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Election 2016

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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is shown wearing a suit walking past people with cameras.
Conflict & Justice
Judge rules Paul Manafort breached plea deal
Political operative Roger Stone is shown in a profile portrait in high contrast.
Global Politics
President Trump ally Roger Stone has been arrested on charges of false statements, witness tampering, obstruction
President Donald Trump answers questions during an exclusive interview with Reuters journalists in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington,  DC on December 11, 2018. Asked about his past business connections with Russia, Trump said, "The stuff yo
Trump’s business history with Russia is a long and colorful one
Michael Cohen outside of court, looking stressed out
Commentary
How Donald Trump can survive Michael Cohen’s decision to turn on him
President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Charleston, West Virginia, August 21, 2018.
Jolted by ex-allies’ criminal cases, Trump faces election and legal risks
A woman hold a placard as she waits President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, to leave the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Court House in New York City, August 21, 2018.
Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen pleads guilty to campaign finance violations and Manafort found guilty on eight charges of tax and bank fraud
a sign for Cambridge Analytica
US Diplomacy
Cambridge Analytica parent hired by State Department to target terrorist propaganda
steve bantou in front of a large American flag
US Diplomacy
Steve Bannon’s ‘The Movement’ is an umbrella group of anti-establishment, populist parties in Europe
In this illustration, Rick Gates is shown testifying wearing a suit while sitting on the stand.
Manafort’s right-hand man testifies against him in tax fraud case
Attorney Tom Zehnle gestures with his left arm to his client, former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, in a court room sketch.
Ukraine in focus as Manafort trial heads to second day
putin rt
Putin’s media strategy? ‘A free jazz orchestra.’
RT van
Russia’s RT is contesting the very meaning of ‘truth’
Scott Pruitt at Congress
Environment
Ethical and legal questions surround Scott Pruitt’s time at the EPA
A fraphic panel
Conflict
They spewed hate. Then they punctuated it with the president’s name.
A police officer and security official stand outside 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
Justice
FBI raids offices, home of Trump’s personal lawyer
Silhouettes of people looking at their mobile phones in front of Facebook's logo.
Global Politics
Facebook says data leak hits 87 million users, widening privacy scandal
Arts, Culture & Media
Five Things You Had to See Online This Week
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg standing on a stage wearing a grey t-shirt, in San Jose, Calif., 2017.
Culture
Zuckerberg apologizes for Facebook mistakes with user data, vows curbs
People walk past in a blur the building housing the offices of Cambridge Analytica in central London.
Global Politics
Academic behind Facebook breach says political influence was exaggerated
Volunteers for BlackPAC work to mobilize voters ahead of the November 2017 election in Virginia.
Election 2016
A liberal super PAC is raising millions to mobilize black voters. Does it matter that its bankrollers are white?
All tweets are part of the presidential record.
Election 2016
Donald Trump’s tweets are now presidential records
Voters in Ohio cast their votes during the 2016 US presidential election.
Conflict
US grand jury indicts 13 Russian nationals in election meddling probe
Hundreds of indigenous men and women marched in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday in honor of missing and murdered indigenous women.
Global Politics
Indigenous rights activists come out for the Women’s March in Phoenix
U.S. President George W. Bush departs the Oval Office of the White House for a day trip to South Carolina November 2, 2007.
Global Politics
Russia has a record of disinformation campaigns. So, why wasn’t the US prepared during the 2016 election?
President Donald Trump looks to his right while walking up the stairs to Air Force One with two Air Force officials soluting in the foreground.
Justice
Trump denies asking FBI to drop Flynn probe as obstruction questions loom
Former Trump 2016 campaign chairman Paul Manafort leaves U.S. Federal Court, after being arraigned on twelve federal charges
Conflict
Paul Manafort’s indictment made headlines in Ukraine too
Greg Gianforte
Economics
How slamming campaign finance laws helped Greg Gianforte become a congressman
US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam, Nov. 11, 2017.
Global Politics
Trump: Putin told me ‘he didn’t meddle’ in US election
The Twitter logo is seen on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange
Election 2016
Twitter ignored warnings about Russian accounts in 2015
confetti
Arts
Searching for Hillary Clinton’s unused confetti
george papadopoulos
Justice
Who is George Papadopoulos?
us capitol
Election 2016
Watch live: Social media giants to testify in Senate Russia hearing on disinformation
A man poses with a magnifier in front of a Facebook logo in Sarajevo.
