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How Biden Ignored Warnings and Lost Americans' Faith in Immigration

December 11, 2025

New York Times Dec. 7, 2025 By Christopher Flavelle Christopher Flavelle interviewed more than 30 former Biden administration officials who worked on immigration and border policy, as well as members of Congress, state and local officials, lawyers and...

U.S.A.I.D Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid

March 02, 2025

(Read the Memo Here) The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw foreign aid and dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development is likely to cause enormous human suffering, according to estimates by the agency itself. Among them: up to 18...

The Secret Memo From the General Who Foresaw Black Hawk Down, New York Times

October 06, 2023

The Secret Memo From the General Who Foresaw Black Hawk Down, New York Times Mark Bowden Scott Peterson/Liaison, via Getty Images The battle of Mogadishu in early October 1993 shocked most Americans. U.S. forces had been deployed to Somalia to support a U...

From George to Barack: A Look at Secret Bush Memos to the Obama Team, New York Times

February 14, 2023

WHITE HOUSE MEMO From George to Barack: A Look at Secret Bush Memos to the Obama Team Newly declassiﬁed memos offer a window into how the world appeared as the Bush administration was winding down. By Peter Baker WASHINGTON — The world was a volatile...

United Nations advises staff against using ‘war’ or ‘invasion’ regarding Ukraine

March 08, 2022

Email on communications policy reminds worker of responsibility to ‘be impartial’ Tue, Mar 8, 2022, 13:02 Naomi O’Leary People carry a wounded woman during the evacuation by civilians of the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv. Photography: Getty The United...

Military Leaders Send Missives to Troops" 'Stay True' to the American People, by Nancy A. Yussef, The Wall Street Journal, June 4, 2020

June 04, 2020

Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shown speaking in the Oval Office last month. PHOTO: ALEX BRANDON/ASSOCIATED PRESS By Nancy A. Youssef Updated June 4, 2020 3:19 pm ET The nation’s highest-ranking U.S. military officer...

Memos Show Roots of Trump's Focus on Jan. 6 and Alternate Electors, New York Times, 2/2/22

February 04, 2022

Memos Show Roots of Trump’s Focus on Jan. 6 and Alternate Electors By Alan Feuer, Maggie Haberman and Luke Broadwater Feb. 2, 2022 Just over two weeks after Election Day, lawyers working with the Trump campaign set out a rationale for creating alternate...

Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns of Failure in Deadly Airstrikes, New York Times

December 18, 2021

Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns of Failure in Deadly Airstrikes The promise was a war waged by all-seeing drones and precision bombs. The documents show flawed intelligence, faulty targeting, years of civilian deaths — and scant accountability.

The New York Times 10/2/21 "Whistle-Blower to Accuse Facebook of Contributing to Jan. 6 Riot, Memo Says

October 04, 2021

Whistle-Blower to Accuse Facebook of Contributing to Jan. 6 Riot, Memo Says In an internal memo meant to pre-empt a “60 Minutes” interview, Facebook defended itself and said that social media was not a primary cause of polarization. Nick Clegg, Facebook’s...

CNN 9/27/21 Memos from Milley Show Timeline of Communications Between Trump's Defense Department and Chinese Officials

September 27, 2021

(Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times/Pool/AP) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley submitted two unclassified memos to the Senate Armed Services Committee regarding phone calls he had with his Chinese counterpart during the final months...

CNN, 9/21/21 "Trump lawyer's memo on six-step plan for Pence to overturn the election"

September 24, 2021

(CNN) John Eastman, a conservative lawyer working with then-President Donald Trump's legal team, outlined in a two-page memo a scheme to try to persuade then-Vice President Mike Pence to subvert the Constitution and throw out the 2020 election results on...

"New York Times" Opinion Guest Essay: "Donald Rumsfeld's Fog of Memos" by Errol Morris

July 03, 2021

By Errol Morris Mr. Morris is the director of a 2013 film about Donald Rumsfeld, “The Unknown Known.” Trying to understand another human being is often a dismal task. And if not dismal, thankless. What am I supposed to do? Disapprove of Donald Rumsfeld...