By SCOTT SHANE, MARK MAZZETTI and ADAM GOLDMAN April 20, 2017 WASHINGTON — Ever since F.B.I. investigators discovered in 2013 that a Russian spy was trying to recruit an American businessman named Carter Page, the bureau maintained an occasional interest in Mr. Page. So when he became a foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign last year and gave a Russia-friendly speech at […]
Nick Penzenstadler , Steve Reilly and John Kelly , April 20, 2017 LAS VEGAS — President Trump’s companies own more than 400 condo units and home lots whose sale could steer millions of dollars to Trump, a USA TODAY investigation has found. CLICK IMAGE at left for link to USA TODAY story. USA TODAY spent four months cataloging every […]
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS APRIL 19, 2017 HOUSTON — Exxon Mobil is pursuing a waiver from Treasury Department sanctions on Russia to drill in the Black Sea in a venture with Rosneft, the Russian state oil company, a former State Department official said on Wednesday. An oil industry official confirmed the account. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for direct link to NYT story. Related NYT […]
By Maria Chiu. April 19th, 2017 In his first few months as president, Donald Trump has signed executive orders, a few laws and directed his agencies to start overturning Obama administration policies. Many of these policies have made a lot of noise, but here are some changes you might have missed. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for […]
By Keri Geiger and Michael Riley April 18th, 2017 In the very public, post-election parade of dignitaries, confidantes and job-seekers filing in and out of Donald Trump’s marquee Manhattan tower, Blackwater founder Erik Prince was largely out of sight. And yet Prince was very much a presence, providing advice to Trump’s inner circle, including his […]
By JASON SILVERSTEIN Tuesday, April 18, 2017 The Chinese government reportedly granted Ivanka Trump’s company new trademarks the same day this month she and her husband Jared Kushner met with the president of China. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for direct link to story. Ivanka Trump and Kushner dined with Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife at Mar-a-Lago […]
By MARK LANDLER and ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON — Just over a week ago, the White House declared that ordering an American aircraft carrier into the Sea of Japan would send a powerful deterrent signal to North Korea and give President Trump more options in responding to the North’s provocative behavior. “We’re sending an armada,” Mr. Trump said to Fox News […]
By Evan Perez, Shimon Prokupecz and Manu Raju April 18, 2017 Sources: FBI used dossier allegations to bolster Trump-Russia investigation Washington (CNN) FBI last year used a dossier of allegations of Russian ties to Donald Trump’s campaign as part of the justification to win approval to secretly monitor a Trump associate, according to US officials briefed on the investigation. CLICK […]
By SHARON LaFRANIERE APRIL 18, 2017 WASHINGTON — A legal watchdog group is expanding a federal lawsuit filed earlier this year against President Trump, accusing him of violating the Constitution by continuing to own and profit from his far-flung business empire. CLICK IMAGE for direct link to NYT story The amended complaint, to be filed on Tuesday […]
BY MARK HENSCH 04/17/17 Voting machines were reported stolen a day before Georgia’s special congressional election, according to a new report. The equipment was stolen last Saturday evening from a Cobb County precinct manager’s vehicle, Channel 2 Action News said Monday. He did not immediately report the theft. CLICK IMAGE for direct link to story “It […]
