U.S. officials familiar with the planning said options for “reclaiming” the vital waterway include close cooperation with Panama’s military and, absent that, possible war. President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to prepare plans for carrying out his threat to “take back” the Panama Canal, including by military force if needed, two U.S. officials familiar with the situation told NBC News Thursday. […]
“If DOGE can do this to USIP, what’s to stop them from breaking into offices of other NGOs that receive U.S. funds? Or law firms or media that annoy the president?” said one humanitarian advocate. Representatives of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency on Monday entered the headquarters with of the U.S. Institute of Peace with the […]
“Palestine is not just an idea—it is a place. It is a homeland to the Palestinian people,” the coalition wrote. A coalition of over 100 organizations on Monday forcefully denounced U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to ethnically cleanse the Gaza Strip of Palestinians and take over the coastal enclave recently decimated by an Israeli military campaign conducted […]
“We must push back hard against these next leaps down the pathway to tyranny,” said one Democratic in the House. Facing a string of judicial rulings in recent days that have struck down or at least put on hold a variety of efforts by the Trump administration that appeared to overstep its executive authority, both […]