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America's destructive identity crisis: Strike an essential nuclear deal with...

The Obama administration capped historic negotiations with Iran this year. But why is it acting so hawkish since?

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If Republicans really want to hold up the Iran deal, they should send Dick...

If the GOP really wants to hold up the Iran deal, it must first hold its party members accountable for their crimes

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The GOP debate's most shocking moment: A meaningful conversation about the...

While Bush, Christie & Fiorina clung to outdated and disproven solutions, Rand Paul had a rare moment of insight

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The most important lesson from Volkswagen's shocking mega-scandal

The German automaker was caught covering up dangerous levels of emissions. This type of malfeasance isn't unique

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The Secret Service's mind-blowing abuse of power: Why do government agencies...

Rep. Jason Chaffetz is an outspoken critic of the Secret Service. A new report shows their attempt at payback

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Why Congress is about to make it way harder to protect your personal data

The Chamber of Commerce is lobbying Congress to kneecap the regulation of cybersecurity — and Congress is obliging

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The raging irony of WikiLeaks' latest release: Inside the absurd hacking of...

A 13-year-old has hacked America's intelligence chief and sent the spoils to Assange's crew. Here's what to know

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The broken logic of last night's GOP debate: How conservative ideology just...

Basically every candidate on stage last night trumpeted a set of assumptions that makes literally zero sense

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The Bush dynasty is tearing itself apart: What George H.W. Bush vs. Dick...

Bush 41 took some pointed shots at his son's Vice President this week. Here's what it all means

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The dangerous limits of American empathy: Why do we need reminding that a...

In their visceral fear of terrorism, Americans have lost sight of the human beings they're casting aside

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America is obsessed with "terrorism": Why our furious debate over semantics...

It's important that we determine whether an act was terrorism or not. But we badly need to be smarter about it

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The truth about Dick Cheney vs. Donald Trump: Why the former dark lord of the...

Cheney has taken exception to Trump's overt xenophobia, but his response speaks volumes about the state of the GOP

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How the feud between Rubio & Cruz has exposed our national security secrets

At issue is the government's collection of telecommunication records. Guess who couldn't keep quiet?

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Here's how "terrorism" really factors into the Bundy siege

Is the current standoff in "terrorism"? Hard to say. But a related question poses a conundrum for law enforecement

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The violent contradictions of the Obama doctrine: How to plead for peace...

For all the talk of a more measured foreign policy, the president has continued to enforce a failed paradigm

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What Hillary Clinton needs to learn from the Flint water crisis

Clinton seemed to say all the right things about the crisis in Michigan. But there's something she still ignores

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How Rick Snyder doomed Flint from the start: Tax cuts for the ultra-rich,...

The Michigan governor faces new questions about dark money nonprofits he used to help "transform Michigan"

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The CIA's ludicrous spying charade: Here's what you need to know about John...

No matter what the CIA director wants to claim, his agency was caught looking at Senate files without authorization

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Hillary Clinton's foreign policy is pure fantasy

Clinton talks of possibly decades-long occupations and orderly regime changes, yet somehow Sanders is the fantasist

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The FBI's shady iPhone evasions: Why its claims about the San Bernardino...

The agency's director claims it needs Apple to hack an iPhone. So why can't he answer simple questions?

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The government's iPhone-cracking crusade is getting even creepier

During testimony before Congress yesterday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch made some troubling comments

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The Merrick Garland problem nobody's talking about: Why his nomination...

It's normal for SCOTUS-nominated judges to recuse themselves from cases. But Garland could be waiting for months

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The Justice Department's Apple crusade gets even sketchier: Why the latest...

For months, the DOJ has been trying to get Apple to crack a terrorist's iPhone. But what if they didn't need Apple?

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Donald Trump is terrorizing America: Why his lurid media spectacles have...

While the media wonders how it contributed to Trump's rise, he continues to outrage and dominate the news

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The looming mystery behind the Panama Papers: How did the largest document...

After similar coups by WikiLeaks and others, we had an idea of who pulled the trigger, and why. Not this time

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This week's damning "60 Minutes" report shows just how absurd our War on...

We now know that classified portions of the 9/11 Report revealed Saudi involvement. Yet we still support the regime

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The FBI's dangerous Apple-hack rationalizations: How it's now stealing a page...

If the government's reasons for trying to crack Syed Farook's iPhone seem familiar, it's because they should

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Citizens United made Donald Trump possible: How the GOP establishment flooded...

The party of "free markets" welcomed Citizens United, without realizing that the economics of it would doom them

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This is why Donald Trump has been invincible — and why he might not be...

The presumptive GOP demonstrated as early as July that he was a force to be reckoned with. But many missed it

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The NSA's stunning 9/11 failure: How big-money contractors made us more...

Bill Binney developed a system that might have prevented 9/11. But it was canceled in the weeks before

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