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The “Facebook”-logo is pictured on the sidelines of a press preview of the so-called “Facebook Innovation Hub” in Berlin on February 24, 2016. TOBIAS SCHWARZ AFP/Getty Images

Facebook Marks the End of Social Media’s Wild West

by Conor Sen | Sep 27, 2017 | Opinion

The news that Facebook will turn over details of Russian ad buys to Congress recalls a column written by my colleague Eli Lake early year. He wrote that in forcing National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to resign, President Donald Trump “caved in to his...

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Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, flanked by fellow Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi, second from left. and Elizabeth Warren, far left, introduced the party’s new economic message on Monday in Berryville, Va. Credit Justin T. Gellerson for The New York Times

The Real Civil War in the Democratic Party

by Lee Drutman | Jul 29, 2017 | Opinion

As Democrats try to unite around their new “Better Deal” agenda, the supposed battle between the “socialist” left and the “corporatist” center seems to have collapsed into a bland but serviceable slogan, with a reasonably progressive economic agenda that both Senators...

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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin talks to US President Donald Trump during their bilateral meeting at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

Putin Preferred Clinton? Let’s Test Trump’s Theory

by Leonid Bershidsky | Jul 17, 2017 | Opinion

In two recent interviews, President Donald Trump made the argument that Russian President Vladimir Putin would have preferred Hillary Clinton in the White House. Trump’s argument is that he “campaigned on strong military, strong borders, and low oil...

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Former U.S. President Barack Obama on his farewell speech. – Reuters

There’s a New Push to Make Obama President Again. This Time, of France.

by Adam Taylor | Feb 26, 2017 | World

Paris – In just a couple of months, French voters will go to the polls to elect their next president. It’s already turning into a divisive campaign, with the onetime conservative front-runner François Fillon deeply wounded by a corruption scandal and...

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U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin © Reuters

U.S. Intelligence Report Assessed Russian Activities in Recent U.S. Elections

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 8, 2017 | World

Washington – The U.S. Congress officially approved on Friday the presidential elections’ results on November 08 which the Republican billionaire Donald Trump won. As controversial as it may seem, the results coincided with the publication of a report that accuses...