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"The report seeks to preemptively discredit any opposition to a Trump administration attempt at regime change in Cuba...[and] portends a midterm campaign of red-baiting, and potentially, a new McCarthyism that will seek to marginalize and blacklist those who oppose administration policy."

A report on Cuba issued recently by Marco Rubio’s State Department significantly distorts history, argues the Miller Center's Guian McKee.

Cuba and the new McCarthyism A recent State Department report distorts history to try to discredit the left wing

"Congress isn’t standing up to him, and only on a few instances is the Supreme Court standing up to him, which means that this president is more imperial and more imperious than Richard Nixon."

President Trump has hallowed out post-Watergate presidential reforms, discusses the Miller Center's Barbara Perry.



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Trump has hollowed out the post-Watergate reforms Presidential historians warn that the chief executive has an increasingly 'monarchical' view of his role while Congress and the Supreme Court keep writing him 'blank checks.'

“Ukraine has arguably the most highly mobilized civil society anywhere in Europe today, in terms of the willingness to stand up for what they believe in, and to challenge their leaders—this has now been hardwired into Ukraine’s political culture.”

After Ukrainians protested against the ouster of former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, President Zelensky yielded to the protesters’ demands, naming a new, young, and popular defense chief, discusses the Miller Center's Geoffrey Pyatt. Pyatt served as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine during the 2014 Maidan revolution.



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Even at War, Ukrainian Society Keeps Presidential Power in Check Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly changed course after street protests, in contrast to Vladimir Putin’s one-man rule in Russia.

Trump’s lower approval ratings, the unpopularity of the Iran war, and the historic trend of an incumbent president’s party losing in the midterms could prove detrimental to Republicans in November.

The Republican Party isn't "doing well in the polls, and we know the president is low in approval ratings, particularly for the economy, the price of gas, and the Iran war. All of those things are working against him, and therefore working against Republicans," says the Miller Center's Barbara Perry.

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GOP Wants Trump on Campaign Trail as Vulnerabilities Pile On Some House Republicans are urging President Donald Trump to expand his visibility for them on the campaign trail, as lawmakers sound the alarm on their vulnerabilities with him not being at the top of the ticket.

Could President Trump's proposed U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal trigger a nuclear arms race across the Middle East?

"These concessions might very well prompt the kind of nuclear cascade that has animated fears over the Iranian program in the first place," argues the Miller Center's Eric Edelman.

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With the Saudi Deal, Trump Risks Aiding and Abetting a Nuclear Arms Race The agreement appears poised to upend Washington’s decades-long nonproliferation strategy.

The Miller Center's Eric and Eliot discuss a potential U.S.-Saudi nuclear cooperation agreement, as well as the likelihood of escalation in Iran. They also reflect on their personal experiences with the late Senator Lindsey Graham and examine his legacy.

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R. James Woolsey, who served as CIA director during President Bill Clinton's first term, has died at 84. In his Miller Center oral history, Woolsey discussed the challenges and controversies he faced—including the arrest of infamous CIA official Aldrich Ames, who sold national security secrets to the Kremlin for nearly a decade.

Woolsey also discussed the CIA's foreign missions, the proliferation of terrorism, and America's role in the post-Cold War world.

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R. James Woolsey Oral History | Miller Center Woolsey and the other interviewees comment on the CIA's roles in Somalia, Haiti, North Korea, and the former Yugoslavia. Terrorism, the Drug War, and America's new role in the Post-Cold War world are also discussed.

Republicans control Congress, so why is Trump’s SAVE America Act stuck?

The controversial legislation—which would federalize elections, require additional documentation in order to vote, and curtail mail-in registration and ballots in all states— has not passed the Senate yet. "Congressional hesitation on what would be the largest election reform in decades reflects an awareness of constituent needs and lawmakers’ own reelection risks," argues the Miller Center's SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor.

Republicans control Congress, so why is Trump’s SAVE America Act stuck? Republicans hold both chambers and publicly back the president’s signature bill that would curtail mail-in voting and enforce strict voter ID laws. Here, a public policy and politics scholar explains why it still isn’t law.

Telsa is selling more cars—but this week, reported a decline in quarterly profit.

"The rhetoric makes it sounds like they are pioneering this business. But they are way behind Waymo," the Miller Center's Michael Lenox, interim dean of UVA's Darden School of Business, says of Tesla.

Tesla Profit Falls Even as Car Sales Rebound (Gift Article) The company is selling more cars, but the company’s profit was down because of price cuts and higher expenses.