war, or even a prelude to war. “It’s a military conflict,” she said at the time. “War is ugly. It’s down and dirty, bloody, hand-to-hand combat like you saw in World War II. Today, it’s strategic and ...

America is a joke with its supposedly free press. This Ukraine situation is a perfect example. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken went on “Meet the Press” on June 25 and was just filled with ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

WASHINGTON – Americans, a litigious people, believe that rules for coping with messy reality can be written in tidy legal language. This belief will be tested by the debate that will resume when ...

As Russian forces have withdrawn from areas near Kyiv in recent days, photographs from those areas have shocked a world that was already aghast at the invasion of Ukraine. Images emerged of hundreds ...

LOS ANGELES — More than two decades since the first U.S. invasion of Iraq, medical authorities can't agree on a definition of Gulf War illness, the mysterious array of ailments afflicting many ...

For more than a decade we have heard constant warnings about the coming of “cyber war” and “cyber terrorism.” The prophets of cyber doom have promised that cyber attacks are just around the corner ...

The U.S. has launched two rounds of strikes against the Syrian government in a year. But does that mean the countries are at war? NPR's Ari Shapiro asks retired Army officer John Nagl for his take.