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For many of us, the death and funeral of Jimmy Carter unleashed a flood of memories, from the time he quoted Bob Dylan during his first presidential run to his post-presidency work with Habitat for Humanity. Me, I was hurtled back to a more jarring recollection of his time in …

A legal settlement with the Pentagon could make benefits available to tens of thousands of gay and lesbian military veterans dismissed from service because of their sexual orientation. The military’s longstanding “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy, which was repealed in 2010, prohibited LGBTQ service members from disclosing their sexual …

A MQ-9 Reaper drone keeps watch above the caravan of SUVs as a pair of helicopters — a sleek MH-6 Little Bird and a UH-60 Black Hawk — shadows the line of trucks as it makes its way out of a Mexican town. The sound of the helicopter engines grows …

A $895 billion defense policy bill was approved by the House on Wednesday, which included a controversial provision prohibiting the military’s health program, TRICARE, from covering gender-affirming care for transgender children of U.S. service members. Known as the National Defense Authorization Act, the bill authorizes funding for the Defense Department …

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is more than just a health care provider for those who have served — it stands as a symbol of what a national, government-run health care system could achieve if scaled to the broader American population. This is precisely why Republican leaders and conservative …

Within Donald Trump’s government-in-waiting, there is a fresh debate over whether and how thoroughly the president-elect should follow through on his campaign promise to attack or even invade Mexico, as part of the “war” he’s pledged to wage against powerful drug cartels. “How much should we invade Mexico?” says a …

SPRINGFIELD, OHIO — It’s been two weeks since Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, in part on a pledge to aggressively purge the small city of Springfield, Ohio, of its large Haitian immigrant population. To the president-elect, it doesn’t matter that the Haitian workers and families are there legally; …

In 2000, I was stationed in Florida and away from my home state of New Jersey. I sent in my mail-in ballot and voted for Al Gore, believing I was participating in a cornerstone of democracy. However, as the recount chaos unfolded — with hanging chads, legal battles, and a …

This investigation was co-published with the Project On Government Oversight. On the weekends, Aubrey Metzler lets out her frustration with military housing by screaming at strangers in the haunted house where she works, playing the part of “lunatic.” The 23-year-old mother of two has good reason to feel a little …

Over the weekend, Donald Trump crystalized his authoritarian vision for the nation when he suggested siccing the military on his political opponents and American citizens to destroy the “enemy from within.” Despite the former president’s direct appeal to full-blown fascism, Republicans are lining up to defend and downplay his comments. …