American Catastrophe Through German Eyes
PARIS — No people has found the American lurch toward authoritarianism under President Trump more alarming than the Germans. For postwar Germany, the United States...
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Feds Sending Tactical Team to Seattle, Expanding Presence Beyond Portland
The Trump administration, which has pledged to use the full force of the government to protect federal property, expanded that effort on Thursday by sending...
Cities Say They Want Federal Agents Fighting Crime, Not Protesters
In recent years, cities like Chicago, Baltimore and New York have turned to Washington for help in combating gun violence and other crimes, arguing that...
The Border War in Portland
Something dangerous is taking shape within the Department of Homeland Security. We got our first glimpse of it last week in Oregon, when unidentified federal...
Trump’s Occupation of American Cities Has Begun
The month after Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Yale historian Timothy Snyder published the best-selling book “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century.” It was...
50 Nights of Unrest in Portland
Thursday night marked the 50th consecutive night of demonstrations in Portland, Ore. The protests began after the killing of George Floyd — tens of thousands...
President Trump Has Tools to Pressure China. Will He Use Them?
Much of the focus on China in recent months has been over the coronavirus that originated there late last year. But that has hardly slowed...
A Reckoning With Race to Ensure Diversity for America’s Face Abroad
WASHINGTON — Tianna Spears dreamed for years of becoming an American diplomat. She quit in January after two, and says she will never return to...
7 Killed in Crash in El Paso After Border Patrol Tried to Stop Car
Seven people were killed and three were seriously injured in a crash in El Paso, Texas, early Thursday morning after border patrol agents tried to...
U.S. Watched George Floyd Protests in 15 Cities Using Aerial Surveillance
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The Department of Homeland Security deployed helicopters, airplanes and drones over 15 cities where demonstrators gathered to protest the death of...