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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
Politics and Government
Politics and Government
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John Trumbull's painting, circa 1754, of the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Congress. (Universal History Archive via Getty Images)
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass chats with California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, in Pacific Palisades, CA. (Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)
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The flag of Somaliland is seen during a campaign rally of the main opposition party in Hargeisa, Somaliland, on November 8, 2024, ahead of the 2024 Somaliland presidential election. (Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images)
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Amazon and iRobot logos are displayed on a mobile phone screen. (Yasin Baturhan Ergin/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Emmanuel Macron, Donald Trump, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy after their meeting in Paris, France, on December 7, 2024. (Henri Szwarc/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze holds a briefing in Tbilisi, Georgia, on December 4, 2024. (Vano Shlamov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Elon Musk listens as President-elect Donald Trump addresses a House Republicans Conference meeting on November 13, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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Donald Trump speaks at NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building after the launch of a SpaceX spaceship to the International Space Station on May 30, 2020. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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A statue of composer George Frideric Handel on April 8, 2009, in London. (Peter Macdiarmid via Getty Images)
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Riot police stand on the sidelines of a protest in downtown Tbilisi, Georgia, on November 29, 2024. (Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP via Getty Images)
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Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Rep. Kat Cammack after a meeting at the United States Capitol on December 5, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images)
Experts
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
