Section: The Mercury News (USA)
Putin condemned for saying Jews may have manipulated US election
By Avi Selk | Washington Post Jewish groups and U.S. lawmakers condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s suggestion that the 2016 U.S. presidential election may have been manipulated by Russian Jews. Putin’s remarks came during a long and occasionally surreal interview with NBC News on Saturday, in which he speculated that nearly...
Putin on alleged US election interference: I don’t care
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says he doesn’t care about alleged Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election because the actions weren’t connected to his government. In an interview with American broadcaster NBC News that aired Saturday, Putin also suggested that some of the 13 Russian nationals indicted by...
On Twitter, false information travels farther and faster than the truth. Really.
Call it the curse of the Internet age: Lies spread farther, faster, deeper and more broadly than the truth. In the first detailed analysis of how misinformation spreads through the Twittersphere, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that false news is 70 percent more likely to be retweeted than the truth. It takes the...
Mueller’s focus falls on meeting in Seychelles
By Devlin Barrett, Sari Horwitz and Rosalind S. Helderman | Washington Post WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller has gathered evidence that a secret meeting in the Seychelles just before the inauguration of Donald Trump was an effort to establish a back channel between the incoming administration and the Kremlin — apparently contradicting...
UK Navy: Russian ships encroach on British waters
By Michael Birnbaum | Washington Post BRUSSELS – British ships and a helicopter were dispatched over the Christmas holiday weekend to track an “upsurge” of Russian naval vessels passing near British waters, the British Navy said Tuesday, as British and NATO leaders warn of Russian naval activity at levels unseen since the Cold War. At least four...
US agrees to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine
By Josh Lederman | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has approved a plan to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Friday, in a long-awaited move that deepens America’s involvement in the military conflict and may further strain relations with Russia. Start your day with the news you need from the Bay...
US appeals court denies stay of transgender military ban
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court in the District of Columbia on Friday refused the Trump administration’s request to put a hold on a requirement that it allow transgender people to enlist in the military starting on Jan. 1. Start your day with the news you need from the Bay Area and beyond. Sign up for our new Morning Report newsletter....
Russian activity around Atlantic cables alarms NATO
By Michael Birnbaum | Washington Post BRUSSELS – Russian submarines have dramatically stepped up activity around undersea data cables in the North Atlantic, part of a more aggressive naval posture that has driven NATO to revive a Cold War-era command, according to senior military officials. The apparent Russian focus on the cables, which provide...
Rosenstein defends Mueller, Russia investigation
By Matt Zapotosky and Devlin Barrett | Washington Post WASHINGTON – Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein defended special counsel Robert Mueller in the face of critical questioning Wednesday from the House Judiciary Committee about whether bias might have infected Mueller’s investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential...
Rosenstein defends Mueller, Russia investigation
By Matt Zapotosky and Devlin Barrett | Washington Post WASHINGTON – Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein defended special counsel Robert Mueller in the face of critical questioning Wednesday from the House Judiciary Committee about whether bias might have infected Mueller’s investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential...
