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The Baltimore Sun - 5 days ago

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Army Times - 5 days ago

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Huffington Post - 5 days ago

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Christian Science Monitor - 5 days ago

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Texas Observer - 5 days ago

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The Canary - 5 days ago

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Rolling Stone - 5 days ago

Proposed defense bill would fund Golden Dome, next-gen fighters

Army Times - 5 days ago

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Stars and Stripes - 5 days ago

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Chicago Sun-Times - 5 days ago

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Congress Moves to Ban Trans Women From Military Academy Sports

Mother Jones - 5 days ago

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Fox News - 5 days ago

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Chicago Sun-Times - 6 days ago

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New York Magazine - 6 days ago

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Middle East Eye - 6 days ago

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Wired News - 6 days ago

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Rolling Stone - 6 days ago

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The Columbian - 6 days ago

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Boston Globe - 6 days ago

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Consequence of Sound - 6 days ago

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New York Daily News - 6 days ago

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Scientific American - 6 days ago

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The Atlantic - 6 days ago

Exclusive: UK parliament accused of confiscating pro-Palestine material

Middle East Eye - 6 days ago

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ProPublica - 6 days ago

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Rolling Stone - 6 days ago

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The Canary - 6 days ago

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XXL - 6 days ago

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Stars and Stripes - 6 days ago

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Sky News - 6 days ago

Three guns in one

Army Times - 6 days ago

2026 dubbed 'most critical' year for Türkiye's economic blueprint

Daily Sabah - 6 days ago

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ABC News - 6 days ago

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Army Times - 6 days ago

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CTV News - 6 days ago

The fall of Assad was like 'the Middle East's Berlin Wall'

Middle East Eye - 6 days ago

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ProPublica - 6 days ago

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Haaretz - 6 days ago

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New York Daily News - 6 days ago

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One America News Network - 6 days ago

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Byline Times - 6 days ago

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The San Diego Union-Tribune - 6 days ago

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Bay to Bay News - 6 days ago

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New York Magazine - 6 days ago

How Turkey helped engineer Ahmed al-Sharaa's rise to power

Middle East Eye - 6 days ago

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The Denver Post - 6 days ago

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Times of India - 6 days ago

A Cicero woman's baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.

Chicago Sun-Times - 6 days ago

'We got rid of a tyrant': Syria's tumultuous first year without Assad

Middle East Eye - 6 days ago

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Salon - 6 days ago

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Live Science - 6 days ago

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Chicago Tribune - 6 days ago

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Washington Examiner - 6 days ago

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Los Angeles Times - 6 days ago

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Slate - 6 days ago

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