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Billions in security aid to Lebanon, along with off-the-books commandos, could embroil the U.S. in a regional conflagration.

Two of the eight Republican presidential contenders on stage explicitly rejected the idea of helping pass a national abortion ban if they were elected: Nikki Haley and Doug Burgum.

Katherine Yon Ebright serves as counsel with the Brennan Center’s Liberty & National Security Program, where she focuses on war powers and the constitutional separation of powers.

The US is quietly considering resurrecting multiple 2018-era programs which would reportedly authorize the US military to send commandos in the form of ‘control teams’ overseeing Ukrainian operatives.

U.S. military forces have been engaged in unauthorized hostilities in many more countries than the Pentagon has disclosed to Congress, let alone the public, according to a major new report released late last week by New York University School of Law’s Brennan Center for Justice. by Jim LobeNOVEMBER 8, 2022 

On Armistice Day, David McCartney honored three advocates for peace, all associated with the University of Iowa over the past century.

Since its inception, the United States has schemed to spread its power, often unbeknownst to its own citizens, writes Binoy Kampmark.

A new report finds that DOD uses 'security cooperation' programs for 'secret wars,' recommends that Congress rein them in.

The analysis suggests that the U.S. war in Somalia was waged with no clear legal basis.

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