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FBI, NSA call for further testimony on Trump-Russia investigation
Friday April 21st, 2017 at 7:01 PM

Ramping up their Congressional investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election, lawmakers have invited directors of the FBI and National Security Agency to testify again, in addition to expressing a desire to hear from the Obama administration’s top intelligence officials.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Conaway has invited FBI Director James Comey and National Security Advisor Adm. Mike Rogers to appear at a closed hearing on May 2.

Former CIA Director John Brennan, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates have been requested to provide public testimony after May 2.

Last month, during the House Committee’s first public hearing, Mr. Comey confirmed his agency has been investigating alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Last October, in the heat of the presidential election, the Obama administration formally accused the Kremlin of stealing and disclosing emails from the Democratic National Committee. At the time, Mr. Clapper issued a statement detailing how leaked DNC emails were “intended to interfere with the U.S. election process.”

Both the Kremlin and the Trump administration insist there is “no evidence of Trump-Russia collusion.”

Ms. Yates, while serving as at the acting attorney general at the start of the year, battled with the White House over the legality of Mr. Trump’s executive order banning certain immigrants and refugees. She questioned the legitimacy of the executive order and Mr. Trump fired her.

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Along with his score to Kozintsev's King Lear (1970), Shostakovich's score to Kozintsev's Hamlet (1963 - 1964) is commonly said to be the best of his film scores. The intensity of mood, the concentration of its effect, and the originality of the themes elevate the score far beyond the music for the many propaganda films Shostakovich scored in the late 1930s and again in the late 1940s and early 1950s. But it is the overall integrity and sincerity of the music that elevate the Hamlet music to the highest levels of Shostakovich's art.

Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 US election
Friday April 21st, 2017 at 5:32 PM

By Ned Parker, Jonathan Landay and John Walcott

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin developed a plan to swing the 2016 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump and undermine voters’ faith in the American electoral system, three current and four former U.S. officials told Reuters.

House Intel Committee invites Yates, Brennan, Clapper to open hearing
Friday April 21st, 2017 at 5:25 PM

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The House Intelligence Committee said on Friday that it had invited three former officials with knowledge of Russia's interference in the US election to testify in an open hearing in May, over a month after the committee's chairman first scrapped the session.

"Yesterday, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence sent two letters related to its investigation into Russian active measures during the 2016 election campaign," Emily Hytha, a spokeswoman for Republican Rep. Mike Conaway, said on Friday.

"The first letter was sent to FBI Director James Comey and National Security Advisor Admiral Mike Rogers, inviting them to appear at a closed hearing on May 2, 2017," Hytha said. "The second letter was sent to former CIA Director John Brennan, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates inviting them to appear at an open hearing to be scheduled after May 2nd."

The letters appear to mark the end of an impasse that emerged late last month, when the committee's chairman, Devin Nunes, accused Democrats of not signing a letter inviting Comey to testify before the committee in a closed session. Democrats said they did not support substituting an open hearing with a closed one and had been pushing to reschedule the open session with Yates, Brennan, and Clapper that Nunes had scrapped.

"The chairman requested that in lieu of a public hearing we have a closed hearing with James Comey and Mike Rogers," Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, who sits on the committee, told Business Insiderlate last month. "I did not support having one substitute for another."

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In the end, the committee agreed to hold both the closed session with Comey and Rogers that Republicans wanted and the open hearing with Yates, Brennan, and Clapper that Democrats advocated.

The compromise is arguably a bigger victory for the Democrats, however, who have been eager to publicly question Yates about her knowledge of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's relationship with Russia.

Yates was fired as acting attorney general after refusing to enforce Trump's first executive order on immigration in late January. Earlier that month, she reportedly traveled to the White House to warn Trump administration officials that Flynn could be vulnerable to Russian blackmail.

Interest in Yates' testimony grew even more last month after The Washington Post reported that the White House had tried to prevent her from testifying publicly. The White House has denied the charge.

