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The article offers information on the impeachment enquiry of president Donald Trump. Topics discussed include analyst's report alleging that Trump had solicited Russian interference in 2016 presidential elections, noting that analyst believed that Trump was using the sovereign power of the American presidency in an attempt to stay in office.

The article focuses on the domestic terrorism problem in the U.S. in line with the back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio in August 2019 attributed to white-supremacists and other far-right extremists. Topics covered include lack of federal resources to address domestic terrorism, overview of right-wing terrorism as a global problem, impact of the rhetoric of President Donald Trump which inspires far-right extremists and response of Democratic presidential candidates.

The article discusses the relation of the telecommunications equipment firm Huawei to 5G wireless networks in relation to U.S. government actions against the Chinese firm. Topics include competition between U.S. and Chinese technology firms, purported security concerns related to Huawei's 5G equipment, and the role of Huawei official Ren Zhengfei in public relations efforts.

The article focuses on U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Topics include a meeting Kushner had with Russian banker Sergey Gorkov on December 13, 2016, his failure to report this meeting before applying for a White House security clearance, and the probe into security clearances being led by the House Oversight chair, Elijah Cummings.

The article discusses an investigation conducted by the inspector general (IG) of the U.S. Department of Transportation into the safety of airlines following the two Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia. According to the IG, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) uses compliance actions rather than enforcement to ensure safety. Some law-enforcement and watchdog bodies have also announced plans to look into Boeing's production of aircraft and the FAA's oversight.

The article discusses how a China-U.S. trade war is impacting soybean farming and farmers in places such as Iowa, and it mentions tariffs implemented by China and the U.S. and the rules that are written to regulate topics such as trade, cyberspace, and outer space. American President Donald Trump's push for China to purchase additional U.S. agricultural products is examined, along with the views of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The article discusses how the coronavirus and the U.S. tariffs imposed on Chinese goods affected Maine's lobster industry. In early 2020, lobster exports to China and Europe have declined by an estimated 50 percent. In June, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose a new tariff on European cars if Europe do not remove tariffs on U.S. lobsters.

The article focuses on how U.S. intelligence is being impacted by the pandemic caused by the coronavirus known as COVID-19, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).

The article discusses how several senior U.S. intelligence briefers claim that American President Donald Trump is endangering the security of the nation by willfully ignoring the assessments that he receives from U.S. intelligence agency professionals. Trump's anger towards information that he disagrees with is examined, along with Trump's decision to publicly criticize America's Directors of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Discusses how President-elect Bill Clinton will deal with an America that has no foreign policy. Former President George Bush has failed to bequeath his successor even the foundation of a new foreign policy consensus; Clinton has no foreign policy mandate; The likely trouble spots in the world; World trade talks; Clinton will face difficulty in many areas; Russia; The Middle East; North American free trade; The Balkans; Collapsing peace plans.

Focuses on controversy over whether Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) offices should have paid agents who allegedly committed human rights abuses. Debate whether to renege on an agreement to pay an informant who helped finger Carlos the Jackal, one of the world's most notorious terrorists; Details.

Discusses how National Security Advisor Anthony Lake has informed United States allies that if renewed peace efforts in Bosnia don't succeed, the Clinton administration will provide arms and training to the struggling Bosnian government. Efforts of White House to persuade a skeptical Congress not to override President Bill Clinton's veto of congressional efforts to end the arms embargo against Bosnia; Comments by Lake.

Discusses how on November 8, 1994, the great Democratic coalition of liberals, working people, minorities and southerners that Franklin Delano Roosevelt assembled 62 years ago finally collapsed. How its fall transformed the political landscape both in Congress and in state governments; Why the Democrats are partly victims of their own success.

The article focuses on Daniel Glaser, the Assistant Treasury Secretary for Terrorist Financing, who specializes in tracking money that terrorist groups use for funding. Information is provided on how he works to cripple terrorist cells by ending cash flow by using tactics such as freezing bank accounts, exposing financiers, and preventing money laundering.