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Russia Scores Pandemic Propaganda Triumph With Medical Delivery to U.S.
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As top American officials bash the Russian government for spreading disinformation on the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. President Donald Trump is accepting a supply of medical eq...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Putin Fires His Puppet Master
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The gray cardinal. Putin’s Rasputin. The Kremlin puppet master. Vladislav Surkov, a close advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has achieved near-mythical status over t...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Lawmakers Are Warned That Russia Is Meddling to Re-elect Trump
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Intelligence officials warned House lawmakers last week that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get President Trump re-elected, five people familiar with th...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Obama admin was ill-prepared for Russian election meddling: Senate intel report
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The Obama administration was caught off guard by Russia's interference in the 2016 election and did not have options at the ready to retaliate over the meddling, resulting in ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Trump has 'emboldened' and 'enabled' authoritarians like Putin as they seek to become presidents for life
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During his time in the White House, President Donald Trump has delivered harsher criticism of the media, the judiciary, congressional lawmakers, and in some cases even members...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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‘Russia’s Political Transition Has Arrived Ahead of Schedule’
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Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly began the country’s political transition Wednesday with a constitutional shake-up and the naming of a new prime minister, paving ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Putin Moves to Heighten Russia’s Role After Suleimani Killing
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Since its pivotal intervention in the Syrian civil war in 2015, Russia has sought to position itself as a major player in the Middle East, establishing itself as a rare broker...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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NATO is finally talking about China, and there are 3 big problems it has to address
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The NATO leaders summit that ended Wednesday featured many of the debates that have come up before in the alliance's 70-year history, but there was also a newer topic on the a...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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As Russia makes 2020 play, Democratic campaigns say they are in the dark, and experts fear U.S. elections are vulnerable
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Several Democratic presidential campaigns targeted by a Russia-based operation on Facebook’s popular Instagram app said they had been unaware of the new foreign disinformation...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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It’s ‘Dictator Day’ at the U.N. — with Trump in the middle
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President Donald Trump kicks off the main session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday alongside a rogue’s gallery of dictators, populist lectern-bangers and woul...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Russians Begin to Consider Life Without Putin
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At the height of summer, the Russian capital was plunged into an unexpected political crisis as thousands of people took to the streets week after week to protest the election...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Why the intelligence community sees potential harm in ‘loyalty’
When President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he wants to replace departing Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats with someone who can “rein in” an intelligenc...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Can Trump’s Pick for Intel Chief Tell the President What He Needs to Hear?
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats was an increasing rarity in the orbit of U.S. President Donald Trump. As the principal intelligence advisor to a president who has ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Democrats Have Found Their Battle Cry
U.S. presidential elections used to be about which candidate would best lead the free world. Now Democrats are advancing an unprecedented argument in modern American politics:...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Biden believes NATO will cease to exist in Trump’s second term. That’s a bit far-fetched.
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President Donald Trump has called NATO "obsolete." He’s bashed European leaders, like German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and warmed up to strongmen such as Russian President Vla...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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An Aging Autocrat's Lesson for His Fellow Dictators
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Looking around Kazakhstan’s glitzy capital, you’d be forgiven for not realizing that the country is on the verge of one of its most meaningful political moments since the coll...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Why Russia is the big winner of the Iran deal fallout
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Iran announced Wednesday that it would stop complying with certain elements of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, better known as the Iran nuclear deal, in 60 days if the...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Why is Russia clashing with the United States over Venezuela?
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There was an unexpected twist Tuesday evening as Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó's attempted uprising against President Nicolás Maduro’s government appeared to be spu...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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As the Russia investigation ends, experts see two years of American political dysfunction as a win for Putin
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The special counsel investigation was often cast as a clash between President Trump and Robert S. Mueller III. But there was always a third player, for whom victory seemed ass...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Gina Haspel Relies on Spy Skills to Connect With Trump. He Doesn’t Always Listen.
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Gina Haspel was trying to brief President Trump early in her tenure as the C.I.A. director, but he appeared distracted. Houseflies buzzing around the Oval Office were drawing ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