Brennan has also come back into the spotlight recently amid reports that he established a counterintelligence task force last summer to examine whether the Trump campaign had improper contact with the Kremlin. The investigation was based on intelligence that was handed to the CIA by foreign intelligence agencies beginning in late 2015, The Guardian reported earlier this month.

Clapper's testimony, meanwhile, will be of interest to those who feel that Trump's Russia ties have been overblown. The former director of national intelligence told MSNBC's Chuck Todd in early March that he had seen "no evidence" of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.

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Nunes a few weeks ago stepped aside from the committee's investigation into Trump's ties to Russia. He handed the probe over to Conaway in early April amid questions about his ability to lead an unbiased investigation.

Nunes, who served on Trump's transition team, came under intense scrutiny last month for his decision to bypass the rest of his committee and brief Trump on classified executive-branch documents that he said showed that members of Trump's transition team had been swept up in government surveillance.

Reports have said he obtained those documents from White House officials — despite Nunes' earlier claims that he got them from an intelligence source — fueling speculation that administration officials had orchestrated the stunt to distract the press from Comey's revelation that the FBI was investigating whether various Trump associates had ties to Russia.

The committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. Adam Schiff, criticized Nunes for bypassing the committee, calling on him to either share the documents with his colleagues or recuse himself.

"I don't know how to conduct a credible investigation if you have even one person, let alone the chairman, of a committee saying, 'I've seen evidence, but I won't share it with anyone else,'" Schiff told CNN late last month. "We can't conduct an investigation this way. That's not sustainable. It's not credible."

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VA makes curbing veteran suicides a top priority
Friday April 21st, 2017 at 5:12 PM

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - U.S. Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary Scott Blackburn says a top priority of the agency is to find ways to curb suicides among veterans and boost access to mental health care.

Blackburn visited with patients, doctors and administrators at the VA hospital in Albuquerque on Friday. Staffing shortages were among the concerns raised.

Blackburn, an Army veteran, said it’s unacceptable that about 20 veterans a day commit suicide. Of those, data shows about six receive care through the VA system and only half of them see a mental health provider.

Administrators acknowledged that recruiting psychiatrists has been a challenge in New Mexico but that the shortage extends beyond the VA system.

Hospital officials said New Mexico currently has a shortage of about 130 psychiatrists and is in need of dozens of primary care physicians.

Exxon Mobil: Waiver Against Russian Sanctions Denied
Friday April 21st, 2017 at 5:10 PM

The Treasury Department said it will not give Exxon Mobil a waiver to drill for oil in Russia despite U.S. sanctions against the country.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday in a statement that the administration, "will not be issuing waivers to U.S. companies, including Exxon, authorizing drilling prohibited by current Russian sanctions," according to the Associated Press.

Exxon was seeking a waiver in order to continue drilling in the Black Sea, the AP reports. The company previously had an agreement with Russian oil company PAO Rosneft.

Exxon would not confirm whether or not it was seeking the waiver at all earlier this month, Reuters reports. Exxon's former chief executive Secretary of State Rex Tillerson lobbied against the sanctions in 2014.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called the request for a waiver "crazy" last week in a tweet linking to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

The move comes as the FBI and Congressional intelligence committees are investigating Russian hacking that allegedly attempted to influence the 2016 presidential election, as well as possible contact between Russian officials and members of President Donald Trump's campaign.

Paris Attack: Slain Officer Xavier Jugelé Was LGBT Activist
Friday April 21st, 2017 at 5:08 PM

The police officer shot and killed in Thursday's terror attack near the Champs Élysées in Paris was an LGBT activist.

A French group for LGBT law enforcement officials, Flag, said in a Facebook post that Xavier Jugelé was a member of the association and praised him for his dedication as an activist.

"He was a simple man who loved his job, and he was really committed to the L.G.B.T. cause," the group's president, Mickaël Bucheron, told the New York Times. "He protested with us when there was the homosexual propaganda ban at the Sochi Olympic Games."