Global Politics
Facebook, Google and Twitter find more Russia-linked election meddling
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, one focus of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election, leaves his home in Alexandria, Virginia, Oct 30, 2017.
Global Politics
Paul Manafort and two other former Trump aides are charged in Russia investigation
Special Counsel Robert Mueller
Global Politics
Washington gears up for next phase in Russia investigations
Protesters light flares and carry Polish flags during a rally, organised by far-right, nationalist groups, to mark the anniversary of Polish independence in Warsaw.
Conflict
There are parallels between Polish and American white nationalist movements
US F-22 stealth fighter jets fly over Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Feb. 17, 2016.
Conflict
The US has a massive military presence in the Asia-Pacific. Here’s what you need to know about it.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is shown walking down a hallway surrounded by staff and police.
Global Politics
Mueller has impaneled a grand jury for the Russia investigation
People carry portraits of late Soviet dictator Josef Stalin as they attend a gathering marking the 130th anniversary of his birthday
Global Politics
‘Cosmopolitan’ is a dog whistle word once used in Nazi Germany and Communist Russia
Donald Trump Jr. stands profile in the background watch his father exit the stage left.
Global Politics
Trump dictated his son’s statement on the Russia talks
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner in the East Room at the White House, June 22, 2017.
Global Politics
Jared Kushner says he met with Russians four times but denies collusion
jeff sessions
Global Politics
US Attorney General discussed Trump campaign with Russia
Donald Trump Jr. at the 2016 Republican National Convention. July 19, 2016.
Global Politics
Donald Trump Jr. was told in an email of Russia’s efforts to help the campaign
Donald Trump, then the Republican nominee, attends a campaign rally in Detroit. November 6, 2016.
Global Politics
Trump’s merchandising man in Iowa wants you to give the president a chance
Nixon campaigning in 1968
Justice
How impeachment works
NottheWHCD
Arts
President Trump, will you be watching Samantha Bee’s alt-White House correspondents’ dinner?
Chinese boy bundled up. Critics say that the UNFPA has supported coercive abortions of women who tried to have more than one child
Culture
Trump officials say the UN supports coercive abortion in China. But does it?
Voting stickers
Election 2016
The mathematician who’s using geometry to fight gerrymandering
Ryan ACHA
Election 2016
No vote on Republican plan to replace Obamacare, after all
Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch stands with Vice President Mike Pence on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Feb. 1, 2017.
Global Politics
Watch live: Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch
Donald Trump gives his speech to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 28.
Global Politics
Yes, Trump did sound ‘presidential.’ Here’s the science that shows why.
ICE officers detain a suspect as they conduct a targeted enforcement operation in Los Angeles.
Economics
How communities react to immigration restrictions? ‘People are buying tickets back home.’
Dr. Chalak Berzingi poses with his wife, Dr. Mayada Issa, and his daughter, Seher Berzingi.
Global Politics
This Iraqi doctor made his home in Trump country
Trump and Gorsuch
Justice
How might a Justice Gorsuch rule on environmental cases before the Supreme Court?
Stephen Bannon, chief strategist to President Donald Trump, was a founding member and executive chairman of Breitbart News, which Bannon called a "platform for the alt-right." He's shown here walking from Trump's plane.
Media
Journalist says she was the target of an ‘alt-right’ lynch mob
Comedian Hari Kondabolu grabs audiences with sketches on race, identity and politics.
Arts
How to crack a joke in Trump’s America
Trump
Finance
Meet the true source of those viral Donald Trump TV ads
Muslim immigration ban
Global Politics
Why this think tank director supports Trump’s immigration ban
Trump
Conflict
Even Trump’s most loyal fans say he can be abrasive and rude. Is it part of his success?
Americans started drawing parallels between Orwell's realities and the Trump Administration as early as his first day in office, when Press Secretary Sean Spicer berated and lied to the media in his first briefing.
Media
In our Orwellian reality, reach for ‘Animal Farm’ with your ‘1984’