Squeezed domestic spending and extravagant military spending have widened inequality, with dire consequences for democracy.

In the military, retirement dates don’t always reflect reality. Sidearms are frequently replaced on paper years before they vanish from service, and many never truly go away at all. Troops continued ...

Last week, an individual linked to ISIS ambushed and killed two American servicemen and an interpreter, as well as a Syrian security officer in Homs, in Syria’s Palmyra province. Three service members ...