Today, President Donald Trump announced that he is changing the name of the Department of Defense to the Department of War. It is ominously symbolic of the disturbing escalation in U.S. militarism and war-making under the second Trump administration — both at home and abroad. The administration’s military strike that killed 11 alleged Venezuelan gang members on Tuesday was an illegal, reckless, and outrageous misuse of military power. Elsewhere“How Trump’s Military Overreach Threatens Us All”In Inkstick Media, FCNL’s Vanessa Schoning and former FCNL Program Assistant Devra Baxter broke down the threat that militarism poses here at home. In another positive ruling this week, a federal appeals court blocked Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to detain and deport immigrants fromVenezuela.