Jugelé was killed when an unidentified shooter ambushed law enforcement officials on one of Paris' busiest streets, the Champs Élysées. Three other people were injured, and the suspected gunman was shot dead by police. ISIS later claimed responsibility for the attack.

Thursday's ambush was not Jugelé's first experience with terrorism in Paris, as the officer had previously responded to the terror attack at the Bataclan theater in 2015, according to the Times.

Marine Le Pen gets poll boost after Paris attack as Donald Trump says her chances of victory have improved
Friday April 21st, 2017 at 3:47 PM

But Ms Le Pen was not the only one to issue stern pledges. Mr Fillon, who also talks tough on security, said the fight against “Islamist totalitarianism” should be the next president’s priority.

“It will require an unyielding determination and a cool head,” the former prime minister said. “We are at war, there is no alternative, it’s us or them.”

Mr Fillon, though knocked off his initial course towards victory by incessant allegations involving “fake job” payments to his British wife, promised to govern with “an iron fist”.

But the moderate Mr Macron, whom other candidates have portrayed as too inexperienced, took a different tack, warning against any attempts to use the shooting for political gain. “I think we must once and for all have a spirit of responsibility at this extreme time and not give in to panic and not allow it to be exploited, which some might try to do,” he told French radio.

Trump predicts deadly Paris shooting will help Marine Le Pen in French presidential election
Friday April 21st, 2017 at 3:10 PM

PARIS — A deadly shootout on Paris’s best-known boulevard darkened the final day of campaigning Friday in France’s pivotal presidential election, as President Trump predicted that the attack would help shape the outcome of voting Sunday, primarily benefiting far-right candidate Marine Le Pen.

Trump told the Associated Press that the assault on French police Thursday night would “probably help” Le Pen, who has raised many of the same anti-immigrant and security issues that were pushed by Trump during his campaign. Trump said he was not explicitly endorsing Le Pen but that he believes she is the candidate who is “strongest on borders, and she’s the strongest on what’s been going on in France,” AP reported.

Trump also told the news agency that he is not worried about emboldening terrorists by saying that an attack can have an impact on a democratic election.

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“Another terrorist attack in Paris,” Trump wrote earlier Friday in a Twitter post. “The people of France will not take much more of this. Will have a big effect on presidential election!”

The French election has become a critical test of strength for Le Pen and her National Front party at a time when nationalism has overshadowed other votes in the West, including Trump’s victory and last year’s British referendum on leaving the European Union.

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Le Pen’s opponents, meanwhile, have urged France to stand against the hard-line rhetoric that has dominated her campaign.

Despite a promise not to campaign following Thursday’s attack on police on the renowned Champs-Elysees, Le Pen reinforced her message in a speech Friday, calling on the French government to immediately reinstate border checks and expel foreigners being monitored by the intelligence services.

“My government of national unity will implement this policy, so that the republic will live, and that France will live,” she said in an impromptu news conference.

Despite some early calls to postpone Sunday’s first round of voting to elect a new president, Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told reporters Friday morning that “nothing should hinder this fundamental democratic moment for our country.” He pledged heightened security as French voters go to the polls, including deployments of heavily armed soldiers from France’s Operation Sentinelle.

It was not immediately clear whether the timing of Thursday’s attack was linked to the election. But it appeared to have that effect in the public’s mind — coming as the 11 candidates were speaking in a televised debate event before a reported audience of millions.

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One police officer was killed and two others were seriously injured when a gunman opened fire with a Kalashnikov assault rifle on a police patrol parked on the avenue, sending pedestrians fleeing into side streets. The Islamic State claimed responsibility.

The gunman was then shot dead as he tried to escape, Paris prosecutor François Molins told reporters. Investigators subsequently found a number of knives and a pump-action shotgun in the gunman’s car, as well as a message apparently scribbled in support of the Islamic State.

