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Donald Trump’s highly abnormal presidency: a running guide for March
Click here to sign up for a weekly newsletter about President Donald Trump to be delivered to your inbox every Friday. Donald Trump made it clear at the beginning of his campaign that he wasn’t going to follow the normal rules or tone of politics. And almost daily since winning the election in November, the businessman and former reality-TV...
Canada’s foreign minister warns of Russian destabilization efforts — and she might be a target
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland warned of Russian meddling in Canadian politics on Monday, as information coming from within the Russian embassy targets her family history. The minister made the comments in Ottawa, at a press conference announcing an extension of a Canadian training mission in Ukraine that is meant to help Kyiv combat...
Here are the Trump associates who have been linked to Russia
It’s the controversy the White House cannot shake. Since pulling off a surprise election win in November’s election, Donald Trump’s young presidency has been dogged by persistent links between his campaign surrogates and staff to Russia. But what’s more unusual have been the attempts by Trump’s campaign and...
This Russian diplomat has become poison for the Trump administration
A conversation with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, might as well be a death kiss for high-ranking officials in President Donald Trump’s embattled administration. On Wednesday, the Washington Post reported that Attorney General Jeff Sessions twice met with Kislyak before the election, when Sessions was still...
Jeff Sessions recuses himself from investigations into Trump’s ties to Russia
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from federal investigations into the relationship between the Russian government and the Trump Administration Thursday, after a Washington Post article revealed the former senator had at least two meetings with the Russian ambassador he did not disclose to Congress. Sessions said that he had met...
Sweden reintroduces compulsory military service as tensions with Russia increase
Sweden has reintroduced mandatory conscription as a result of growing worries over Russia’s increased military manoeuvres in the Baltic states, with a recent study suggesting the current Nato force would no longer adequately protect the region. According to the Swedish defense ministry, 13,000 teenagers born in 1999 and 2000 will be called...
Trump and Putin are both very insecure about the size of their nuclear arsenals
Donald Trump says the United States has fallen behind and must return to the “top of the pack” in nuclear weapons capability. The president on Thursday called a recent report of a missile deployment and arms control violation by Russia a “big deal” that he would raise with Russian President Vladimir Putin if the two meet. Moscow has a decidedly...
Civilians flee East Ukraine town of Avdiivka as fighting with Russian-backed separatists escalates
This segment originally aired Feb. 14, 2017, on VICE News Tonight on HBO. Toward the end of January, fighting in east Ukraine saw some of the highest combat deaths on the frontline, with more than 40 people dying in a two-week span. VICE News correspondent Jake Hanrahan went to the war torn industrial town of Avdiivka where the shelling has...
Russian-backed rebels are back on the offensive in Ukraine
A new cease-fire agreement was implemented in Ukraine Monday, aiming to stem the escalating clashes between Ukrainian fighters and Russian-backed separatists on the ground. Despite hopes that this planned effort would calm recent tensions, there were a reported 200 cease-fire violations on Tuesday night alone. A previous cease-fire in the...
Trump appoints General McMaster as national security adviser
President Trump has appointed Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster to be his next national security adviser, after Michael Flynn was forced to resign just three weeks into the job. His second choice, Robert Harward, refused the position for numerous reasons, including the chaotic nature of the White House administration. For his third and final pick, Trump...
