House Democrats debate whether to focus impeachment inquiry on President Trump pressuring Ukraine’s leader to dig up former Vice President Joe Biden.
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Furor grows after White House releases readout of Trump call
A readout of President Trump’s July 25 call to Ukraine’s president released by the White House on Wednesday offered new fuel for Democrats.
Trump’s Ukraine Gambit, Campaign Finance Crime, Mueller’s green light
Trump’s Ukraine gambit could be another campaign finance crime and Robert Mueller may have given Trump green light to solicit foreign interference again.
Whistleblower Ukraine complaint: has Trump captured the American State?
Against the backdrop of Russian interference in 2016 election, a whistleblower’s complaint over Trump call to Ukraine leader brings State capture to mind.
Resilience and renewal can reverse democratic retrenchment
A period of strategic competition with China and firm push-back against Russia could be blended with economic growth and focused cooperation.
Russia’s grid hackers actually aimed for physical destruction in Ukraine
The shortlived 2016 cyberattack on the Ukrainian power grid hides a darker truth as new clues show hackers actually aimed for lasting destruction.
How to understand Ukraine’s electoral revolution
Drawing from lessons past, Ukrainians overwhelmingly voted last April for Zelenskiy, who was unaffiliated with the ruling elite in a bid to end corruption.
Trump proved Putin’s Puppet at G-7 making absent Russia summit’s victor
The prevailing takeaway from this year’s G7 summit was that it resulted in little progress on many of problems while potraying Trump as Putin’s puppet.
Russia Must Release Crimean Political Prisoners and Civic Activists
Russian government’s systematic practice imprisoning Crimean residents because of their religious beliefs, ethnicity, civic activity must end immediately.
In Ukraine, A Pattern Of Impunity For Violence Against Journalists
Vadym Komarov, a journalist, was attacked with a hammer in broad daylight in the center of the city. Komarov fell into a coma, dying 40 days later.