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France holds the first, primary round of its national elections tomorrow. There are eleven candidates running from the extreme right to the far left.
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U.S. Treasury rejects Exxon Mobil request to drill in Russia
The Trump administration has rejected a request from Exxon Mobil to waive U.S. sanctions against Russia to allow the company to resume oil drilling around the Black Sea. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday in a brief statement that the administration "will not be issuing waivers to U.S. companies, including Exxon, authorizing drilling prohibited by current Russian sanctions."
Reuters: Think Tank Linked To Putin Distributed Plans to Influence U.S. Election
U.S. intelligence agencies released a report in January saying they assessed that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an "influence campaign" in the U.S. presidential election. The Reuters news agency reports that a Russian government think tank run by Kremlin-appointed former intelligence officials developed a plan to influence the outcome of the U.S. presidential election last year.
AP Source: Exxon seeks OK to resume Russian oil venture
A person familiar with the matter says Exxon Mobil is seeking permission from the U.S. government for approval to resume drilling around the Black Sea with a Russian partner, state-owned Rosneft . The oil giant's request is being reviewed by the Trump administration and is certain to draw extra scrutiny because it involves a company formerly run by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who cultivated close ties with Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin.
Trump Has Embraced Autocratic Leaders Without Hesitation 35 minutes ago
President Donald Trump congratulated Turkey's president for sweeping up more power. He hailed Egypt's strongman leader as a "fantastic guy."
Is Trump abandoning everything he stood for or merely being ‘flexible’?
As president, Trump has backed off many of his provocative foreign policy promises. As president, Trump has backed off many of his provocative foreign policy promises.
Changing Trump views toward Russia, China worry some allies
Once soft on Russia and hard on China, President Donald Trump rapidly reversed course in the last weeks, concluding there's more business to be done with Beijing than with Moscow. Trump's evolving views on those two world powers have brought the U.S. back into alignment with former President Barack Obama's pattern of "great power" politics.
Mixed reactions greet Trump’s new attitudes on Russia, China
" Once soft on Russia and hard on China, President Donald Trump rapidly reversed course in the last weeks, concluding there's more business to be done with Beijing than with Moscow. Trump's evolving views on those two world powers have brought the U.S. back into alignment with former President Barack Obama's pattern of "great power" politics.
Harder on Russia and softer on China, Trump’s views evolving
Once soft on Russia and hard on China, President Donald Trump rapidly reversed course in the last weeks, concluding there's more business to be done with Beijing than with Moscow. Trump's evolving views on those two world powers have brought the U.S. back into alignment with former President Barack Obama's pattern of "great power" politics.
Course reversal: Trump’s White House increasingly hawkish on Russia
Once soft on Russia and hard on China, President Donald Trump rapidly reversed course in the last weeks, concluding there's more business to be done with Beijing than with Moscow. Trump's evolving views on those two world powers have brought the U.S. back into alignment with former President Barack Obama's pattern of "great power" politics.
Ap Fact Check: President Trump’s flip-flops flub the facts
In this April 12, 2107 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. It was a flip-floppy week at the White House as President Donald Trump walked away from some promises and people, contorting reality in the process.
Ap Fact Check: President Trumpa s flip-flops flub the facts
It was a flip-floppy week at the White House as President Donald Trump walked away from some promises and people, contorting reality in the process. He declared NATO no longer obsolete, even though the alliance hasn't changed much since he denigrated it in the 2016 campaign.
Kremlin: No ‘Reliable Information’ on Chechen Gay Killings
In the face of growing international concern about reported detentions and killings of gay men in Chechnya, Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman says the Kremlin does not have confirmed information on the targeted violence. The respected Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported this month that police in the predominantly Muslim republic rounded up more than 100 men suspected of homosexuality and that at least three of them have been killed.
Trump Says Relations With Russia ‘May Be At An All-Time Low’
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the start of their meeting in Moscow. Russia has accused the U.S. of breaking international law with its missile strike on Syria last week "Right now we're not getting along with Russian Federation at all", said a blunt President Donald Trump as tensions between the two nuclear powers continue to worsen.
Trump’s CIA Director Just Called WikiLeaks a “Hostile Intelligence Service”
Central Intelligence Agency chief Mike Pompeo on Thursday denounced WikiLeaks as a "non-state hostile intelligence service," and he singled out Russia as one of the anti-secrecy organization's top collaborators. Pompeo is the latest top official in the Trump administration to note that Russia hacked into the emails of Democratic staffers with the intention of influencing the 2016 presidential election.
No positive shift yet on Russia-US ties, Kremlin says
President Vladimir Putin's meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has not produced any positive shift yet in Russia-US relations, the Kremlin says. Mr Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Russian leader on Wednesday gave Mr Tillerson his view of the causes of the current "deadlock" in bilateral ties.
Russian Puppet In Us Revealed – Democrats Will Cry
Democrats have been making accusations against Donald Trump and his team, claiming that they have been working with the Russian government, and therefore, Russians will be infiltrating our government. It turns out, Democrats got it partly true - only now, some evidence has been found to show that the Russian stooge is one of their own .
Kremlin: No positive shift yet on Russia-US ties
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson look at each other as they shake hands after the news conference following their talks in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Amid a fierce dispute over Syria, the United States and Russia agreed Wednesday to work together on an international investigation of a Syrian chemical weapons attack last week.
Commentary: Capitalizing on Syria attack
President Trump did the right thing, the necessary thing, in striking Syria's Shayrat Air Base in response to the Assad regime's gruesome gas attack on civilians. In so doing, the president sharply reversed his own past stance and positions his team took just days ago on Syria.
Putin Says Level of Trust Has ‘Probably Worsened’ Since Trump Succeeded Obama
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to Mir interviewer Radik Batyrshin at the Kremlin on April 11, 2017. The level of trust between Russia and the United States has not improved since President Trump took office, but has "probably worsened," President Vladimir Putin has said in a new interview.