election

In the 1950s, the residents of Mosinee, Wisconsin, staged a coup to warn of the dangers of the red menace. The lessons of that historical footnote have never been more relevant.

Why hawks are determined to blame a foreign enemy for the president’s health woes

How the president has used William Barr and other officials to turn the government into his personal fiefdom

The star ISIS reporter for The New York Times has come under criticism following new revelations about one of her sources.