National Security

Defense Chiefs Warn of "Extreme" Political Strains

By W.J. Hennigan

Trump's Legal Liability Grows Clearer

By Brian Bennett

US, Iran Clash Over Sea Drone Amid Nuke Talks

By W.J. Hennigan

US in for Long-Haul With Latest Ukraine War Aid

By W.J. Hennigan
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Ukraine’s Secret Effort to Get U.S. Jets

Ukrainians are using invention, social media and disregard for protocol to fight back.

By Brian Bennett and Simon Shuster

Trump Messaging on FBI Search Mirrors Jan. 6

Trump publicly offered an olive branch to law enforcement on Monday, while continuing to stoke the rage of his supporters over the Mar-a-Lago search.

By Brian Bennett and Vera Bergengruen

Iranian National Charged in Plot to Kill John Bolton

The Justice Department announced Wednesday it charged a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in connection with an assassination plot against former National Security Advisor John Bolton.Shahram Poursafi, 45, is accused of orchestrating a...

By W.J. Hennigan

Zawahiri Strike Exposes Taliban-Al-Qaeda Link

“One can only imagine the kind of treatment that other Al Qaeda officials and fighters are getting,” says one counterterrorism expert.

By Brian Bennett

Biden Hails al-Zawahiri Killing

His death brings to a close one of the CIA’s longest-standing manhunts since the Sept. 11, 2001, attack.

By W.J. Hennigan and Brian Bennett

Trump Calls for Moving Homeless to ‘Tent Cities’ in First D.C. Speech Since Leaving Office

In his first speech in Washington since leaving the White House, Trump offered autocratic ideas, lied about the 2020 election, and all but confirmed he wants to run again in 2024.

By Brian Bennett

Biden's Saudi Arabia Trip Is Really About Russia

The U.S. has decided it needs the Middle Eastern country on its side as it prepares for a new era of confrontation with Russia.

By Brian Bennett

Russia Threatens Vets, US Invokes Laws of War

Diplomats fear the two Alabama vets' fate will be tied to U.S.-backed war crimes prosecutions of captured Russian soldiers in Ukraine

By W.J. Hennigan

Kyiv Won't Get New U.S. Weapons For Months

New missiles could open Russian naval blockade of ports

By W.J. Hennigan

The Jan. 6 Committee Is About to Hold Public Hearings. Here's What to Expect.

Committee members are signaling that they've saved the most eye-opening and jaw-dropping information for the hearings, which start Thursday.

By Eric Cortellessa

U.S. Military Aid For Ukraine Raises Tensions

How far can the U.S. go in providing military aid without escalating to open conflict?

By W.J. Hennigan

‘The Real Villain Is the Closet’: A New History of Gay Washington Deals With Society As It Truly Was

"Secret City" isn’t so much a gay history of D.C. as it’s a history of Washington as experienced by its gay power players.

By Philip Elliott

Sussman Trial: What to Know About Durham Probe and Trump

A trial underway in Washington has brought new attention to allegations against Trump that were pushed by Democrats and proved to be false.

By Brian Bennett

Plot to Assassinate George W. Bush Foiled, FBI Says

Shihab Ahmed Shihab, an Iraqi asylum seeker, described the plan to a paid FBI informant

By Erik Larson / Bloomberg

Buffalo Exposes Limits Of Biden's Domestic Terror Strategy

“This is not 2001, where we’re wondering why radicalization happens."

By W.J. Hennigan and Vera Bergengruen

Biden's Moves on NATO Come Amid Fear Russian War Will Expand

The president is getting progressively bolder in his efforts to support Ukraine and bolster NATO.

By Brian Bennett
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