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  1. the national interest
    Report: Trump’s Ukraine Extortion Scheme Was Financed by RussiansTurning over U.S. foreign policy to people getting paid by Russia seems bad.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. the national interest
    Giuliani Not Even Waiting for Impeachment to End to Resume Ukraine ShakedownPresident Trump’s lawyer is back in Ukraine, making a mockery of every Republican defense of Trump’s actions.
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. the national interest
    Trump Extorted Ukraine in 2017 and 2018 Before Getting Caught This YearThe Ukraine plot didn’t go on for “months.” It almost certainly went on for years.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. the national interest
    Rudy Giuliani’s Scheme to Line His Pockets in Ukraine Keeps Getting ShadierThere’s no world in which his business dealings in Ukraine are legitimate.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. the national interest
    Trump Claims Giuliani Was Acting Alone, Despite Massive Evidence to the ContraryOther than sworn testimony, public interviews, photos, video, and a transcript, there’s no evidence Trump directed Giuliani’s work.
    By Jonathan Chait
  6. ukraine scandal
    All the New Details About Rudy Giuliani’s Dealings in UkraineIt was a busy weekend in Ukraine-scandal news, and a bad one for Rudy Giuliani.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  7. the swamp
    A Reporter’s Guide to Texting With Rudy GiulianiDigital communication with President Trump’s 75-year-old personal attorney is a delicate exercise in optimism and patience.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  8. impeachment recap
    This Week in Impeachment: Snitches Get CricketsDemocrats arranged the most damning week of testimony yet. The GOP’s narrative lies in tatters — and Trump’s job is secure as it’s ever been.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. trump impeachment
    Gordon Sondland: ‘Yes,’ There Was a Quid Pro QuoThis is not something that the White House was hoping to hear.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  10. the national interest
    Trump Personally Directed Mob-Linked Figure Tied to Ukraine ShakedownIt’s even worse than it sounds!
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. impeachment recap
    Weekly Impeachment Recap: Mainstream-Cable Jetsons Meet the Fox News FlintstonesThis week’s installment of impeachment was a crossover episode — a Jetsons Meet the Flintstones for the Hannity and Maddow Cinematic Universes.
    By Eric Levitz
  12. the national interest
    Impeachment and the Stone Verdict Show Trump Is Surrounded by CriminalsRoger Stone is guilty, Trump’s goons shook down Ukraine, and Rudy Giuliani might be next.
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. ukraine scandal
    Rudy Giuliani Is Now the Subject of Three Different Investigations: ReportThe president’s personal lawyer is reportedly the subject of criminal, counterintelligence, and campaign-finance investigations.
    By Matt Stieb
  14. impeachment inquiry
    Giuliani Considers Solving Ukraine Legal Woes With Impeachment PodcastRudy Giuliani may be considering a podcast to comment on the impeachment inquiry, despite being a subject of a criminal probe for his role in Ukraine.
    By Matt Stieb
  15. vision 2020
    Bloomberg to Follow the Not-So-Successful Giuliani Strategy in the PrimariesLike Rudy, Bloomberg is a poor fit for his party, pursuing a doomed strategy, unless he just wants to damage Sanders and Warren.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. the national interest
    New GOP Ukraine Defense: Trump Was Just a Patsy for Sondland“There is no direct linkage to the president of the United States.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. ukraine scandal
    Bill Barr Refused to Publicly State Trump Did Nothing Illegal in Ukraine: ReportFrustrated by the behavior of Rudy Giuliani, AG William Barr reportedly refused to hold a press conference asserting Trump’s innocence in Ukraine.
    By Matt Stieb
  18. ukraine scandal
    House Democrats Could Soon Learn Inner Workings of Giuliani’s Ukraine OperationGiuliani’s fixer will cooperate with House Democrats, potentially providing the impeachment inquiry with a view into Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine.
    By Matt Stieb
  19. impeachment
    The Week in Impeachment: Ukrainegate Becomes a Sitcom?This week’s events made it clear that the impeachment saga is more sitcom than drama: The plot never thickens, the joke just heightens.
    By Eric Levitz
  20. cybersecurity
    Trump Pick for Cybersecurity Adviser Rudy Giuliani Couldn’t Unlock Phone: ReportShortly after becoming Trump’s cybersecurity adviser, Giuliani visited an Apple Store in San Francisco because he forgot his phone’s passcode.
    By Matt Stieb
  21. recapping impeachment
    Recapping Impeachment: Bill Taylor Returns for One Last MissionWe need to talk about Bill Taylor, but we should talk about Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman.
    By Eric Levitz
  22. rudy giuliani
    Rudy and Hunter Biden Both Worked for the Same Romanian KleptocratRudy Giuliani was for Hunter Biden abetting corruption in Eastern Europe before he was against it.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. ukraine scandal
    Rudy Giuliani Is Reportedly Shopping for Lawyers AgainThe president’s personal lawyer lasted about a week without feeling he needed a personal lawyer.
    By Matt Stieb
  24. ukraine scandal
    A Fourth Associate of Rudy Giuliani Has Been ArrestedDavid Correia, a business partner of Giuliani client and fellow Ukraine dirt-digger Lev Parnas, was arrested for illegal campaign donations in Nevada.
