The U.S. State Department rarely removes terrorist groups from its Foreign Terrorist Organizations list. Most terrorist groups, unlike the Colombian FARC, don’t want to put down their weapons.
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About 2.9 million eligible American voters live abroad, including members of the military and embassy staffers. Just 5% of them cast their ballots in 2018.
President Trump has claimed the Islamic State was completely defeated on his watch – but an analysis of government maps and other reports shows his administration did only half the work.
During the Nazi era, roughly 300,000 additional Jewish refugees could have gained entry to the US. But the immigration law’s ‘likely to become a public charge’ clause kept them out.
During the Nazi era, roughly 300,000 additional Jewish refugees could have gained entry to the U.S. But the immigration law’s “likely to become a public charge” clause kept them out.
These shipments are rarely just about saving lives.
Trump administration officials falsely claim the law required them to separate immigrant families. The same excuse was used in the Nazi era to bar hundreds of thousands of refugees from the US.
John Bolton just started his job as National Security Adviser to President Trump. He’s the latest in a ever-changing cast of staffers, raising the question: Who’s in charge of national security?
Changes to the official mandates guiding nonprofits and government agencies might be less significant than they appear.
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Associate Professor of Journalism, Northeastern University
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Research Fellow, American University School of Public Affairs
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Associate Professor of Public Administration, Askew School of Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University
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Professor of International Politics and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Professor of Islamic History, UMass Dartmouth
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Professor of Practice and Director of Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Middlebury
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Professor Emeritus, American University School of International Service
