President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use guided long-range American missiles to attack Russia, two senior U.S. officials told The Washington Post on Sunday. Officials said that the decision, a reversal of current U.S. policy, was made after thousands of North Korean troops were deployed to Kursk in southern …
Read More »Trump's Peace Plan for Ukraine Looks Like Putin's Victory
Russian President Vladimir Putin sees an opportunity to consolidate territorial gains in Ukraine and freeze the war in Moscow’s favor, with President-elect Donald Trump having vowed to end the war “in 24 hours” once he was elected — even if it means forcing the beleaguered democracy to cede land that …
Read More »Ukraine May Cost Trump the Election
Immigration and economics loom large on the campaign trail and in the minds of voters, but America’s foreign entanglements could well decide the election. The Democratic Party is desperately trying to keep debate about the conduct of Israel’s wars in Gaza and Lebanon contained to an intramural row over policy, …
Read More »In Ukraine, Trump's Would-Be 'Assassin' Talked Much and Did Little
There is no evidence that the man accused of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Sunday fought in Ukraine, although he did travel there and tried to connect with a variety of officials and aid workers, sources tell Rolling Stone. During his time in Ukraine, the suspect routinely …
Read More »It's One of the Most Eclectic Albums You'll Ever Hear. It Was Made in Ukraine Decades Ago
It started, as musical happenings sometimes do, with SoundCloud. About five years ago, Matt Sullivan, head of the indie label Light in the Attic, was turned on to a playlist that featured, as he recalls, “funky Seventies stuff, ambient modern classical, and disco.”A few songs reminded him of Cocteau Twins …
Read More »How Ukraine Put Putin on the Defensive
KHARKIV —According to President Vladimir Putin, Russia is not at war. So it may have been a surprise to many Russians living near the Ukrainian border when they were invaded by foreign soldiers. “Dear Vladimir Vladimirovitch [Putin], we the residents of the Russian Federation, Kursk Oblast, Sudzhansky District, we are …
Read More »Could a Conflict-Borne Superbug Bring on Our Next Pandemic?
W hen Sergiy Antonenko came to, he was on fire. As he regained consciousness, the Ukrainian sniper realized the blaze set off by the makeshift explosive was all around him. It took nearly every remaining ounce of energy he had to roll into the river abutting the nameless village at …
Read More »Wargame Simulation Predicts NATO Collapse if Trump Is Elected Again
If he becomes president again, a recently run wargame determined NATO could collapse under another Trump administration. Donald Trump loves to complain about NATO and what he perceives as member nations not contributing enough financially to shared defense. He has threatened to put the U.S. on a “standby” position in …
Read More »Foreign Aid Package for Ukraine, Israel… and TikTok Ban Passes House, Frustrating MAGA Republicans
After months of delays, the House of Representatives passed a foreign aid package that would send funding to Ukraine and Israel — and encompassed a ban on TikTok — in a Saturday vote, despite the vocal opposition from some far-right members of Congress to the former. All 210 Democrats present …
Read More »GOP Rep. Turner: Republicans Have 'Uttered' Russian Propaganda 'on the House Floor'
Republican Rep. Mike Turner accused some of his colleagues of having “uttered” Russian propaganda “on the House floor” amid Vladimir Putin‘s invasion of Ukraine. “We see directly coming from Russia attempts to mask communications that are anti-Ukraine and pro-Russia messages, some of which we even hear being uttered on the …
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