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It landed on Merseyside in the 1990s

NEW YORK — He was “America’s Mayor” but never an American Idol.

Kirby Dick's Oscar-nominated documentary about power and accountability claims America's military has provided a safe haven for rapists for years

But Washington just keeps hitting the snooze button.

Vast open-air pits where trash burned around the clock were simply part of life on deployment for troops in America’s post-9/11 wars. Now, thousands are sick and dying because of the toxic exposure and feel abandoned by the country that they fought for, writes Rachel Sharp

After disappointment in Afghanistan, Americans show no eagerness for a new conflict.

The right’s alarmed reaction to Biden’s pledge to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court reveals the conservative siege mentality

Fox News host Tucker Carlson has inspired a new following from the extreme right, including some members of Congress, by asking: Why take Ukraine’s side instead of Russia’s? The arguments are vast for defending the sovereignty of democratic Ukraine, and most American adults should need no reminders why containing Moscow’s…

PHILADELPHIA — The American troops shouted over the chaos of the crowds, Ahmad said, telling him to get inside the Kabul airport while he still could.