Despite President Donald Trump’s pledge to adopt an "America First" foreign policy that disentangles the U.S. military from many global hot spots, Washington just can’t get seem to get out of the business of policing the world — even when its military posture might damage its interests.

The “inextricable linkage between our forward deployed forces and our domestic security and law enforcement agencies is absolutely essential to American security and homeland security,” said John Allen, president of Brookings, at a debate event on the changing role of America’s military.

The Brookings Institution and the Charles Koch Institute have announced today the launch of a new foreign policy debate series in conjunction with Politico. The debate series, America’s Role in the World, will be held in cities around the United States with the purposes of fostering a vigorous, civil and constructive national discussion on the future of American foreign policy.

On December 11, University of Nevada, Las Vegas hosted a debate on the changing role of America’s military, convened by the Brookings Institution’s Foreign Policy program and the Charles Koch Institute, in partnership with POLITICO.

A panel of foreign policy experts clashed Monday in Las Vegas over how successful the United States has been at curbing domestic terrorist attacks since 9/11.

Those concerns were again on display Monday, when the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) hosted a debate on the changing role of America’s military, a conversation that included discussions of counterterrorism efforts at home and abroad.

The possibility of a mistrial in the Bunkerville standoff case was amplified this month after defense attorneys received a scathing memo outlining sweeping allegations of misconduct by federal investigators and prosecutors.

The threat of deportation has become a daily reality for many immigrants since the election of President Donald Trump.

Ariel Rodriguez will cross a stage Tuesday at UNLV’s commencement ceremony, marking the end of his undergraduate education. On Wednesday, he’ll board a plane to Mexico City.