56+ min ago   (503+ words) The controversy could complicate El-Sayed’s campaign as he tries to unify Democrats in a battleground state that will help decide control of the U.S. Senate. El Sayed is one of several Democratic candidates this year who harnessed Piker’s online megaphone…...

6+ day, 56+ min ago   (659+ words) During the 1979-1980 hostage crisis, a defiant Iran starkly demonstrated the limits of American power. Forty-five years later, it is doing the same thing, although in vastly different circumstances. Back then, when the post-Vietnam military was at a low ebb, we…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (706+ words) The war in Iran is unlawful and unconstitutional, but in post-World War II America, it is normal. Here is the backstory. When President Donald Trump decided to begin bombing Iran last June, he did not state a coherent or lawful…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (434+ words) An Iran war that was supposed to be brief, and then was supposed to be over, is imposing an increasing price on Donald Trump's presidency. We've seen a second term of a Republican administration go this way before. There are…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (864+ words) The results are a stark repudiation of the Republican president's approach to the conflict, which has dragged on far longer than he originally predicted. Trump's overall approval rating is at 33%, slightly below where he stood at this point in his…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (693+ words) "We are doomed and our leaders are insane." So wrote journalist Matt Taibbi recently. Taibbi didn't respond to our request for an interview, but he raises issues that deserve debate. So my new video is based on his column. "Not…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1201+ words) The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, and its affiliated groups have spent close to $30 million backing Stevens -- their largest investment ever in a single race -- as they seek to defeat progressive favorite Abdul El-Sayed in the Aug. 4 primary....

2+ mon, 18+ hour ago   (506+ words) Iran, a second-rate power in a state of economic collapse, just fought the U.S. to a standstill in a major military conflict. The disappointing outcome has echoes of Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, in that a major world power hasn’t been able…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (864+ words) Americans’ views on how the president is handling Iran are roughly in line with his overall job approval, which stands at 37%, unchanged from an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll conducted in May. The new survey was conducted…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1048+ words) That would leave the adversaries more or less where they where they were 3 ½ months ago — before Israel and the U.S. on Feb. 28 launched their war on Iran, which has left thousands dead across the region, triggered a global energy…...