On Friday, Molins formally identified the gunman as Karim Cheurfi, a 39-year-old from the Paris suburbs who had a criminal record and was well-known to authorities. In a profile that mirrored those of the perpetrators of other recent, smaller-scale attacks, Cheurfi had been convicted no fewer than four times since 2003 and had spent nearly 14 years in prison from crimes ranging from burglary and theft to attempted murder.

Earlier in 2017, Molins said, French authorities were made aware that he had sought to purchase weapons and had made statements about wanting to kill police officers. As recently as April 7, Molins added, authorities had interviewed Cheurfi following a trip to Algeria. However, a judge decided not to revoke his probation.

Cheurfi’s former lawyer, Jean-Laurent Panier, told BFM television Friday that his client was “extremely isolated” and probably had “psychological” problems that went untreated. He said Cheurfi never spoke about religion, adding “his only conversations were about how to fill his daily life with video games,” AP reported.

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The slain police officer, identified as Xavier Jugele, was a member of the LGBT police association and had spent his entire career in Paris, police officials said. He was 37 years old.

In November last year, according to L’Express newspaper, Jugele had attended a concert that reopened the Bataclan Theater, the main target in a series of Islamic State attacks on Paris in November 2015. “This concert is meant to celebrate life,” he told People Magazine. “To say no to terrorists.”

As the candidates vowed to suspend campaign events to honor the fallen officer, analysts were quick to say that the shooting, in a country that has suffered a string of devastating terrorist attacks in the past two years, was particularly advantageous for the right-wing, anti-immigrant presidential contenders — especially Le Pen, who has been sharply critical of “Islamist terrorism” for weeks.

[Anti-Muslim rhetoric permeates French presidential election campaign]

The attack was claimed with unusual speed Thursday night by the Islamic State through its affiliated Amaq News Agency, which said it was carried out by a Belgian national it identified only by the pseudonym Abu Yusuf al-Baljiki.

But authorities and analysts urged caution in interpreting the information.

“It’s never happened in the past so quickly,” said Jean-Charles Brisard, an intelligence expert and director of the Paris-based Center for the Analysis of Terrorism, referring to the Islamic State tendency to claim attacks.

“Perhaps the individuals in question had some kind of coordination and were in contact with them,” he said, referring to the Islamic State, “but we should also not rule out the possibility that Amaq was too hasty in releasing its statements.”

Molins agreed. Regardless of Le Pen's exhortation to expel all those in France's so-called "S File," a list of approximately 10,000 names that authorities suspect of potential Islamist radicalism, Karim Cheurfi was never included in that file. According to Molins, at no point in his long period of incarceration did he "show signs of radicalization or proselytism."

"Now, it is a matter of determining the precise context of the act and possible complicities in its execution," he said.

On Friday, French police detained three family members of the dead gunman in the Paris suburbs, the Reuters news agency reported, citing legal sources.

The attack is expected to weigh heavily on voters’ minds as they prepare to go to the polls Sunday for the first round of the presidential election, which comes amid rising political extremes and ranks among France’s most crucial votes in decades. At stake is whether the country will remain in the European Union.

Until now, the contentious campaign has featured many themes — immigration, unemployment, taxation, globalization — but has lacked a central, defining issue. Thursday’s attack, analysts said, could be a last-minute game changer.

[Le Pen wants to shape France’s future. But can she escape her past?]

“Now there is a structuring thematic, and that thematic is terrorism,” said François Heisbourg, a defense expert and former French presidential adviser on national security. “But if terrorism will now be at the front of everyone’s mind, we have no idea how that plays.”

The candidates, especially on the right, wasted no time in emphasizing the gravity of the issue.

Echoing Le Pen, François Fillon, the embattled contender from France’s more mainstream conservative party, said Friday that the fight against “Islamist totalitarianism” should be “the priority of the next government.”

