Epstein Secrets

from penalties the Treasury Department initially imposed in April 2018 on Rusal and other companies owned by Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch and Kremlin ally accused of facilitating Moscow's nefarious activities. ... It's unclear whether the former staffers — Hunter Bates, a former McConnell chief

Hauer & Feld, the law and lobbying firm where Bates and Dunn work, and McConnell's office declined to comment on whether they had done so. -- The Kremlin announced that Trump called Putin to offer U.S. help with fighting Siberian wildfires. From Reuters: "The Kremlin said the two leaders had spoken b

only 8.7 minutes. • The Fact Checker team scrutinized 13 statements made during the debate. • Annie Linskey, David Fahrenthold, Sean Sullivan and Holly Bailey: "8 key moments from night 2." • . Stein and Yasmeen Abutaleb: "Biden and Harris muddle through confusing health policy in debate." • Elise Vieb

deaths because of its strict crackdown. (Katie Shepherd) The E.U. accused China of waging a pandemic disinformation campaign, lumping it with the Kremlin. "It was the European Union's highest-level and most forceful criticism yet of the way Beijing has handled its messaging about the pandemic," Micha

legislative remedies for racial injustice in policing, but their ability to find common ground remained far from a sure bet," Toluse Olorunnipa and Holly Bailey report. "During a House Judiciary Committee hearing that at times grew contentious, the two parties clashed over fundamental issues ranging from th

a Marine in Vietnam and helped guide law enforcement during the traumatic aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, came out of retirement to investigate the Kremlin's efforts to sway the 2016 presidential election. "We have underplayed to a certain extent that aspect of our investigation," Mueller told the Hous

rners." Biden is planning a major Iowa push after tonight's debate as concerns grow about his weaknesses in the first voting state. Matt Viser and Holly Bailey report: "Biden's campaign once shrugged off the potential impact of losing the caucus vote on Feb. 3, but concerns lately have grown about just how

ump's former personal lawyer, told FBI agents in November 2018 that he informed Trump during the campaign that he had spoken with a "woman from the Kremlin" about the plan to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. "Cohen told Trump he spoke with a woman from the Kremlin who had asked specific and great questi

d a lengthy proposal about how she would try to help close health, income and wealth disparities in Native American communities," Annie Linskey and Holly Bailey report. "The bulk of her appearance focused on parts of that plan, which would provide tribal leaders with far more influence than they now have ov