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Antony Blinken speaks during his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of State before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. Blinken was previously Deputy National Security Advisor and Deputy Secretary of State in the Obama administration. (Alex Edelman-Pool/Getty Images)

Tony Blinken goes to Asia — but is his confrontational China policy going in the wrong direction?

Iveta Cherneva
Chris Wray, Sheldon Whitehouse and Cory Booker (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

What Chris Wray didn’t say: Unpacking the FBI chief’s wobbly Capitol riot testimony

Iveta Cherneva
The exterior of the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building, at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC, USA. (Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images Images)

How racial diversity can help the FBI solve its “privilege naiveté” problem

Iveta Cherneva
Chris Wray and Kamala Harris (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The FBI, terrorism and the progressive left: This is a job for Kamala Harris

Iveta Cherneva
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital during a joint session Congress to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

The U.S. Capitol was built to inspire awe. But that’s all gone now

Iveta Cherneva
Members of a private security company pose on the rooftop of a house in Baghdad, 18 September 2007. Iraq declared today it will review the operations of all security firms working in the war-ravaged country following a deadly shootout involving private US contractor Blackwater. (PATRICK BAZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Pardoning the Blackwater killers: It’s a scandal, but not specific to Donald Trump

Iveta Cherneva