In “Red Scare,” Clay Risen shows how culture in the United States is still driven by the political paranoia of the 1950s.

Clay Risen examines Cold War hysteria in an even-handed way, trusting readers to make the connection between McCarthyism and ...

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Instead, Trump and Vance have revealed to Americans and to America’s allies their alignment with Russia, and their animosity ...

The Hiss–Chambers affair marked the point where the Cold War came home to America ... articulate and successful former State Department official, Alger Hiss, of passing secret documents to the Soviets ...

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ISTANBUL, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Turkey on Monday to discuss his country's recent talks with U.S. officials on ending the war in Ukraine, and how ...

The diplomatic rift between the Trump administration and Ukraine over Russia’s invasion escalated Saturday after the U.S. pushed to kill a United Nations resolution that Ukraine had crafted with ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

KYIV — Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that he wants the U.S. to stop using disinformation when talking about Russia's war on Ukraine, after President Donald Trump accused ...