What Could Be Next for Susan Rice in 'Unmasking' Controversy

April 6, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where Obama aide Susan Rice's role in surveillance of Trump associates changes the dynamics of congressional probes of Russia's interference in the election. Josh Siegel looks at next steps regarding Rice. What's on the agenda for Trump's meeting with China's leader? Fred Lucas has the important stuff. From Ukraine, Nolan Peterson reports on parallels between the conflict there and the Great War that erupted 100 years ago. Plus: Diane Katz on a cronyistic government bank, and Jim Phillips on what Trump should do about the slaughter in Syria.
News What Could Be Next for Susan Rice in 'Unmasking' Controversy Intelligence committees in the House and Senate could look into whether Rice misused and spread information about Trump officials or associates once she learned their identities. Read More
News 4 Issues Trump Will Likely Confront Chinese Leader About "China is coming here to try to figure Trump out. He's not like a president they've ever seen before. He's not a president they can walk all over like Obama was," says a former George W. Bush State Department official. Read More
Feature A Century After the US Entered World War I, Modern-Day Trench Warfare Continues in Ukraine Tanks, artillery, machine guns, snipers, land mines, and trenches—the type of warfare in Ukraine today, and the day-to-day life of the soldiers who fight in it, is not altogether different from what American doughboys encountered on the Western Front a century ago. Read More
Commentary Export-Import Bank's Secret Dealings Demonstrate the Problem With Crony Capitalism The debate about Ex-Im isn't about helping small business. It is about the powerful bond between big business and big government. Read More
Commentary Trump Affirms Human Rights, Ends US Funding for the UN Population Fund During the Reagan and both Bush administrations, the U.S. withheld funding from the Population Fund due to its continued support for and participation in the Chinese government's coercive family planning practices, which include forced abortion and involuntary sterilization. Read More
Commentary Assad Is Using Chemical Weapons. How Trump Can Counter the Barbarism. A sarin gas attack launched by the Assad regime in August 2013 near Damascus killed more than 1,400 people and led President Obama to declare that Assad had violated the "red line" that he had set against the use of chemical weapons. Read More
Commentary 23 Ways Big Government Is Hurting the Poor Expanding government often has very harmful effects on the poor. Read More
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