Ukraine joins its first NATO cyber defense center meeting
Ukrainian officials met for the first time on Monday with the steering committee of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Tallinn, Estonia, following the country’s successful bid to join the cyber center. Ukraine first applied to join the organization in August 2021. Its application was unanimously approved by all members of the steering committee in March. According to a blog post released by Ukraine’s National S
Read MoreRussia expands Europe gas supply cutoffs
Russia is cutting off additional supplies of natural gas to Europe, a decision that will impact countries including Germany as the continent moves ahead with its own ban on Russian oil. Russian company Gazprom said in Telegram posts on Tuesday that it would cut off gas supplied under a contract with Shell to Germany and under a contract with Danish company Ørsted and Dutch company GasTerra BV. The cutoffs come after the three companies failed to comply with Russia’s new requirement to pay for gas in Russian rubles, Gazprom said.
Read MoreCampaign Report — Biden confronts his most serious midterm issue
U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One at Yokota Air Base in Fussa, Japan, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Welcome to The Hill's Campaign Report, tracking all things related to the 2022 midterm elections. You can expect this newsletter in your inbox each week leading up to Novemb
Read MoreThe NRA’s anti-American narrative: No excuse for gun violence like the Uvalde school shooting
Anyone believing the nonsense spewed by speakers at the NRA convention in Houston this past weekend— which coincided with the grieving over the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre — would come away with the impression that the United States is the most evil, deranged and socially deviant nation in t
Read MoreTrump on Sussmann verdict: 'Our country is going to hell'
Former President Trump on Tuesday expressed outrage at the news that Micheal Sussmann, a lawyer who represented Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and the Democratic Party, was found not guilty of lying to the FBI. Sussmann is being investigated by a special counsel in relation to the origins of the bureau’s probe of Trump's 2016 campaign for president. “Our Legal System is CORRUPT, our Judges (and Justices!) are highly partisan, compromised or just plain scared, our Borders are OPEN, our Elections are Rigged, Inflation is RAMPANT, gas prices and food costs ar
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