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Egypt
September 3, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Democrats Finally Ask Trump the $10 Million Question on Egypt
House Oversight Democrats are pressing Donald Trump on that alleged massive campaign donation from Egypt.
August 2, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
How Bill Barr Killed Secret Probe on Whether Egypt Paid Trump Millions
A bombshell report reveals how Bill Barr protected Donald Trump from a damning investigation.
July 16, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Bob Menendez Officially Convicted Felon After Gold Bar Bribery Scheme
The New Jersey Democrat has been found guilty of corruption.
June 11, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Biden’s Israel Waffling Let This Company Scam Refugees
An Egyptian company is charging Palestinian refugees thousands of dollars to get out of Gaza.
May 28, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Bob Menendez’s Biggest Campaign Expense Isn’t Even for Campaigning
The embattled New Jersey senator is throwing cash at his legal fees...and pricey steaks.
March 5, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Stupid Bob Menendez Just Can’t Stop Getting Indicted
The Democratic senator from New Jersey is facing a new federal indictment.
February 14, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
We Now Have More Details on Skeezy Bob Menendez’s Bribery Scheme
A new court filing says Senator Bob Menendez tried to blame all those gold bars on someone else—and regularly made calls on a backup “James Bond” phone.
September 22, 2023
Matt Ford
There’ll Be No Escape for Bob Menendez This Time
Even the Supreme Court’s lax bribery standards might not let him off.
February 21, 2023
Eric Alterman
Jimmy Carter Took More Risks for Middle East Peace Than Any Other President—by Far
The historic Camp David Accords were supposed to be just the start. But American Jewish leaders—and Menachem Begin—helped see to it that they were the end.
November 1, 2022
Kate Aronoff
Climate Activists Are at Odds Over Egypt’s Human Rights Abuses
Many groups want to use next week’s COP27 conference in Sharm El Sheikh to highlight the country’s imprisonment of political dissidents. Others, including Greenpeace, are shying away from it.
March 17, 2020
Anthony Bubalo
The Perpetual Weakness of Middle East Despots
Nearly a decade after the Arab Spring, America’s preferred dictators are again flailing as they try to rein in their societies.
May 1, 2018
Jeet Heer
Arab Leaders Have Abandoned Gaza, Too
Middle Eastern autocrats are more interested in isolating Iran and punishing Hamas than defending the Palestinians.
March 15, 2018
Alex Shephard
Facebook Has a Genocide Problem
A U.N. report on Myanmar's campaign against the Rohingya reveals the ways in which oppressive regimes can use social media for ill.
November 3, 2017
Sarah Jones
Why is Trump sending Michele Bachmann to meet Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi?
June 9, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump just contradicted his own secretary of state—again.
June 5, 2017
Jeet Heer
This is what happens when you embolden Saudi Arabia.
May 19, 2017
Daniel Benaim
What We Know About Donald Trump’s Middle East Policy
He faces numerous possible pitfalls in his first official trip to the region—as well as opportunities.
April 7, 2017
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Tony Horwitz
The Spy Who Loved Me
What I learned from my own contacts with Russian intelligence agents.
April 3, 2017
Jasmine Bager
Egypt’s Jon Stewart Is Not Done Laughing
How Bassem Youssef, a heart doctor from Cairo, turned comedy into a serious mission.
March 29, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Some “idiot” hijacked an EgyptAir plane and forced it to land in Cyprus.
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