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    Ukrainian Police Investigating Attack On Reporter As Attempted Murder
    May06

    Ukrainian Police Investigating Attack On Reporter As Attempted Murder

    Ukrainian authorities said a reporter has been hospitalized in a coma after a brutal attack, and the assault is now being investigated as attempted murder. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Russia’s Putin Just Attacked Ukraine’s Sovereignty Yet Again
    May06

    Russia’s Putin Just Attacked Ukraine’s Sovereignty Yet Again

    Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images) …read more Source: CNS...

    Trump Campaign Senior Adviser Posts Fake Bombing Video To Slam Omar
    May06

    Trump Campaign Senior Adviser Posts Fake Bombing Video To Slam Omar

    A senior adviser to President Trump’s 2020 campaign posted a video of a 2015 Ukrainian missile firing, misidentifying it as rockets being fired into Israel from Gaza, in an attempt to attack Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who has been critical of U.S. support of Israel. In the tweet, Pierson claims that “650 rockets” were fired into Israel, four...

    Waiting for Peak Trump
    May06

    Waiting for Peak Trump

    There’s a certain rhythm to Donald Trump’s presidency over the past two years. First he does something even more egregious than usual, like defend violent white nationalists or side with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Then he hunkers down for the barrage of public criticism. The wave crests, and things return to normal, or at least...

    Chernobyl Is a Gruesome, Riveting Fable
    May06

    Chernobyl Is a Gruesome, Riveting Fable

    There’s a scene early in Chernobyl where a man pries open a metal door and accidentally looks right into the exposed core of a nuclear reactor—a blinding, lethal, white snowstorm of poison and chaos that scorches him where he stands. This is, you might reason, not a bad metaphor for life online in 2019: the surprises, the gravitational yank...

    HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ Exposes the Horrifying Scope of Soviet Deception
    May06

    HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ Exposes the Horrifying Scope of Soviet Deception

    HBOThe at The Daily Beast. …read more Source: The Daily...

    China, Climate, Russia to Dominate Pompeo Europe Tour
    May06

    China, Climate, Russia to Dominate Pompeo Europe Tour

    The Trump administration is energizing its campaign to counter China’s growing global influence as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads to Europe this week on a four-nation trip that will also highlight disputes with Russia over Venezuela and elsewhere as well as deep U.S. isolation on the cause and impact of climate change. With China...

    The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The U.S. Didn’t Get What It Wanted in Venezuela
    May05

    The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The U.S. Didn’t Get What It Wanted in Venezuela

    We’re trying something new: a once-a-week national-security-focused edition of The Atlantic’s signature politics newsletter. We’ll tell you what to keep an eye on this week, what our reporters are covering, and why the latest natsec developments are significant. Comments or questions? Send us an email anytime. The Top...

    Report: Ukraine confirms Democrat contractor sought ‘evidence’ on Trump
    May05

    Report: Ukraine confirms Democrat contractor sought ‘evidence’ on Trump

    by WorldTribune Staff, May 5, 2019 An operative for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) sought out the president of Ukraine for help finding dirt on the Trump campaign in 2016, according to a report citing the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington. Amb. Valeriy Chaly’s office said DNC contractor Alexandra Chalupa “sought information from the...

    Russia Says President Trump Initiated Long Phone Call With Putin
    May05

    Russia Says President Trump Initiated Long Phone Call With Putin

    President Donald Trump initiated a lengthy call with his Russian counterpart on Friday, in which Vladimir Putin urged sanctions relief for North Korea and warned against interference in Venezuela, the Russian embassy in Washington said. The leaders’ call lasted for 1.5 hours, according to a post on the embassy’s Facebook page, and the...