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An F/A-18E Super Hornet lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the South China Sea on June 5, 2025. (US Navy)
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President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on September 7, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. (Getty Images)
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US Chief of Protocol Monica Crowley greets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the White House before a meeting with President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky on August 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)
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An employee works on the production line at a biolab on January 4, 2023, in Hengyang, China. (Peng Bin via Getty Images)
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Graduates listen to a student speaker during the 257th Commencement Ceremony at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on May 25, 2025. (Joseph Prezioso via Getty Images)
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Sunrise behind the US Capitol illuminates Pennsylvania Avenue on October 26, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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William P. Barr
Distinguished Fellow
John Fonte
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for American Common Culture
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
