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March 25, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Tulsi Gabbard Fumbles Key Question on War Plans Group Chat Debacle
Senator Mark Warner asked Gabbard whether classified information had been shared in the chat.
March 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Gives His Real Statement on Group Chat Fiasco—and It’s Awful
Donald Trump is trying to spin the fact that his advisers shared confidential war plans in an unsecured group chat.
March 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Pete Hegseth’s Defense for Disastrous Group Chat Blows up in His Face
The defense secretary scrambled to explain how confidential war plans were shared in a group chat.
March 24, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Internet Mercilessly Mocks Trump Advisers for Top Secret Group Chat
Some of Donald Trump’s top advisers and Cabinet members shared classified war plans in a group chat.
March 24, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Advisers Accidentally Sent Journalist Top Secret War Plans
Donald Trump’s senior advisers shared confidential information in a group chat.
January 17, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Biden Just Gave Away Netanyahu’s Whole Game. And It’s Bad.
Joe Biden tried to joke about Benjamin Netanyahu “carpet bombing” Gaza.
June 4, 2021
Colin Dickey
Malcolm Gladwell’s Fantasy of War From the Air
“The Bomber Mafia” enthuses about precision tactics said to spare civilian lives. Except they didn’t.
April 7, 2017
Clio Chang
The New York Times is putting a heartfelt spin on Trump’s bombing of Syria.
September 23, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
Don't Let the (Creative) Terrorists Win
April 24, 2013
Leon Wieseltier
Don't Move On
The Boston massacre and our emotional efficiency

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