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A scholar of intelligence and strategy explains why battle damage assessments are so challenging - and why the process has become politicized.

Even if they don't support the current administration, most Americans are not actually making plans to leave the country.

A scholar who worked with him for decades observes that what mattered to Moyers was not how close you were to power, but how close you got to reality.

White Americans, especially older citizens, tend to be more bothered than Black Americans or Latinos by demonstrators waving Mexican flags - and even US flags - during protests.

Democratic governors and President Donald Trump agree to fight an invasion of non-native fish that has spread up the Mississippi River and threatens the Great Lakes.

The US and other countries have a legal definition of citizenship, yet human psychology and identity politics result in ingrained biases over who truly belongs.

Caribou, migrating birds and many other types of wildlife rely on this expanse of wetlands and tundra. Humanity and the climate depend on a healthy Arctic, too.

Libraries and archives at universities across the nation catalog and steward the donated papers of members of Congress. But that historically significant work is now in jeopardy.

Kids face risks online, but whether and how the law can protect them is a thorny issue. The Supreme Court weighed in to say states can try with age-gating - essentially requiring ID at the online door.

The Supreme Court just made it harder for judges to block presidential policies nationwide, but lawmakers hold the key to changing that.