A chromolithographic print of Otto Becker’s 1896 reproduction of “Custer’s Last Fight,” originally painted by Cassilly Adams, which Anheuser-Busch distributed to saloons across America in advertising Budweiser.

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Political Violence: President Donald Trump speaks to the press following a foiled plot targeting the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

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Don’t Murder People

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The Miracle and Mystery of Artemis II

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Claude v. Compliance: A U.S. judge temporarily blocked the Pentagon from blacklisting the AI firm Anthropic following a dispute over its refusal to allow its technology to be used for surveillance and autonomous weapons.

Law and Justice

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The Washington Monthly at War

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Foreign Policy

All the Ways Trump’s War on Iran Is Disastrous

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President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth discuss the U.S. military assault on Venezuela, ousting Nicolas Maduro.

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The Battle of Little Bighorn and Why It Never Ends

Panetta: Iran War a ‘Terrible Mistake’ and Hegseth Is a ‘Disaster’

What Mark Twain Could Teach Pete Hegseth About Holy War

Don’t Murder People

The Miracle and Mystery of Artemis II

The Pentagon’s “Orwellian” Case Against Anthropic

The Washington Monthly at War

All the Ways Trump’s War on Iran Is Disastrous

How to Bring Down Grocery Prices

Venezuela and the Dawn of the Don-roe Doctrine

The New Normal in Kyiv, Ukraine

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