There is no evidence Zacharia has ever been licensed to practice law — and the White House did not provide any

The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.

And authoritarians will put everyone they can inside it.

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Austin Tice’s abduction was approved by Syria’s former leader Bashar al-Assad, a source claims.

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