Pete Hegseth has already displayed a predictable lack of competence in his role as defense secretary, but it’s not just a sloppy use of Signal chats that has forced the White House to do damage control on his behalf. According to a Tuesday report from Reuters, early in his tenure …
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For all of the Trump administration’s insistence that diplomacy is the key to ending Russia’s war of conquest in Ukraine, the future of that country and the shape of an eventual settlement is being decided on the ground militarily. While independent analysts say the overall strategic picture remains favorable to …
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“Vladimir, STOP!” These were the feeble words of a cowardly blowhard, whose failure to bring the Russo-Ukrainian War into line with his imagined reality has begun to leave an impression on the one thing that matters most to President Donald Trump: his own ego. Trump has never understood the war …
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Donald Trump doubled down on his pro-Russia strategy on Monday, deflecting blame away from Moscow for deadly ballistic missile attacks in Ukraine, while taking no action to ratchet up pressure on the Kremlin to implement the cease-fire the president repeatedly promised on the 2024 campaign trail. Trump has made normalizing …
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For anyone who loves free-form avant-jazz, Hyphen Dash’s new album, Basement 626, will strike the proverbial experimental chord. Over its 17 tracks, drummer Myshko Birchenko and guitarist/loops player Yevhen Puhachov stretch out into trippy, airy new-age jazz and misty-mountain soundscapes, conjuring the improvised, on-the-fly fusion instrumental records they grew up …
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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held an extended phone call today to discuss the war in Ukraine, which the U.S. president has touted as a major step toward kicking off peace talks in the devastating conflict. However, statements from both the Kremlin and the White House indicate …
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As an American teenager who grew into a semblance of political consciousness during the height of George W. Bush’s War on Terror, it was easy to notice how the post-9/11 period corroded our political culture and our grasp of decency in ways from which we have never truly recovered. One …
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It has been one week since a calamitous Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine ignited one of the most tumultuous periods in U.S.-Ukrainian relations since the 2022 Russian invasion. Overnight, Russia conducted one of its largest ever missile and drone strikes against Ukraine …
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There is a new staffer from the so-called Department of Government Efficiency seeking access to sensitive data at the IRS — and his family has ties to a sanctioned Russian oligarch. The Washington Post recently reported that two DOGE representatives, Gavin Kliger and Sam Corcos, have been at the IRS …
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The United States has stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine, less than two days after announcing Washington was suspending military aid to its former ally. “We have taken a step back and are pausing and reviewing all aspects of this relationship,” said National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, speaking to reporters outside …
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