Ben Norton

Ben Norton is a politics reporter and staff writer at AlterNet. You can find him on Twitter at @BenjaminNorton.

Osama bin Laden
How Trump blamed bin Laden’s crimes on Iran to stir war Ben Norton
CIA
How Trump's CIA escalates tensions with Iran Ben Norton
Yemen Airstrike
Gerald Feierstein, a Gulf-funded expert pushing catastrophic war on Yemen, appears to have lied to Congress Ben Norton
Terrorism Charges
CNN hired top al-Qaeda propagandist for award-winning Syria documentary and wants to cover its tracks Ben Norton
Syria Divided Damascus
Yet another video shows U.S.-funded white helmets assisting public-held executions in rebel-held Syria Ben Norton
Immigrants Deportation Training
Privatized for-profit immigrant detention centers are a "living nightmare," investigation shows Ben Norton
Pro-Palestinian Protest
Is it true that not a single senator — including progressive dems — cares about Palestinian plight? Ben Norton
SYRIA-KURDS-CONFLICT
Trump's missile attack on Syria air base helped ISIS and endangered civilians — but hawks call for more Ben Norton
Donald Trump,Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Is Trump rescuing Al-Qaeda's "heartland" in Syria? The president's missile attack gives us a clue Ben Norton
"Tear up Texas": How the FBI played a central role in the first ISIS attack on U.S. soil Ben Norton
James Harris Jackson
White supremacist who traveled to New York to murder black men followed extremist racist online groups who support Trump Ben Norton
Steve Bannon
Some of Steve Bannon's biggest intellectual influences are fascists and white supremacists Ben Norton
Mideast Syria Al-Qaeda
A new "moderate" coalition: U.S.-armed Syrian rebels join Al-Qaeda's "Bin Laden Front" Ben Norton
Mideast Saudi King Salman
Trump and the Saudi king discuss major pact to confront Iran Ben Norton
Alexandre Bissonnette appears in court
Quebec mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette's classmates say he was a white nationalist who loved President Trump Ben Norton