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Sean Hannity isn’t a leader. He’s just a fan of powerful Republicans.

Sean Hannity is exactly where he wants to be, despite the questions of conflicts of interest raised by the revelation this week that he is also a client of President Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen. His relationship with Trump is so tight that one presidential adviser says Hannity “basically has a desk” in the Oval Office.

Nicole Hemmer

A new cold war with Russia? Historians give their answer

“I do not think the analogy to the Cold War is helpful,” Melvyn P. Leffler, Edward R. Stettinius Jr. professor in the history department at the University of Virginia, told Newsweek. “I think this is more of a typical geopolitical conflict.”

Melvyn Leffler

Remembering the Life and Legacy of Barbara Bush

Barbara Perry is interviewed on AP TV about the death of former First Lady Barbara Bush

Barbara Perry

Kimba Wood: The federal judge shouldering the legal fate of Trump attorney Michael Cohen

Russell Riley, a professor of presidential studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, described Wood as a victim of a highly charged political era, somewhat like our current climate. “The Republicans were eager to find any vulnerabilities in Clinton nominees in 1993,” said Riley. “Sensitivities were heightened because Clinton was billing himself as a new kind of Democrat with a new way of doing business, running against twelve years of Republican rule.” Riled added: “When there were any foibles found in a nominee, they were a very rich target.”

Russell Riley