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One bigly unindicted co-conspirator and other bunches of them, including some in Epstein files now

Trump's efforts to lean on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is reminiscent of the way Nixon created a team of secret investigators, known as "the plumbers," to find incriminating or embarrassing evidence about his enemies, said Ken Hughes, a leading Watergate authority and research specialist at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center of Public Affairs.

Ken Hughes

World War II With Tom Hanks

For eighty years, the Second World War has remained the most devastating and defining conflict in human history. "World War II with Tom Hanks" is a landmark documentary event that reexamines the war through the lens of a new century.

Sarada Peri

Assessing the U.S.-Iran MoU

Mara Rudman discusses the U.S.-Iran MoU, which will be signed on June 19.

Mara Rudman

How Iran Turned Survival Into Leverage at Negotiating Table

Mara Rudman, practitioner senior fellow at the University of Virginia's Miller Center who previously served in White House and State Department positions related to Middle East policy, argued that only the resumption of Strait of Hormuz maritime traffic and progress in negotiations toward the Iranian nuclear issue would constitute "real proof of outcome."

Mara Rudman

Iran's Leaders Know Trump Is Desperate

Eliot and Kenneth Pollack, VP for Policy at the Middle East Institute, discuss the difficulty of ending a conflict when both sides believe they are winning, and whether the Iran war is on the cusp of significant concessions or escalation. They explore whether the war was a good idea badly executed or a bad idea badly executed. The pair also speculate about what a successfully prosecuted war effort would have looked like before turning to the likely trajectory of the Iranian regime in the future. Ken explains the broader implications of the war for the Gulf States, Israel, China, Russia, and Turkey before closing with a conversation about why the United States cares about the region and why it presents such an enduring challenge.

Eric Edelman

How Trump’s Age Is Shaping His Presidency

“The irony is that because Joe Biden was declining so rapidly before our very eyes, the decline of Donald Trump and his appearance was really overtaken, understandably."

Barbara Perry