Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sits beside Iranian officials and other leaders during his swearing-in ceremony in Tehran on July 30, 2024. On the first row, second to the left, is Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. (Getty Images)
Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)
US Marines disembark a Norwegian CB-90 class fast assault craft during a bilateral exercise in Narvik, Norway, on August 16, 2023. (US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aziza Kamuhanda)
The US flag flies above a sign marking the US Department of Justice headquarters on January 20, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)
Members of the Taliban gather to commemorate the one year anniversary of the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan in Kabul on August 21, 2022. (Marcus Yam via Getty Images)
US Border guards deter illegal migrants as they try to cut the razor wire fences put up by the Texas National Guard in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on March 22, 2024. (Christian Torres via Getty Images)
Airmen from the 1st Air Support Operations Group utilize data links as part of Exercise Chaos Quate at Moody Air Force Base on March 15, 2022. (US Air Force photo by 1st Lt Katie Tamesis)
A Ukrainian soldier stands in front of railroad station destroyed by Russian shelling on March 15, 2024, in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine. (Photo by Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Dr. Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee on December 5, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)