Historian, Writer
Historian and writer.
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Thomas Meaney
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Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Frauke Petry: Germany's Trump? Right-wing nationalism is on the rise in Europe. In Germany, the face of the movement is a 41-year-old chemist named Frauke Petry, an outsider whose political star has only started to rise . She thinks that Germans should stop dwelling on the crimes of the past, stop apologizing for the Holocaust, and focus on the future: a future without refugees from places like Syria. Her enemies call her “Adolfina.”
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Why did Jared Kushner want a back channel with Russians? News broke Friday that President Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor, Jared Kushner, tried setting up a back channel between the Trump transition team and the Russian government. What are the consequences for Kushner, President Trump, and the investigation into Russian meddling?
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Terrorism in London: Lessons for the US This weekend’s terrorist attack in London left seven people dead and almost 50 injured. London police fatally shot the attackers, and ISIS claimed responsibility.
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Trump says goodbye Paris Accord: What does it mean for U.S. and the planet? President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord, the landmark international agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Trump was to renegotiate a new deal, but will that happen?