Exclusive: As President Trump was launching his missile strike against Syria, CIA Director Pompeo and other intelligence officials weren’t at the table, suggesting their doubts about Bashar al-Assad’s guilt, reports Robert Parry.
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Luring Trump into Mideast Wars
Trump’s 59-Tomahawk ‘Tweet’
Trampling the US Constitution for War
Donald Trump’s unilateral decision to attack Syria under a preposterous claim of protecting a “vital national security interest” of the U.S. was another case of a President violating the U.S. Constitution, as Daniel C. Maguire explains.
Trump’s ‘Wag the Dog’ Moment
Dashed Hopes for Trump’s Foreign Policy
NYT Retreats on 2013 Syria-Sarin Claims
The Ugly Underbelly of Russia-gate
How to Ease North Korea’s Fears
North Korea fears that it might end up like Iraq or Libya if it surrenders its nuclear program. China has offered an idea to calm those fears but President Trump says no, reports Ivan Eland.
The Riches on the Right
A surprise from the financial disclosure forms of the Trump White House was how many of the players got rich from working in the right-wing world of anti-government activism, says Michael Winship.