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A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)
Politics and Government
Politics and Government
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The Capitol on November 6, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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The destruction of the Pequots and their fort near Connecticut by the English colonists in May of 1637. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia and President Donald Trump at the White House on November 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump meets with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia on November 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives at Palm Beach International Airport on October 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
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On June 4, 2025, Austin PBS and the LBJ Presidential Library held a discussion of filmmakers Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein’s documentary series The American Revolution. (Wikimedia Commons)
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A Telescope pointed at the sea and distant mountains in Cerbere, France, on August 31, 2024. (Getty Images)
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Experts
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
