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After waging a destructive war at vast expense, Donald Trump has ended up in a weaker strategic position than when he started. His main achievement has been to battle-test Iran’s ability to shut down the Strait of Hormuz and disrupt the world economy

FIFA, the sport’s global governing body, said Haiti's jersey design violated its rules, which ban political slogans or imagery.

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Two indie horror movies with YouTube origins, Obsession and Backrooms, crushed big-budget Star Wars and He-Man movies at the box office. But claims that these films represent a revival of cinematic creativity à la the New Hollywood era are overblown.

Evil Thoughts in the Oval Office (1971), Senate Smears People’s Bicentennial (1976), Free At Last, Free At Last! (1865), Arthur Miller Schools House Un-American Activities Committee (1956), Musical Colossus (1956), Truth Helped End the Vietnam (1971)

Once confined to the margins, a movement seeking Jewish sovereignty over Al-Aqsa and an openly theocratic regime is going mainstream.

Spring has brought green shoots in the labor movement too. Here are some causes for hope.

“The American people deserve a foreign policy that serves American interests and American values,” said another critic, “not legislation that places the priorities of a foreign government above American sovereignty.”

The Trump administration is urging Americans to eat more "real" food but has cut funding for schools to buy minimally processed foods from local farmers. USDA ended $660 million for Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program (LFS).

White solidarity as a primary political principle dooms democracy.