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“We’re living in a society!” the Seinfeld character George Costanza sputters when strangers wrong him. It’s a justly famous line....

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Suddenly, Israel has a remarkable opportunity for a diplomatic breakthrough in Lebanon. You’d be forgiven for not knowing about this,...

In January, Donald Trump uttered the most idealistic words of his presidency. As protesters filled Iran’s streets, he told them,...

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Rulers of the nations along the Arabian Peninsula bet decades ago that they could use oil sales to build thriving...

On Monday, a federal judge issued a preliminary ruling with a harsh reprimand for the Trump administration: You’ve done this...

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President Trump appears to careen between two opposing visions for victory in Iran: He has demanded Tehran’s “unconditional surrender” and...

After a decade of trashing American allies as freeloaders, President Trump is begging for their help in opening the Strait...

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Joe Kent, the U.S. government’s top counterterrorism official and a self-identified “America First” Republican, is not the only Donald Trump...