The Sunday Read: ‘Can Germany Be a Great Military Power Again?’

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From the moment Kash Patel was appointed as the director of the F.B.I., he has invited controversy and concern about what his leadership would look like and how it might affect the agency. The New York Times journalists Emily Bazelon and Rachel Poser spoke to dozens of current an ...  Show more

How Iranians See the War

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