World Opinion: Ukraine Used Diplomacy; Russia Used Disinformation. The Difference Is Key As we head into the 2020 elections, we must do a better job of distinguishing between diplomacy and destructive disinformation, writes former diplomat Brett Bruen. Brett Bruen
World How U.S. Military Aid Has Helped Ukraine Since 2014 "U.S. military aid represents a physical manifestation of American support, which is essential," retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges tells NPR. The U.S. has given $1.5 billion in such aid in the past 5 years. Lucian Kim
Politics With Paris Peace Talks, Putin And Zelenskiy Meet For First Time More than 13,000 people have been killed in the Russian insurgency since it began five years ago. The Ukrainian president entered the talks in a tricky position, wanting peace but lacking leverage. Laurel Wamsley
World The Stakes For Ukraine Are High In Monday's Summit Between Putin And Zelenskiy Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will have his first meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Paris, in an effort to end a five-year conflict in eastern Ukraine that has cost 13,000 lives. Lucian Kim
Politics The Hold On Ukraine Aid: A Timeline Emerges From Impeachment Probe Nearly $400 million in security assistance to Ukraine was put on hold this past summer. Exactly how and when those events unfolded has been unclear. The date may prove the freeze violated a 1974 act. David Welna
Politics Mike Pompeo Says Ukraine, 2016 Election Interference Should Be Investigated "Many countries" are working to undermine American democracy, the secretary of state said. U.S. intelligence services have overwhelmingly determined Russia is to blame for U.S. election interference. Brakkton Booker
Politics Gordon Sondland Returns To Impeachment Inquiry As A Key Witness With An Updated Story The U.S. ambassador to the EU will give much-anticipated public testimony Wednesday in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump. His story has changed since he first testified last month. Rachel Martin
Politics What We Learned From The 1st Week Of Impeachment Hearings Impeachment is clearly shaping up to be a partisan affair, and there was a new witness who said he overheard the president inquiring about how the prospect for "investigations" in Ukraine was going. Domenico Montanaro
Politics Yovanovitch, Ex-Ambassador To Ukraine, Will Testify In Trump Impeachment Hearing The diplomat will be the sole witness Friday, the second day of public testimony in the impeachment inquiry. State Department colleagues say she was removed after a slander campaign by Rudy Giuliani. Michele Kelemen
Politics Rep. Adam Schiff: Trump's Potentially Impeachable Offenses Include 'Bribery' The Intelligence Committee chairman said bribery is a "breach of the public trust in a way where you're offering official acts for some personal or political reason, not in the nation's interest." Jessica Taylor