By contrast, Emmanuel Macron, the popular independent candidate vying for the presidency, however, was quick to argue against any fearmongering.

“We must not yield to fear today,” he said Thursday. “This is what our assailants are waiting for, and it’s their trap.”

It remains unclear what kind of effect the Champs-Elysees attack could have on French voters. Similar incidents in the past have led to both the embrace and rejection of right-wing agendas.

In 2002, for instance, a law-and-order scandal just before the first round of the vote partially helped Jean-Marie Le Pen, the father of Marine Le Pen and founder of the National Front, to win enough votes to enter the second and final round. Le Pen ultimately lost by a landslide in that final contest, but his momentary rise would have been unlikely without the last-minute incident, experts said.

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But in 2012, a terrorist attack on a Jewish school in Toulouse in the final weeks before the French election that year did not swing the polls in favor of conservative Nicolas Sarkozy, then the incumbent, hard-line president with a reputation for being tough on crime. François Hollande, a socialist, won that election instead.

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Similarly, in advance of Britain’s referendum on European Union membership in June 2016, the murder of Jo Cox, a pro-“Remain” member of the British Parliament, by a nationalist supporter of the “Leave” campaign, did not dissuade British voters from voting to exit the E.U., as analysts had speculated it might.

The Islamic State has asserted responsibility for previous attacks in France, including the coordinated November 2015 terrorist assault on multiple targets in Paris that left 130 people dead and more than 360 wounded.

After that attack and others in the past two years — many perpetrated by Islamic State militants or those claiming to be inspired by the extremist group — terrorism and national security have become crucial issues in France’s most contentious election in decades.

Souad Mekhennet in Frankfurt, Germany, Michael Birnbaum in Brussels and Brian Murphy and Willilam Branigin in Washington contributed to this report.

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Friday April 21st, 2017 at 1:14 PM

PARIS The man who shot dead a French policeman in a suspected Islamist militant attack had served time for previous armed assaults on law enforcement officers, police sources said on Friday, as authorities sought possible accomplices.

The gunman, identified as Karim Cheurfi, opened fire on a police vehicle parked on the Champs Elysees in Paris late on Thursday, killing one officer and injuring two others before being shot dead.

The attack, which was claimed by Islamic State, overshadowed the last day of campaigning for Sunday's presidential election first round.

Cheurfi, 39, a French national who lived with his mother in the eastern Paris suburb of Chelles, had been convicted for previous gun attacks on law enforcement officers going back 16 years.

Police found a note defending Islamic State near his body and believe he had "opened fire on the officers in the knowledge he would be killed by them", a source close to the investigation said.

In addition to the assault rifle used in the attack, a pump action shotgun and knives were in his car, the police sources said. Three of his family members have been placed in detention, the French interior ministry announced on Friday.

Cheurfi served 10 years in prison after firing on two plainclothes officers in 2001 as they tried to apprehend him in a stolen car. While in detention, he shot and wounded a prison officer after seizing his gun.

Released on probation in 2015 from a further two-year jail term imposed for lesser offences, Cheurfi was arrested again in February after threatening to kill police officers - but released for lack of evidence.

A French interior ministry spokesman initially confirmed on Friday that a second man was being sought, based on information from Belgian security services.

"It's too early to say how or whether he was connected to what happened on the Champs Elysees," ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said. "There are a certain number of leads to check. We are not ruling anything out."

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A potential second suspect was identified as Youssouf El Osri in a document seen by Reuters. Belgian security officials had warned French counterparts before the attack that El Osri was a "very dangerous individual en route to France" aboard the Thalys high-speed train.

The warning was circulated more widely among French security services in the hour following the Champs Elysees attack.

Brandet later told BFM TV that a man with that name had turned himself in at a police station in Antwerp.

Islamic State, which has hundreds of French-speaking fighters, claimed responsibility for the Champs Elysees shooting soon afterwards, in a statement identifying the attacker as "Abu Yousif al-Belgiki (the Belgian)".

