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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

Vladimir Putin Doesn’t Belong in Florida

Although not formally excluded, Putin has not attended a G20 summit in person since 2019—since then, either he participated virtually (2020, 2021) or Russia has been represented by other ministers or government officials (2022, 20231, 2024, and 2025). His attendance at the upcoming one should be seen as a mark of shame by all the other member states and an ignominious stain on the reputation of their respective leaders.

Eric Edelman

The Disappearing Women of the Trump Administration

“I’ve never seen a situation where all of the first set of cabinet departures have been of one gender — all women,” said Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, a visiting fellow in governance studies and the director of the Initiative on Improving Interbranch Relations and Government at the Brookings Institution.

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Miller Center explores how to fix a dysfunctional Congress

After the mid-term elections, a new Congress will be sworn in, and the University of Virginia’s Miller Center for Public Affairs will be ready with advice. The center is hosting a conference this week, bringing former government officials and academics together to talk about why the U.S. House and Senate are so dysfunctional and what can be done about it.

SoRelle W. Gaynor, Louisa Terrell, and Shalanda Young