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Ho Chi Minh City in Southern Vietnam (pictured here on April 13 2026) is the country’s most densely populated city, which stood at 9.5 million inhabitants in 2024. Sakcared/Shutterstock (no reuse)

Vietnam’s population hit the 100 million milestone. Where’s it headed?

Rising population growth should slow in the coming decades and see a decline in the second half of the century.
Congress has not used its constitutionally granted power to influence the war in Iran. Bloomberg Creative via Getty Images

Trump sidelined Congress’ authority over war on Iran – and lawmakers allowed it, extending a 75‑year trend

Congress has refused to exercise oversight of the Iran war, with Republicans nixing Democrats’ attempts to exercise legislators’ power over military engagements. That’s nothing new.
Staff members watch as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on March 2, 2026. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein

Information is a battlefield: 4 questions you can ask to judge the reliability of news reports and social posts about the US‑Iran war

In the face of little information, or misinformation, about the war in Iran, media literacy can prove a valuable tool to assess what’s happening on the ground.
Military personnel on the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima on Dec. 16, 2025, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, during a U.S. military campaign in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images

Deception and lies from the White House to justify a war in Venezuela? We’ve seen this movie before in run‑ups to wars in Vietnam and Iraq

Two US wars based on lies, in which tens of thousands of American troops and millions of civilians died, offer a cautionary tale about the rush to war.

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