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A top Russian cyber-crimes agent was arrested on treason charges in December 2016 and now faces 20 years in prison. Sergei Mikhailov served in the FSB's Center for Information Security, the agency's cyberintelligence branch, which has been implicated by US intelligence in the American election "hacking."
Putin must wonder what else America knows about Russia - When Russian President Vladimir Putin sits down at the table in Helsinki on Monday, he will surely have in the back of his mind some intelligence worries that have nothing to do with the U.S. president seated across from him.
Putin must wonder what else America knows about Russia - When Russian President Vladimir Putin sits down at the table in Helsinki on Monday, he will surely have in the back of his mind some intelligence worries that have nothing to do with the U.S. president seated across from him.
A U.S. lobbying firm sought to recruit the ambassadors of France, Germany and several other countries to demonstrate international support for severing Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska's control of Rusal, the aluminum manufacturing giant sanctioned by Washington. Documents made public by the Justice Department show that Mercury LLC drafted messages for at least six envoys to send to senior U.S. government officials that expressed support for a plan to eliminate Deripaska's majority stake in the EN+ Group, the holding company that owns nearly 50 percent of Rusal.
As car reviewers, we get asked that question all the time, but answering literally with "Rolls-Royce Phantom" isn't really helpful. At least if you're actually trying to buy the best car possible.
Gov. Paul LePage's legacy as Maine's 74th governor will be complex and varied, ranging from his conservative accomplishments to verbal explosions that put Maine in a negative national light. With three of his four terms spent as Democrats held legislative majorities, the Republican governor's veto became the most formidable weapon in his efforts to simultaneously advance his conservative agenda while thwarting liberal and moderate initiatives.
Airbnb Inc., having escaped a major U.S. landlord's lawsuit over partying tourists at high-end Los Angeles apartments, will have to defend itself against the same allegations by the same landlord in Miami. A Florida state court judge on Wednesday denied Airbnb's request to throw out Apartment Investment & Management Co.'
Enrollment is down slightly for the local Head Start program but funding is up, due in part to an increase in the Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposed by the president and ratified by Congress in February. The slight increase of $9.275 billion in 2019 compared to $9.225 in 2017 includes a 2.6 percent cost of living increase.
I wrote here about an emerging strategy to undermine the Iranian regime. A key element is making the regime pay for its regional adventurism, which has become quite unpopular with the Iranian population.
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump disembark from Air Force One upon arrival at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in Helsinki Sunday, on the eve of a summit in Helsinki between president and his Russian counterpart. HELSINKI President Donald Trump will hold a summit Monday Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.
The California Democratic Party voted not to endorse longtime incumbent, Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Saturday, and instead overwhelmingly chose her primary challenger, former State Sen. Kevin de Leon. Feinstein, who has served as a California Senator since 1992, only garnered 7 percent of the vote in the 330-member executive board, while de Leon won 65 percent.
The World Bank is spending millions in government funding from various countries, including the U.S., to implement climate mitigation strategies in line with an international agreement to fight climate change - the Paris climate accords. The U.S. is the World Bank's largest supporter and shareholder owning 17 percent of organization's shares.
Kevin de Leon, a sparsely known liberal legislator trying to oust U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, staged an insider coup Saturday by winning the endorsement of state Democratic Party leaders. The embarrassing snub to Feinstein was a testament to the leftward shift of California Democratic activists in the age of President Donald Trump, highlighting a long-running split between the party establishment and its restive liberal wing.
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FBI employees' attitudes about the agency's leadership have worsened over the past year, according to the FBI's most recent "climate survey." The survey, obtained by the national security blog Lawfare through a FOIA lawsuit, reveals that employees do not necessarily agree with FBI Director Christopher Wray's "vision."
Republican Sen. Rand Paul says asking for the extradition of the Russian intelligence agents indicted Friday for interfering in the 2016 election would be a "moot point." "I think it'd be a moot point; I don't think Russia is sending anyone back over here for trial, the same way we wouldn't send anybody over there for trial," the Kentucky senator said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union."
It seems preposterous that after 20 years there's anyone left on the planet who could be taken in by Sacha Baron Cohen One minute he's a square-jawed Israeli military expert who wants to arm three-year-old children; then he's a pony-tailed ultra-liberal progressive who shares his wife with her dolphin lover; then a blond Right-wing blogger on a mobility scooter who claims he got three diseases from Barack Obama 's health care reforms. The conversations these characters engage in on screen are so preposterous that surely someone will smell a rat, but -astonishingly - they don't.
The Air Force says McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita likely will receive its first KC-46 air refueling tanker by October. Air Force official Will Roper said Friday flight testing to bring the tanker has been finished.
The U.S. Supreme Court recently agreed to rule on a case that have a major impact on civil liberties and whether civil asset forfeiture can continue to serve as low hanging fruit for bureaucratic interests run amok. involves a man whose $42,000 Land Rover was confiscated via civil asset forfeiture.
A House committee plans a second hearing this week on the filtering practices of social media companies, amid concerns that some users have been "shadow banned," blocked or otherwise marginalized. Executives with Facebook , YouTube and Twitter are scheduled to appear before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, according to the committee's announcement.