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Has Trump flipped Ukraine … for Russia?

By Steven Pifer | Nuclear Risk

Trump’s Oval Office outburst with Zelensky, annotated

By John Mecklin, Thomas Gaulkin | Multimedia, Nuclear Risk, Special Topics

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One problem for renewables: Not enough rare earths. One solution: recycling. But there’s a hitch.

By Maddie Stone | Climate Change, Special Topics