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The National Interest

American international affairs magazine

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Nov 14, 2025
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Did Biden hire an additional 89,000 agents?

Public reporting shows claims that "Biden hired an additional 89,000 agents" stem from a 2021 Treasury estimate that roughly 86,852 additional IRS staff could be hired over ten years if roughly $78–$8...

Nov 26, 2025
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How many tanks do Ukraine and Russia currently possess, and how have their inventories changed since 2022?

Public reporting and OSINT show large but uncertain changes in Russian and Ukrainian tank inventories since February 2022: multiple sources report Russia suffering thousands of tank losses (Reuters: “...

Dec 17, 2025
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Can any Iowa-class battleships be recommissioned for active duty?

Technically, yes: at least two Iowa‑class hulls are still listed in reserve and could be reactivated, because the class has been recommissioned before and museum ships are maintained in relatively goo...

Nov 28, 2025

How many tanks has Ukraine received from Western allies since 2022 and how many remain combat-capable?

Western allies have pledged or provided “more than 800 tanks” to Ukraine since 2022, with reporting that “well over 100” of those Western-supplied tanks have been lost in combat (Army‑Technology) . Pu...

Jan 28, 2026

Did Petti quit his job and join a far left group

There is no evidence in the provided reporting that quit his job and joined a far‑left group; available profiles list him as an independent journalist and a nonresident fellow at the through February ...

Nov 21, 2025

How does the Gripen's cost per flight hour compare to the Eurofighter Typhoon?

Available reporting consistently says the Saab Gripen has a substantially lower cost per flight hour than the Eurofighter Typhoon, but the exact numbers vary widely between sources and depend on what ...

Feb 4, 2026

What are the reported or estimated RCS values for the F-35 and F-22 across different radar bands?

Published and community estimates place both the in the “very low” category but disagree on exact magnitudes and how they change by radar band: multiple unclassified sources report frontal X‑band equi...

Jan 6, 2026

How much money in damage happened from the George Floyd riots?

The scale of financial harm from the unrest following George Floyd’s murder is contested because analysts measure different things: local government estimates put Minneapolis–Saint Paul property damag...