Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation NYT | Top Stories By: Greg Jaffe, Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper 7 November 2025 at 23:34 The moves to fire or sideline generals and admirals are without precedent in recent decades and have rattled the top brass. © Photographs by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images; Kenny Holston/The New Times; Win McNamee/Getty Images; Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, via Getty Images; Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Kent Nishimura for The New York Times; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images;
Democrats Raise Concerns After Trump Officials Give Boat Strikes Briefing NYT | Top Stories By: Megan Mineiro, Robert Jimison and Julian E. Barnes 6 November 2025 at 09:50 The classified meeting did not relieve mounting unease among lawmakers over President Trump’s expanding campaign of lethal strikes against drug cartels. © Haiyun Jiang/The New York TimesA top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee lamented that lawmakers were not given a “strike-by-strike” breakdown.
You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator NYT | Opinion By: Will Freeman 24 October 2025 at 13:00 What happens when the state doesn’t curb predatory private powers?