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Why Trump’s call to pull 5,000 US troops from Germany will hurt America

Why Trump’s call to pull 5,000 US troops from Germany will hurt America

President Donald Trump announced on May 1, 2026, that the United States will withdraw 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany – personnel who had been deployed there as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Germany-U.S. tensions started after the U.S. invasion of Iran. German Chancellor
Michael A. Allen, Boise State University, Carla Martinez Machain, University at Buffalo, Michael E. Flynn, Kansas State University
How the concept of ‘medical freedom’ is reshaping the military’s decades-long stance on the flu vaccine mandate − and endangering troops’ readiness

How the concept of ‘medical freedom’ is reshaping the military’s decades-long stance on the flu vaccine mandate − and endangering troops’ readiness

For the first time in almost 80 years, U.S. service members will no longer be mandated to receive the annual influenza vaccine. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the change on April 22, 2026. Citing medical autonomy and religious freedom, he described the requirement as “overly broad and not rational,
Katrine L. Wallace, University of Illinois Chicago
Justice Department’s effort to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans could face widespread judicial pushback

Justice Department’s effort to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans could face widespread judicial pushback

The Justice Department has identified 384 foreign-born Americans whose citizenship it wants to revoke as “the first wave” of such measures, according to recent reporting by The New York Times. These cases are being assigned to prosecutors in 39 U.S. attorney’s offices across the country. The administration
Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University, Irina D. Manta, Hofstra University