U.S. Sent a Rescue Plane for Boat Strike Survivors. It Took 45 Hours to Arrive.

Tomi McCluskey, Nick Turse

In seas that could kill a person within an hour, it took nearly two days for a rescue plane to arrive.
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Air Force Maintenance Staff Can’t Stop Buying Fancy Knives With Tax Dollars

Austin Campbell

“Everyone knew we didn’t need them.” Air Force maintainers have been on a decadelong knife-ordering spree.
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Prison-Style Free Speech Censorship Is Coming for the Rest of Us

Jeremy Busby

The government wants to make it illegal to possess literature it deems dangerous — a familiar tactic to this incarcerated writer.
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Can Trump’s Plan for Warehouse Immigrant Detention Camps Be Stopped?

Natasha Lennard

ICE has the money it needs to turn warehouses into prisons for immigrants. But local pressure is stopping projects in their tracks.
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Philadelphia Could Elect Its First Muslim Congressman. He’s Not Sure Where He Stands on Israel.

Akela Lacy

Sharif Street states no Israel policy on his website and was briefly the beneficiary of a pro-Israel fundraising page. He’s trying to walk a fine line in a crowded primary.
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It’s Correct and Moral to Use the Olympics to Speak Out About Politics

Alain Stephens

Sports can’t be separated from politics, and athletes are well within their rights to criticize Trump on the world stage.
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