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Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman is the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council and is the first White House aide to testify in the House impeachment inquiry. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images It’s standard practice for officers testifying on Capitol Hill to wear their uniform. Four witnesses were called to testify on the third dayContinue reading “The attacks on Vindman’s military uniform, explained”

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) questions top US diplomat to Ukraine William B. Taylor Jr., November 13, 2019. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Republicans have repeatedly attempted to shift the focus onto the whistleblower to undermine the substance of the allegations. Tuesday was no different. For weeks now, Republicans have said they’d like to unmask the whistleblowerContinue reading “House Republicans are still fixated on the whistleblower”

Democratic presidential candidates gather for a debate in Ohio. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Warren’s new health care plan and the impeachment inquiry are set to take center stage. The fifth Democratic presidential debate — which will once again feature 10 candidates — will be on Wednesday, November 20, from 9 to 11 ET at TylerContinue reading “What to expect at the fifth Democratic debate”

Alexander Vindman, National Security Council Director for European Affairs, testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on November 19, 2019. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images Perhaps the grossest moment of the impeachment hearings to date. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, one of the key witnesses in the House Democrats’ impeachment hearings, is an Iraq war veteran and PurpleContinue reading “The GOP counsel’s xenophobic attack on Vindman’s patriotism”

Vindman before his testimony on Tuesday. | Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images Nunes’s line of questioning illustrated how Republicans wanted to talk about anything but Trump’s conduct. Perhaps the most memorable moment of the early portion of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman’s testimony to impeachment investigators on Tuesday came when he clapped back at ranking memberContinue reading ““It’s Lieutenant Colonel Vindman”: Nunes’s effort to out whistleblower is met with an epic clap-back”

Getty Images/Library of Congress/Vox Movies were short. How did it change? Why are movies about two hours long? In this episode of Vox Almanac, Vox’s Phil Edwards researches the history of movies — and discovers the Italian silent film classic that changed all movies forever. In the 1900s, movies were typically around 15 minutes longContinue reading “Why movies went from 15 minutes to 2 hours”

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., asks a question during the House Intelligence Committee hearing featuring testimony by Joseph Maguire, acting director of national intelligence, on a whistleblower complaint about a phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in Rayburn Building on Thursday, September 26, 2019. | Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesContinue reading “Elise Stefanik’s impeachment moment”

Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images “Do not worry. I will be fine for telling the truth.” Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman testified Tuesday that he was concerned about President Donald Trump’s July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, calling it “improper for the president of the United States to demand a foreign government investigate aContinue reading “Watch Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman’s powerful opening statement in the impeachment hearings”

Javier Zarracina/Vox; NASA Lunar samples are a time capsule. Scientists say we should go back for more. In a brilliant white room at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, lies a clear plastic chest filled with bits of the heavens. Inside are meteorites recovered from Antarctic ice and grains of material believed to predateContinue reading “How Apollo moon rocks reveal the epic history of the cosmos”

President Donald Trump (R) puts his hand on Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s shoulder during his ceremonial swearing in in the East Room of the White House October 08, 2018 in Washington, DC.  | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Trump v. Mazars is the biggest presidential immunity case since the Nixon administration. On Monday, Chief JusticeContinue reading “The Trump lawsuit testing the limits of presidential immunity, explained”