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Revelations show Trump at the center of the Ukraine scandal

National Action Network’s Reverend Al Sharpton, Associated Press’ Jonathan Lemire, former Obama White House cabinet secretary Chris Lu, WBUR’s Kimberly Atkins, and former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance react to the week of testimonies on Capitol Hill that shed new light on Trump’s role in the Ukraine saga

Chris Lu

World Happenings

Can the U.S. protect its nuclear weapons in Turkey?

Why does the U.S. have nuclear weapons in Turkey, and what would be the risks of withdrawing them? Here’s what you need to know.

Todd Sechser and Matthew Fuhrmann

Washington Post

Investors Should Avoid iQiyi Stock

But Netflix and iQiyi may influence one another. Aynne Kokas, professor of Media Studies at the University of Virginia, argues that iQiyi may indirectly influence Netflix through their content-sharing relationship. Because of the content-sharing deal, Netflix produces content that meets standards set by Chinese regulators.

Aynne Kokas

History of Impeachment

Here We Go Again. The air is, once again, heavy with talk of impeachment. It’s happened three times before (if you count Richard Nixon’s resignation). Stewart talks with his buddy Russell Riley from the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, where the talk is almost always about presidents, and, sometimes, about impeaching them.

Russell Riley

How FDR Became the First—And Only—President to Serve Four Terms

“You have economic-domestic issues and you have foreign policy with the outbreak of World War II in 1939,” says Barbara Perry, professor and director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. “And then you have his own political viability—he had won the 1936 election with more than two-thirds of the popular vote.”

Barbara Perry

‘I’m Starting Not To Care That She Is Brutal To Her Staff’

The latest presidential debate provided voters with information about the candidates’ positions on impeachment, the opioid crisis, Syria, tech company monopolies, health care and reproductive rights. It offered viewers an opportunity to assess the candidates’ age, health, demeanor and strategies for defeating Donald Trump. And it allowed the candidates the time—albeit in 30-second increments—to lay out their visions for the future. Given the wide-ranging substantive and stylistic ground the candidates covered, we might be tempted to look for ways that the debate moved the needle. But that’s a fool’s errand. With 12 people on the stage and the two front-runners avoiding major pitfalls, it’s almost impossible—mathematically—for anyone else to gain momentum.

Jennifer Lawless