Section: US & Canada
Former Trump campaign chairman to register as foreign agent
President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will register with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for lobbying work he did on behalf of political interests in Ukraine, … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The News...
Rex Tillerson feels the chill in Moscow
Just how awkward was Rex Tillerson’s first trip to Moscow as secretary of state? Very.Russia’s foreign minister publicly warned Washington’s top diplomat against any further U.S. military strikes on the Syrian regime, questioned Tillerson’s respect for history and even chided him for not filling State Department jobs...
Former Trump campaign chairman to register as foreign agent
By JEFF HORWITZ, CHAD DAY and JULIE PACE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will register with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for lobbying work he did on behalf of political interests in Ukraine, led at the time by a pro-Russian political party, his spokesman said Wednesday. Manafort...
The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Reverse, Reverse; Cha Cha Now Y’all
Today in 5 LinesIn a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, President Trump reversed his position on NATO, saying “it’s no longer obsolete.” In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Trump said he fears the U.S. dollar is “getting too strong,” and said he won’t label China a currency manipulator, as...
Trump’s Former Campaign Manager Paul Manafort To Register As Foreign Agent: Reports
WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort will register with the Department of Justice as a foreign agent, according to reports by The Associated Press and NBC News.Manafort reportedly led lobbying efforts on behalf of the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine, a front group for former Ukrainian President...
Documents reveal Paul Manafort’s firm received $1.2M in Ukraine ‘Black Ledger’ payout
The payments put the ledger in a new light as U.S. prosecutors have been investigating Manafort’s work in Eastern Europe as part of a larger anti-corruption probe …read more Source: Vancouver...
Rex Tillerson’s first visit to Moscow showed that the Trump-Russia lovefest is dead
You might have expected the first press conference in Moscow featuring both a Trump administration official and a Russian official to be something of a victory lap. After all, Trump was Russia’s preferred candidate in the 2016 election; he had promised to realign US foreign policy to work with Moscow. He even picked Rex Tillerson, an oil...
Donald Trump, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg news conference – live updates
The two are discussing Russia and Syria, as well as Ukraine, and the fight against ISIS …read more Source:...
Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort is now registering as a foreign agent
Manafort sits at the intersection of Russia and the Trump campaign Donald Trump’s second of three campaign chiefs, Paul Manafort, announced through a spokesperson today that he is planning to formally register as a foreign agent. Manafort has worked, in one capacity or other, for foreign politicians since at least his mid-1980s advocacy on...
Paul Manafort to register with government as foreign agent
President Trump’s ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort is registering with the US government as foreign agent after revelations that he was accepting off-the-books payments from a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine, a new report said Wednesday. Manafort’s spokesman says he was in talks with the government about registering before...
