Section: US & Canada
Skadden Arps Knew Its Work for Manafort Was Borderline at Best—and Now It’ll Pay More Than $4 Million for It
Bill O’Leary/GettyPaul Manafort just brought one of America’s most powerful law firms down with him. The firm Skadden Arps, once home to Barack Obama’s first White House counsel, admitted on Thursday that it misled the Justice Department to cover up the nature of its work for the Ukrainian government. Thanks to a report it...
A Trump Ally Defends NATO. But Will He Stand Up to the President?
It’s a familiar pattern: President Donald Trump’s Republican allies disagree with him on a major issue. They send statements and tweets, and repeat talking points on cable news. But will those in positions of power actually stand up to the president when they are at odds with him?For Jim Risch, the incoming chairman of the Senate...
Russia Detains Model Claiming Trump Secrets
Russia on Thursday detained a Belarusian model who once claimed she had evidence of Russian efforts to help Donald Trump win office, witnesses told AFP. Anastasia Vashukevich, known by her pen name, Nastya Rybka, was held for questioning at a Moscow airport after she was deported from Thailand as part of a group convicted of participating in a...
Skadden Arps Settles With DOJ Over Manafort Ukraine Dealings
The prominent law firm Skadden Arps reached a civil settlement with federal law enforcement today over work it performed in Ukraine on Paul Manafort’s request, the Justice Department announced in a statement. The firm agreed to pay $4.6 million that it secretly received for the work that it performed on behalf of the Ukrainian Ministry of...
Russia deploys nuclear-capable ballistic missile launchers near Ukraine border, satellite photos show
Satellite images shot Thursday and obtained exclusively by Fox News have revealed a new deployment of Isksander missile batteries and launchers near the border with Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Florida Governor Sanctions Airbnb for West Bank Policy
Airbnb, which lists more 45,000 Florida properties on its vacation rentals website, has lobbied hard to remove its “home-sharing” offerings from hotel/motel regulations and unshackle the state’s $31 billion short-term rental industry from local regulations. Several bills, including last year’s Vacation Rental Act, gained momentum...
Facebook Just Removed Hundreds of Pages Linked to Russia
(LONDON) — Facebook said Thursday it removed hundreds of Russia-linked pages, groups and accounts that it says were part of two big disinformation operations targeting users outside the U.S. The social media company said its latest effort to fight misinformation came after it found two networks “that engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior”...
Erdogan’s Wrath Stretches To Ukraine, Leaving Turks In Fear Of Kyiv-Assisted ‘Kidnapping’
Yunus Erdogdu no longer goes outside his Kyiv-area home, terrified at the thought of becoming the next critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to be abducted and forcibly sent to Ankara. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Top Russian news host takes aim at Ukrainian Canadians
Dmitry Kiselyov’s Sunday-night TV program is one of the most influential sources of news in Russia. And last weekend, the Kremlin-friendly broadcaster focused his ire on Ukrainians living in Canada. …read more Source:...
Facebook Removes Hundreds Of Fake Pages, Accounts ‘Linked’ To Russia’s Sputnik
Facebook has removed hundreds of pages, groups, and accounts on its Facebook and Instagram platforms that the U.S. company says were part of two online disinformation operations targeting users across the former Soviet space. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
