There are a few similarities – and one big difference – between 1998 and 2019.
Russian interference
Researchers uncover Russian-style disinformation operation targeting British elections
Graphika, a cyber intelligence firm, detailed the online effort to target mostly British politicians, celebrities and journalists with documents appearing to reveal key U.S.-U.K. trade negotiations.
Leonard Pitts: Russia, not Ukraine, is our enemy, but Republicans still buy the lie
Donald Trump is a national emergency. Why don’t we all recognize this?
Marc A. Thiessen: CNN tries to blame Trump for Obama administration’s leaks
The network’s Russian spy story leaves out key context about Obama aides’ actions before the spy’s exfiltration.
Our View: Alarm is sounding on election security
There is nearly unanimous bipartisan agreement that we need to do more to protect our elections, but the consensus doesn’t include Mitch McConnell.
Kathleen Parker: Patient, forbearing Mueller deserves Medal of Honor
Several members of the Judiciary and Intelligence committees revealed themselves to be unworthy of their audience at last week’s hearings.
The View From Here: Lessons from the Mueller hearings
We may not have learned anything new about Russian interference in the 2016 election, but we did get insight into how things work in 2019 America.
Russians likely targeted election systems in all 50 states, Senate report says
The Senate Intelligence Committee, whose members include Susan Collins and Angus King of Maine, encouraged the Department of Homeland Security to improve its coordination with state election officials.
Our View: Here are some ways Trump could spend his time while Mueller testifies
If the president really doesn’t want to hear the special counsel’s testimony, we have a couple of ideas on how he could spend his day.