Tens of thousands of troops have locked down the city. This isn’t necessary to secure Biden’s inauguration—it’s just more security theater.

Washington’s new national security establishment is coming straight outta Beverly Hills.

How the Capitol riot was a natural consequence of the country’s response to the 9/11 attacks

Some civilian investigators are even using facial-recognition technology to identify perpetrators—then reporting them to law enforcement.

The storming of Congress could have scary global consequences if the U.S. doesn’t act quickly to hold rioters accountable.

The MAGA mob rifled through file cabinets and stole at least one computer. What secrets did the looters abscond with?

Ron Haviv, who once covered a coup attempt in Panama, followed rioters through a broken window into the seat of his own nation’s legislative branch.

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.