The FBI’s first Antifa-related terrorism indictments test the limits of Trump’s unprecedented domestic terror designation, revealing a deep clash between security imperatives, constitutional law, and the politicization of counterterrorism.

As open-source intelligence becomes indispensable to modern espionage, warfare, and accountability, Washington’s internal struggle over its institutionalization will determine whether the U.S. intelligence community leads or lags in the information age.

Hezbollah’s state-backed entrenchment in Venezuela and the breakdown of U.S.-Colombia relations have turned Latin America into a volatile new front in Washington’s counterterrorism, counter-narcotics, and great-power competition strategy.