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Fmr. Estonian President: Democracy a ‘curse word’ among some in the U.S.

Following the disastrous Oval Office meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy, some in Europe are thinking of creating a NATO alternative.…

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‘We don’t feel we have control’: How social media algorithms have warped our attention spans

“The Siren’s Call,” the new book by Chris Hayes, explores how the world’s biggest companies are buying and selling our…

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Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘Internment’ by Samira Ahmed

Set “15 minutes into the future,” ‘Internment’ by Samira Ahmed follows 17-year-old Layla Amin and her family after they are…

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‘Paying no attention to consequences’: Agencies scramble to rehire experts fired by DOGE

Elon Musk compared DOGE’s purges of government agencies to the Clinton Administration’s “Reinventing Government” initiative, but senior adviser to Vice…

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‘Repeating the same mistakes over and over’: How U.S. policy led to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman (Ret.) argues in a new book that the United States’ “crisis management” approach to dealing with…

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‘I’m still hoping for a peaceful sky’: catching up with a Ukrainian teen after 3 years of war

Three years ago, Ali Velshi traveled to Eastern Europe to cover the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While talking…

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Velshi Banned Book Club: Ukrainian literature and the ‘weight of history’

Despite losing Ukrainian authors, journalists, artists, and more than a third of the nation’s book printing capacity, demand for Ukrainian…

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‘Absolute power consolidated in one person’: a slippery slope to the end of checks and balances

President Donald Trump’s ongoing conflict with New York is the latest chapter in his broader assault on the system of…

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‘We want peace more than anybody else’: Ukrainian MP says security guarantees needed from Russia

Member of Ukrainian Parliament Oleksiy Goncharenko says U.S. support for Ukraine is crucial to supporting a lasting peace, and that…