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Armed supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro gather near the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Jan. 3, 2026. (Federico Parra / AFP via Getty Images)

Venezuela: Trump's latest crime scene

Andrew O'Hehir
US President Donald Trump, alongside (L/R) Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks to the press following US military actions, "large scale attacks" and the capture of President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. (Jim WATSON / Getty Images)

Trump: US will “run” Venezuela for now

CK Smith
A statue titled "Dictator Approved" is displayed on the National Mall on June 17, 2025. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

How much worse will it get by 2029?

Alfred McCoy - TomDispatch.com
US President Donald Trump participates in calls to US service members, on Christmas Eve, from the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, December 24, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP / Getty Images)

"More strikes to come" in Nigeria

Garrett Owen
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Detonation of Nuclear Device (CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

A new generation of nukes? No thanks

William J. Astore - TomDispatch.com
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., ahead of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 21, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump is elevating Mark Kelly for 2028

Jason Kyle Howard
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One on Nov. 16, 2025.

Trump’s threats show he is unfit to lead

Sabrina Haake
President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are greeted by 18th Airborne Corps Commander Lt. Gen. Gregory Anderson on June 10, 2025 at Fort Bragg, N.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Next in Trump's crosshairs? Nigeria

Heather Digby Parton
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Venezuelan fishermen take precautions in response to U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean, Sept. 24, 2025. (Federico Parra/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump has free rein to kill

Jesselyn Radack
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk holds a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 26, 2025. (Photo by Krishan Kariyawasam/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

"No justification" for drug boat strikes

Troy Farah
The Pentagon announced this week that an anonymous donation helped offset military pay expenditures, despite federal shutdown halting thousands of other workers' paychecks. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

Trump's mystery donor adds shutdown woes

CK Smith
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, is now on its way to the Caribbean. (JONATHAN KLEIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump signals war in all but name

Sabrina Haake
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Demonstrator with a baby Trump balloon in front of City Hall in Los Angeles during “No Kings” protest, July 4, 2025. (Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images)

Humor: Antidote for MAGA male rage

Andrea Mazzarino - TomDispatch.com
Donald Trump makes it clear his priorities are service members, while hundreds of thousands of other civil servants continue to go without pay during this shutdown. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump pays troops, while others wait

CK Smith
Qatar and US defense leaders agree to transition part of an Idaho air force base into a Qatari flight training facility. Not a wholly Qatari base on US soil, despite what some internet rumors say. (ALEX WROBLEWSKI / Getty Images)

Qatar isn't getting a US air force base

CK Smith
President Donald Trump greets Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

"Warrior culture" invades Chicago

Chauncey DeVega
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A person holds a sign in support of transgender service members during the Unite for Veterans rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2025. (Getty Images / DOMINIC GWINN)

Colleges must speak when recruiters show

Brian Soucek
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Anti-war veterans say no to Hegseth

William Hartung - TomDispatch.com
(Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Trump's stain may be permanent

Brian Karem
National Guard members patrol carrying weapons with the U.S. Capitol Building in the distance on August 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

National Guard morale plummets in DC

Blaise Malley
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Armed members of the National Guard patrol on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 26, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Troops in the streets: A short history

Andrew O'Hehir
Federal agents on an armored vehicle, Los Angeles, July 7, 2025. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump's theater of cruelty

Andrea Mazzarino - TomDispatch.com
McDonald's french fries packaging (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Getty Images)

When McDonald's invades the hospital

Ashlie D. Stevens
President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are greeted by 18th Airborne Corps Commander Lt. Gen. Gregory Anderson on June 10, 2025 at Fort Bragg, N.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Our ailing, failing empire lashes out

William J. Astore - TomDispatch.com
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