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WASHINGTON — During his first term as president, Donald Trump tested the limits of how he could use the military to achieve policy goals. If given a second term, the Republican and his allies are preparing to go much further, reimagining the military as an all-powerful tool to deploy on U.

Dozens of countries are condemning Israel’s attacks on United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon. Israeli forces reportedly struck the UN mission in Lebanon—known as UNIFIL—in recent days, injuring multiple peacekeepers, according to the mission. As UNIFIL points out, deliberate attacks on peacekeepers violate international law. A joint statement by 34 UNIFIL-contributing countries, initiated by

On Sunday, former President Donald Trump posted on X a video he had debuted a few days earlier at a rally: A montage decrying the “woke” military, showing clips of Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket—a film, famously, about the dark cost to the human soul of creating a war machine—as an example of the halcyon days of a battle-hardened Army to which we must return. WE WILL NOT HAVE A WOKE MILITARY!

Opinion | It’s OK if You Haven’t Gotten Your Flu Shot Yet The New York TimesHaven’t been vaccinated against respiratory illnesses? Now’s the time, here’s where to go Tacoma News TribuneYes, you can get the COVID, flu, and RSV vaccines at once. Here are the pros and cons FortuneShould you get the COVID and flu shots in the same arm?

This is one useful tape for those who want to understand where Kamala Harris came from.

Middle-class or working-class? Depends on whom Kamala is talking to.