    By Matt Stieb
  25. rudy giuliani
    Rudy Giuliani Pushed Trump to Remove Turkish Opposition Leader From U.S.: ReportGiuliani reportedly pressured Trump to remove Fethullah Gülen in 2017, dating his effort to sway foreign policy to the administration’s early days.
    By Matt Stieb
  26. the national interest
    Trump Is Being Impeached Because He Keeps Doing What Russia WantsTrump’s Ukraine scandal and his Syria fiasco both happen to benefit one country Trump really likes.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. a boy is a gun
    John Bolton Reportedly Called Rudy Giuliani a ‘Hand Grenade’In closed-door testimony on Monday, former Trump adviser Fiona Hill relayed some of Bolton’s finer thoughts on the president’s personal lawyer.
    By Matt Stieb
  28. the national interest
    Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani Under Criminal InvestigationProbably not the best news for the president when he’s facing impeachment.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. trump impeachment
    Was Rudy Giuliani Going to Meet His Associates in Vienna Before Their Arrest?Giuliani’s potential exposure in the Ukraine scandal continues to grow.
    By Matt Stieb
  30. the national interest
    Trump’s Watergate Burglars, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, Just Got ArrestedLegitimate businessmen Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman were working on the ground with Rudy to shake down Ukraine.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. ukraine scandal
    Democrats Accused of ‘Regicide’ Against King Trump on Fox NewsTrump legal ally Joe diGenova also called the whistle-blowers “suicide bombers.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  32. the national interest
    Trump’s Ukraine Extortion Was Also a Mafia-Style Shakedown by Rudy’s ClientsGiuliani represented two legitimate businessmen who were negotiating business deals with Ukraine while representing Trump.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. the national interest
    Rudy Fingers Trump for Firing Ambassador in Ukraine PlotTrump fired the ambassador after Giuliani said she was blocking the scheme to make Ukraine investigate the Bidens.
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. rudy giuliani
    The Wildest Moments From Rudy Giuliani’s Ukraine Scandal Media BlitzTrump’s lawyer is still lobbing on-air insults, showing off his huge iPad font, and impersonating robot Romney. Here are the highlights.
    By Adam K. Raymond and Matt Stieb
  35. politics
    Another Trump Defender Is Accused of Being Drunk on TVCorey Lewandowski left a Fox Business host wondering if he’d had “a little Merlot with dinner.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  36. ukraine scandal
    Rudy Giuliani Asked Imprisoned Paul Manafort About Ukraine Via Lawyer: ReportBringing out the old Trump-world favorites for the latest scandal.
    By Matt Stieb
  37. trump impeachment
    Rudy Giuliani Wants to Sue Democrats for Investigating Trump“This is worse than McCarthy!” he actually said.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  38. trump-ukraine scandal
    Everything We Know About Trump’s Ukraine Whistle-blower ScandalThe declassified whistle-blower complaint has been made public. It describes White House efforts to cover up what Trump said during the Ukraine call.
    By Chas Danner, Margaret Hartmann, and Matt Stieb
  39. the national interest
    Report: Trump Bullies Giuliani in Private, but Rudy Can’t Quit HimAmerica’s mayor loses last tiny shred of dignity by becoming Trump’s lickspittle.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. trump impeachment
    House Intelligence Committee Subpoenas Rudy GiulianiAdam Schiff subpoenaed Giuliani to hand over documents related to Trump’s Ukraine contacts, rather than spill all the details on TV.
    By Matt Stieb
  41. the media
    The Biden Campaign Wants Giuliani Off the AirThough Giuliani doesn’t have to worry: The networks will probably keep having him on, especially now that impeachment is finally happening.
    By Chas Danner
  42. vision 2020
    Could Biden Become Collateral Damage of Impeachment Drive?It couldn’t be good for Biden to have his last name — via his son, Hunter — in the news every day in connection with the effort to impeach Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. the national interest
    The Ukraine Scandal Is Not One Phone Call. It’s a Massive Plot.Many people were involved in Trump’s scheme to turn U.S. foreign policy into a political weapon.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. the national interest
    Trump: Whistle-Blower’s Lawyer Once Interned for DemocratsIf this whistle-blower loves America, why did a member of his legal team once fetch coffee for Democrats 18 years ago?
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. trump-ukraine scandal
    Trump’s Ukraine Problem Stems From a Rudy Giuliani ProblemA new report details how Trump’s lawyer circumvented the State department in Ukraine — and State’s concern about his influence over Trump.
    By Matt Stieb
  46. the national interest
    Trump: I’d Like to Withdraw My Guilty Plea and Change It to ‘Not Guilty’That’s not how confessions work.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. the national interest
    Trump’s Ukraine Scandal Is Hiding in Plain SightTrump’s henchmen already confessed their scheme months ago. Now we’re learning how bad it was.
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. 9/11
    The Uses of 9/11The terrorist attack has become a justification for state violence anywhere.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  49. 9/11
    Rudy Giuliani Marks 9/11 With Bizarre Anti-Protest TweetAmerica’s Mayor promotes division and authoritarianism on the 18th anniversary of an American tragedy.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  50. foreign affairs
    Rudy Giuliani Is ‘Strongly’ Urging Ukraine to Investigate Joe BidenTrump’s personal lawyer has quietly restarted efforts to pressure Kiev into probing Trump’s personal rivals.
    By Adam K. Raymond
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