What We’re FollowingTrump’s Russian Connection: Just how closely is Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s campaign manager, tied to Vladimir Putin? Over the weekend, the New York Times reported that Manafort received $12.7 million in secret payments from a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine. The news broke on the eve of a foreign-policy speech from Trump, in which he made vague revisions to his proposed immigration ban and blustered about Iraq’s oil.Violence in Wisconsin: Protests in Milwaukee over the officer-involved shooting death of a black man, who was armed and running away from police, turned violent on Saturday night as crowds threw …read more
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