Ukrainian President Asks Trump to “Please, Please Stop Saying That Ukraine Is a Corrupt Country”
President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks after a press conference in Kyiv in February 2020.STR/NurPhoto/Getty President Donald Trump famously had a request for the president of Ukraine when the two leaders spoke over the phone on July 25. That request to launch politicized investigations into Joe Biden and his son turned into a months-long congressional investigation, making…
A New Report on Russia’s Election Interference Leaves a Lot Out
President Donald Trump (R) greets Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after delivering his State of the Union address on February 04, 2020.Mario Tama/Getty Images The Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday released the third volume in its review of Russian interference in the 2016 election. It’s a weird document. The report, which focuses on how the US…
Trump Says John Bolton Is Lying. Put Them Both on the Stand.
Donald Trump and John Bolton on August 20, 2019.Alex Wong/Getty The New York Times reported Friday that former national security adviser John Bolton in an unpublished book manuscript says President Donald Trump personally asked him to help pressure Ukraine to launch investigations that would help Trump politically. According to the paper, Bolton wrote that Trump…
Report: John Bolton’s Book Draft Says Trump Conditioned Ukraine Aid on Biden Investigations
John Bolton, then Trump’s national security advisor, speaks at an August press conference in Ukraine.Serg Glovny/ZUMA President Donald Trump told his former national security adviser John Bolton that he would maintain a freeze on military aid to Ukraine until the country took steps to open investigations into the Bidens, according to an unpublished manuscript by the…
According to the Doomsday Clock, We’re Down to 100 Seconds Before Midnight. Plan Accordingly.
The Doomsday Clock reads 100 seconds to midnight, a decision made by The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.Eva Hambach/Getty Thursday morning, scientists responsible for maintaining the Doomsday Clock—a metaphor for how close mankind stands to its own destruction—announced that it advanced 20 seconds from last year, to within 2 minutes of midnight, the bookend marking human…
Trump Says the US Is Ready for War. Not All His Troops Are So Sure.
President Donald Trump joins West Point cadets during the the Army v. Navy American Football game.Afp/Lapresse/ZUMA This story was published originally by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. Between the killing…