House Passes Spy Program After Confusing Trump Tweets

DEB RIECHMANN and JONATHAN LEMIRE / The Associated Press Jan 11, 2018 Legislation to renew the program that allows agencies to conduct surveillance on foreign targets abroad now heads to the Senate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Worldwide, Special Ops Forces Achieve Less With More

Nick Turse / TomDispatch Jan 10, 2018 Since U.S. commandos went to war in 2001, the size of Special Operations Command has doubled. As its numbers have grown, so has its global reach. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

How the U.S. and The New York Times Stifled Journalist James Risen

Staff / Truthdig Jan 6, 2018 The former Times reporter explains how the government influenced the paper to suppress his post-9/11 reporting, citing national security concerns. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Superfund Work Hyped by Trump EPA Was Completed Years Ago

MICHAEL BIESECKER and JASON DEAREN / The Associated Press Jan 5, 2018 Records show the physical work of cleaning seven Superfund sites was finished before the president took office. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

ICE Dragnet Snares Relatives of Undocumented Children

By Hannah Dreier / ProPublica Sep 12, 2017 Immigration and Customs Enforcement is cracking down on guardians who allow youngsters who are illegally in the U.S. to stay with them. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Trump Gender-Equality Appointee Bethany Kozma Is Unfit to Serve

Staff / Truthdig Jul 1, 2017 By naming an anti-trans activist as USAID adviser, the president delivers a "slap in the face" to the LGBT community. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why Does the U.S. Hate Iran? Think Oil and Strategic Power.

Paul Street / Truthdig Jun 24, 2017 Iran is a paragon of human rights, democracy and social liberty compared with some of our Middle Eastern allies. But our policymakers aren’t letting that sway them. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Rising Star

By Carlos Lozada May 26, 2017 Renowned biographer David J. Garrow concludes this massive new biography of Barack Obama with a damning verdict: "While the crucible of self-creation had produced an ironclad will, the vessel was hollow at its core." Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Is It Our Goal to Prolong the Syrian War?

By Sam Husseini Apr 8, 2017 Some see a covert U.S. policy—under both Obama and Trump—to keep the war going and then, one day, to "pick up the remnants." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

U.S.-Led Coalition Airstrikes in Iraq Among Deadliest in Region Since 2003

Staff / Truthdig Mar 29, 2017 Amy Goodman and Juan González of Democracy Now! and reporter Chris Woods examine recent attacks across the Middle East and the lack of mainstream media coverage. Amy Goodman and Juan González of Democracy Now! and reporter Chris Woods examine recent attacks across the Middle East and the lack of mainstream media coverage. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Issue Isn’t Trump—It’s Us

By John Pilger / JohnPilger.com Jan 18, 2017 Liberal elites' obsession with Donald Trump as their bête noir masks an enduring complicity in putting both him and his predecessor in the White House. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

President Obama Retraces Past Eight Years in Farewell Speech, Throws In a Few Warnings (Video)

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 11, 2017 Far from the soaring hope evident in his first inaugural address, Obama's final speech as president was filled with cautions regarding partisanship, racism and growing inequality. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )