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‘Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine’: When Russian disinformation met a Trump obsession
Three weeks after Election Day 2016, the Kremlin officially floated a theory that would ultimately lead to only the third presidential impeachment in U.S. history. “Ukraine seriously complicated the work of Trump’s election by planting information” aimed at damaging his campaign chairman Paul Manafort, a spokeswoman for Russia’s...
How Trump fused his business empire to the presidency
He has spent 1 out of every 3 days as president visiting one of his luxury resorts, hotels or golf courses. He has leveraged his powerful international platform to promote his developments dozens of times. And he has directed millions of dollars from U.S. taxpayers to his businesses around the globe. In three years in the White House, Donald...
‘Make Iran Great Again!’: Trump hits back after Khamenei’s gibe
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday traded insults with the supreme leader of Iran, calling for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to “Make Iran Great Again!” after he called Trump a “clown” in a rare sermon. “The so-called “Supreme Leader” of Iran, who has not been so Supreme lately, had some nasty things to say about the United States and Europe,” Trump...
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UK warns Iran over arrest of British ambassador
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Saturday denounced the arrest of the U.K. ambassador to Iran as a “flagrant violation of international law.” The ambassador, Rob Macaire, said he was detained for half an hour on Saturday evening after attending a vigil in Tehran for those who died in the downing of an Ukraine International Airlines...
Iranian missile suspected in passenger plane crash
U.S. and U.K. intelligence officials believe a Ukraine International Airlines plane was shot down in error by Iran, according to media reports. The Guardian and Reuters quoted officials as stating that the plane was most likely brought down accidentally by an Iranian air defense missile. The crash, which killed 176 people, is being investigated...
Facebook sticking with policies on politicians’ lies and voter targeting
Facebook is standing by its policies that allow politicians to lie to voters, while targeting their ads at narrow subsets of the public — decisions with vast implications for the more than $1 billion in online campaign messaging expected in this year’s elections. The online giant announced Thursday morning that it is not changing the most...
Trump’s shadow secretary of defense
In recent days, one aide to U.S. President Donald Trump has blitzed the media to talk about troop deployments, deterrence and the likelihood of American bombs raining down on Iranian soil. It’s not the man who leads the Pentagon. Instead, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has seized the spotlight amid the escalating U.S. confrontation with...
[Ticker] Merkel and Putin to discuss Middle East crisis in Moscow
German chancellor Angela Merkel will go to Moscow to discuss the Middle East crisis with Russian president Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin press service announced. The visit comes at the invitation of Putin after the assassination of the Iranian top general Qassem Suleimani. Apart from the Iran crisis, they will also discuss Syria, Libya and Ukraine,...
How Trump decided to kill Iran’s Soleimani
Hours before the U.S. military sent a Reaper drone to kill one of the most wanted men on the planet, President Donald Trump was relaxing at his palatial Florida properties. In the morning, he played 18 holes at Trump International, his West Palm Beach golf club. At around 3 p.m., he returned to Mar-a-Lago, the historic oceanfront estate...