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“Putin’s Chef” says new U.S. sanctions just mean he’ll have to stop eating at McDonald’s
Evgeny Prigozhin doesn’t seem worried about being the target of new sanctions announced Thursday by the U.S. Treasury Department, which accused him of helping run an online operation aimed at meddling in the U.S. 2016 presidential election. The man known as “Putin’s Chef,” thanks to his background in the food service industry, said...
Tillerson made a mess at State, but his departure leaves Trump “unleashed”
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson diminished the organization he led during the first year of President Donald Trump’s administration while fending off personal attacks from his own president. Now, he’s passing a weakened institution to a man with no diplomatic record, who observers said appears far less likely to restrain...
What happens when Russia ignores the U.K.’s ultimatum over nerve agent attack
British Prime Minister Theresa May issued an ultimatum to the Kremlin to account for how a Russian-made nerve agent ended up in an attack on British soil. Russia must explain by Tuesday at midnight how Novichok, the rare Russian-manufactured nerve agent, poisoned a former Russian double agent, Sergei Skripal, and his daughter Yulia on March 4 in...
White House won’t blame Russia for attack on former spy, but Rex Tillerson will
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson took a bold stance at odds with the White House Monday, specifically pointing a finger at Russia for the poisoning of a former Russian double agent and his daughter in the UK last week. “This is a really egregious act. It appears that it clearly came from Russia,” Tillerson said in a statement. “Whether it...
Putin boasts of ordering a passenger plane shot down in a bid for re-election
Vladimir Putin boasted Monday of ordering a passenger plane carrying 110 souls shot from the sky, part of the Russian autocrat’s push for re-election. The startling revelation comes just a week before the March 18 vote, one that is expected to see secure Putin his third term as president. In the two-hour documentary entitled “Putin,” the...
The State Department has a secret plan to counter Russian propaganda. It may be too late.
The U.S. State Department has been slammed, including in a New York Times story this week, for failing to respond to Russia’s state-led propaganda and misinformation campaign during and after the U.S. 2016 election. Now, officials say they have an explanation: Tillerson and company were devising a classified plan. That plan, a State...
Marine commander warns Norway unit “there’s a war coming”
A unit of 300 U.S. Marines stationed in Norway to practice cold-weather operations and develop ally partnerships heard unexpected news Thursday, when the commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps told them to be prepared for something bigger. Much bigger. Gen. Robert Neller told Marines that “there’s a war coming,” according to Military.com, and...
Marine commander warns Norway unit “there’s a war coming”
A unit of 300 U.S. Marines stationed in Norway to practice cold-weather operations and develop ally partnerships heard unexpected news Thursday, when the commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps told them to be prepared for something bigger. Much bigger. Gen. Robert Neller told Marines that “there’s a war coming,” according to Military.com, and...
Trump is building a wall — to protect his golf course from global warming
Sign up for a weekly newsletter about President Donald Trump to be delivered to your inbox every Friday. Donald Trump made it clear at the beginning of his campaign that he wasn’t going to follow the normal rules or tone of politics. We’re keeping track of all the ways his presidency veers from the norm in terms of policy and...
There are now 1 million cholera cases in Yemen
Donald Trump may be a world of chaos all by himself, but the world beyond Trump is changing in dramatic ways, often with little notice. We’d like to tell you about it and we’re keeping track of these global changes, from the incremental to the monumental, so that you don’t have to. Sign up for our weekly newsletter of the...
