Section: US & Canada
WSJ: Feds Open Criminal Investigation Into Trump Inauguration Committee
Trump’s inaugural committee is under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York over whether donors handed over cash in exchange for access to government officials and into whether funds were misallocated, the Wall Street Journal reported. Documents seized during raids of former Trump attorney and...
EU leaders agree to prolong Russia sanctions over Ukraine
A top European Union official says EU leaders have agreed to prolong economic sanctions against Russia over its destabilization of Ukraine. The measures targeting Russia’s economy were due to expire … Click to Continue » …read more Source: Miami...
EU Leaders Prolong Economic Sanctions On Russia
EU leaders at a summit in Brussels on December 13 said economic sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine will be prolonged for another six months with the official rollover expected next week. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Flynn associates claim he was in contact with Russian ambassador about a ‘grand bargain’ during 2016 campaign
“Trump’s chief national security aide was secretly interacting with the representative of a foreign power as that government was mounting information and cyber warfare against the United States.” When Michael Flynn, former national security advisor in the Trump Administration, agreed to cooperate in special counsel Robert...
NATO Pledges Support For Ukraine Over Sea Of Azov Incident
NATO has pledged support for Ukraine’s navy more than two weeks after Russia seized three of Kyiv’s naval ships and arrested 24 sailors in the Kerch Strait that links the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Bolton says no plans to reschedule Trump-Putin meeting
National Security Adviser John Bolton said Thursday there are no plans to reschedule a meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, citing Moscow’s seizure of Ukrainian ships and their crews from the Kerch Strait.“I don’t… …read more Source: The...
Top U.S. Political Consultants Still Seeking Work in Ukraine Even After Paul Manafort’s Downfall
Carlo Allegri/ReutersThis story originally appeared in The Daily Beast newsletter, Pay Dirt. Sign up for that newsletter: at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here …read more Source: The Daily...
Bartholomew To Grant Autocephaly Tomos To Kyiv On January 6, Says Church Spokesman
The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople will hand over a decree granting independence to the future head of the local Orthodox Church in Ukraine on January 6, according to a church spokesman. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Time to Push Back Against the Revisionists
Three decades after the end of the Cold War, the parameters of the next round of global state-on-state security competition are now in full view. Long after history was declared to be at an end and America’s “unipolar moment” was so lyrically heralded, the world today looks nothing like such post-Cold War projections. The rules-based...
Yes, America Can Still Lead the World
I. A Dangerous IdeaCan America still lead the world? Should it? If so, how? These fundamental questions have lurked in the background for years. Donald Trump brought them front and center.The knee-jerk response of national-security professionals to such questions is to offer a history lesson on the benefits of the “liberal international order”...
