Section: TPM (USA)
Ukraine Denies Entry To 100 Russians After Ban
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s border service says that around 100 Russian citizens have been denied entry into the country since an entry ban for adult Russian males was announced. Border guards’ spokesman Andrei Demchenko has told Ukrainian television Saturday that “the vast majority of (them) couldn’t confirm the purpose of...
This Week: Cohen’s New Deal With Mueller Spells Trouble For Trump
It’s all coming back to Michael Cohen. In a surprise Thursday news break, Cohen pleaded guilty to lying about his contacts with Russia during the 2016 campaign as part of a new deal with special counsel Robert Mueller. The development put the Trump family squarely back in the spotlight of the Russia investigation. Cohen pleaded guilty to...
Russian Oligarch Turned Giuliani Client Met Trump About Moscow Deal In Late-2000s
Donald Trump met at least twice with a Russian-Ukrainian oligarch and current Rudy Giuliani client over a Trump Moscow franchising deal in the late 2000s, the oligarch told TPM. Pavel Fuchs (pictured to the left of Giuliani), a Moscow real estate developer who recently hired Rudy Giuliani for an “investment project” related to the Ukrainian city...
White House: ‘The Russian Witch Hunt Hoax’ … ‘Is Doing Very Well’
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders insisted on Friday that despite the “Russian Witch Hunt Hoax” doing “very well,” President Trump canceled his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. Read her full statement: “The Russian Witch Hunt Hoax, which is hopefully now nearing an end, is...
Kremlin Spox: Trump, Putin Will Have A ‘Brief’ Meeting At G-20 After All
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will have a “brief, impromptu” meeting at the G-20 summit in Argentina despite Trump’s abrupt cancellation on Thursday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told a Russian news agency. First flagged by Reuters, the meeting has not yet been confirmed by U.S. sources. Trump said...
Russia Doesn’t Buy Trump’s Excuse For Canceling Summit With Putin
Russian officials believe President’s Trump’s decision to cancel a meeting with President Vladimir Putin may have been based on a “domestic political situation” — like Michael Cohen’s Thursday guilty plea — and not Russia’s actions after a naval clash with Ukraine last week, CNN reported, citing the Russian state news...
Trump Signs New Trade Pact With Canada, Mexico Leaders To Replace NAFTA
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — President Donald Trump joined the leaders of Canada and Mexico at a global meeting in Argentina on Friday to sign a revised North American trade pact that he called “groundbreaking” and a benefit for “working people.” The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is meant to replace the 24-year-old North American Free Trade...
Trump Defenders Downplay New Cohen Plea: It’s Just Perjury!
No collusion! The White House’s closest allies in Congress and the media are leaning on President Trump’s go-to line in downplaying Thursday’s news that Michael Cohen has entered into a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller. Ignoring the meat of the development—that Cohen admitted he was working on a deal for the Trump...
Trump Cancelled His Meeting With Putin — Then He Cancelled Others, Too
President Donald Trump on Thursday cancelled his planned formal talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit. Shortly afterward, though, he also cancelled formal meetings with the leaders of Turkey and South Korea, which were downgraded to informal talks. After news broke that his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen pleaded...
WH: Trump’s Formal G-20 Meetings With Turkey, South Korea Canceled
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says President Donald Trump will speak informally with the leaders of Turkey and South Korea at the Group of 20 summit in Argentina rather than in formal meetings. Trump will talk informally with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and South Korean President Moon...
