Section: US & Canada
Former Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort Took Out $19 Million in Puzzling Real Estate Loans
Paul Manafort, the former Donald Trump campaign manager who resigned over his lobbying work in Ukraine for the pro-Russian government, has taken out over $19 million in home equity loans in New York City in the past five years, in an escalating series of transactions that includes one particularly large and unusual loan from a banker on...
It’s All So Confusing (The Michael Cohen File)
I noted yesterday that President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, appears to have a longer-standing relationship than he’d let on with that renegade member of the Ukrainian parliament, Andrii V. Artemenko. Artemenko is the guy who met with Cohen and erstwhile Trump business associate Felix Sater to discuss Artemenko’s...
Kiev Journal: To Battle Fake News, Ukrainian Show Features Nothing but Lies
“StopFake News,” which is overseen by the journalism department at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine, debunks fake news from a basement television studio. …read more Source: The New York...
Russian world ice fishing champion, Ukraine team winner
RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Russia’s Dmitry Eliseev is the new World Ice Fishing Champion after beating a field of 78 others on the frozen Baltic Sea off the coast of the Latvian capital. Organizers said Eliseev’s total catch of 5.2 kilograms (11.46 pounds) was more than a kilogram (2.2 pounds) heavier than that of Denys Novgorodskii of...
Russian world ice fishing champion, Ukraine team winner
RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Russia’s Dmitry Eliseev is the new World Ice Fishing Champion after beating a field of 78 others on the frozen Baltic Sea off… …read more Source:...
U.S. Demands Russia Observe Cease-Fire; Says Combined Russian-Separatist Forces Attack Monitors
The United States has called on Russia to “immediately” observe a cease-fire deal in eastern Ukraine – saying that combined forces from Russia’s military and pro-Russia separatists there have been targeting international monitors. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
At the altar of American greatness: David Brooks, Trump and the Church of America the Redeemer
David Brooks (Credit: PBS) Apart from being a police officer, firefighter or soldier engaged in one of this nation’s endless wars, writing a column for a major American newspaper has got to be one of the toughest and most unforgiving jobs there is. The pay may be decent (at least if your gig is with one of the major papers in New York or...
If Trump Implodes, Republicans Have A Silver Lining In Mike Pence
WASHINGTON ―For Republicans on Capitol Hill, Vice President Mike Pence was supposed to be the calm, steadying hand in the White House, the seasoned former Indiana governor and congressman who would be their ears and mouth in the neophyte Trump administration.Then Pence went on national television last month, before Donald Trump was even sworn in,...
The Data-Driven Transformation of Intelligence
Jason M. Brown Security, It is time for intelligence to catch up. When “little green men” invaded Crimea in early 2014, they left a data trail that went largely unnoticed by the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC). Distracted by a large Russian exercise to the west, the IC did not connect the digital dots that indicated the impending invasion. In...
Ukraine’s Svitolina To Rank 10th In Women’s Tennis After Victory
Ukrainian Elina Svitolina will enter the WTA top 10 tennis rankings for the first time after defeating Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki to win the Dubai Championship. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
