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    Joint Ukrainian-Moldovan Border Checkpoint Opened In Breakaway Transdniester Region
    Jul17

    Joint Ukrainian-Moldovan Border Checkpoint Opened In Breakaway Transdniester Region

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Moldovan Prime Minister Pavel Filip have opened a joint border checkpoint whose Moldovan side is in the breakaway region of Transdniester. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Trump Goes All In on the ‘Collusion Is Normal’ Defense
    Jul17

    Trump Goes All In on the ‘Collusion Is Normal’ Defense

    After months of adamantly denying that investigators would find even a shred of evidence pointing to collusion between his campaign and Russia, President Donald Trump is aggressively embracing the view that his son’s cooperation with apparent Russian agents was entirely normal. On Monday, he acknowledged that his son, Donald Trump Jr., met...

    Bad Oppo, Secret Service Fail: Defenses Of Don Jr. Meeting Don’t Square
    Jul17

    Bad Oppo, Secret Service Fail: Defenses Of Don Jr. Meeting Don’t Square

    A White House not exactly known for its message discipline is fumbling its response to Donald Trump, Jr.’s meeting with a Kremlin-linked lawyer during the 2016 campaign, with new explanations that arise on a near-daily basis become increasingly harder to square with each other. While maintaining its original defense, that the President...

    Returning Seized Compounds to Russia Would Be a Mistake
    Jul17

    Returning Seized Compounds to Russia Would Be a Mistake

    In May, media reports indicated the Trump administration was considering returning two compounds—one in Maryland and one in New York—to Russia. Those compounds were seized by the Obama administration last December in response to Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. Last week, in an interview with CNN, a senior White House official...

    With New D.C. Policy Group, Dems Continue to Rehabilitate and Unify With Bush-Era Neocons
    Jul17

    With New D.C. Policy Group, Dems Continue to Rehabilitate and Unify With Bush-Era Neocons

    One of the most under-discussed yet consequential changes in the American political landscape is the reunion between the Democratic Party and the country’s most extreme and discredited neocons. While the rise of Donald Trump, whom neocons loathe, has accelerated this realignment, it began long before the ascension of Trump and is driven by...

    3 Years on, Families Honor Loved Ones Lost on Downed MH17
    Jul17

    3 Years on, Families Honor Loved Ones Lost on Downed MH17

    Relatives and friends of people killed three years ago when a surface-to-air missile blew a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet out of the sky over Ukraine gathered Monday to mark the anniversary at a new memorial near the Amsterdam airport from which the plane departed. The commemoration, in presence of the Dutch king, comes as international...

    The Validator-in-Chief
    Jul17

    The Validator-in-Chief

    Whether or not the FBI discovers serious and intentional (rather than just aspirational) collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin, President Trump’s relentless dissembling and attacks on America’s free press—along with his attacks on the courts, independent pollsters, U.S. intelligence agencies, the Congressional Budget...

    The Latest: Dutch father pleads for justice for MH17 victims
    Jul17

    The Latest: Dutch father pleads for justice for MH17 victims

    The Latest on third anniversary of downing of jetliner over Ukraine (all times local): 2:45 p.m. A Dutch father is pleading for those who shot down a Malaysia Airlines jet … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...

    The Latest: Dutch father pleads for justice for MH17 victims
    Jul17

    The Latest: Dutch father pleads for justice for MH17 victims

    The Latest on third anniversary of downing of jetliner over Ukraine (all times local): 2:45 p.m. A Dutch father is pleading for those who shot down a Malaysia Airlines jet … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...

    EU Agrees to Allow in More Ukraine Exports for 3 Years
    Jul17

    EU Agrees to Allow in More Ukraine Exports for 3 Years

    EU foreign ministers approved on Monday measures to allow Ukraine to export more industrial and agricultural products free of tariffs to the bloc in recognition of reforms undertaken by Kyiv and the country’s fragile economy. By the end of September, Ukraine will be able to export greater tonnage of farm products, including grains, honey...