El Osri's connection with either the downed assailant or the man named by Islamic State remained unclear on Friday.

"We don't understand why Islamic State has identified the wrong person," said a police source. "What does seem clear is that Islamic State was planning something."

Coming just days after police said they had foiled another planned Islamist attack, arresting two men in the southern city of Marseille, the Champs Elysees shooting dominated the final day of election campaigning.

Conservative candidate Francois Fillon and Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Front, both talked tough on law and order while centrist front-runner Emmanuel Macron stressed he was also up to the challenge.

(Additional reporting by John Irish, Gerard Bon and Yves Clarisse; Writing by Laurence Frost; Editing by Andrew Callus)

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Umbrella saves boy after he jumps from ten-storey building
Friday April 21st, 2017 at 1:12 PM

A seven-year-old boy has miraculously survived a ten-storey fall from a building after using an umbrella as a ‘parachute’, according to local media reports.

The boy was believed to have been trying to imitate a cartoon character he had been watching on television at his home in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou. It is understood that his parents had left him at home alone.

He was rushed for emergency treatment at the Affiliated Children’s Hospital at Suzhou University where doctors performed emergency surgery. The boy, who has not been named was removed from the hospital's critical list last night, according to doctors.

The boy's fall was partially broken by a power line, according to reports, leaving him lying on the ground injured next to a large red umbrella.

Video footage of the boy's mother collapsing at the scene went viral on Chinese social media networks and was repeatedly aired on local on Chinese television which featured his "miraculous" escape on evening news bulletins.

This is not the first time that a child in China has been injured after imitating stunts from films and TV shows, leading to a debate over whether films and TV programmes are carry sufficient warnings and appropriate age ratings.

Last month, a five-year-old girl jumped off the 11th floor of a building while carrying a backpack and umbrella in the far-Western Chinese city of Urumqi.

She survived after landing on a fourth floor balcony, but suffered serious injuries. The girl had been inspired by watching the cartoon ‘Boonie Bears’, according to local reports.

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Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 US election
Friday April 21st, 2017 at 5:32 PM

By Ned Parker, Jonathan Landay and John Walcott

They described two confidential documents from the think tank as providing the framework and rationale for what U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded was an intensive effort by Russia to interfere with the Nov. 8 election. U.S. intelligence officials acquired the documents, which were prepared by the Moscow-based Russian Institute for Strategic Studies [https://en.riss.ru/], after the election.

The institute is run by retired senior Russian foreign intelligence officials appointed by Putin’s office.

The first Russian institute document was a strategy paper written last June that circulated at the highest levels of the Russian government but was not addressed to any specific individuals.

It recommended the Kremlin launch a propaganda campaign on social media and Russian state-backed global news outlets to encourage U.S. voters to elect a president who would take a softer line toward Russia than the administration of then-President Barack Obama, the seven officials said.

A second institute document, drafted in October and distributed in the same way, warned that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was likely to win the election. For that reason, it argued, it was better for Russia to end its pro-Trump propaganda and instead intensify its messaging about voter fraud to undermine the U.S. electoral system’s legitimacy and damage Clinton’s reputation in an effort to undermine her presidency, the seven officials said.

The current and former U.S. officials spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the Russian documents’ classified status. They declined to discuss how the United States obtained them. U.S. intelligence agencies also declined to comment on them.

Putin has denied interfering in the U.S. election. Putin’s spokesman and the Russian institute did not respond to requests for comment.

The documents were central to the Obama administration's conclusion that Russia mounted a “fake news” campaign and launched cyber attacks against Democratic Party groups and Clinton's campaign, the current and former officials said.

“Putin had the objective in mind all along, and he asked the institute to draw him a road map,” said one of the sources, a former senior U.S. intelligence official.

Trump has said Russia’s activities had no impact on the outcome of the race. Ongoing congressional and FBI investigations into Russian interference have so far produced no public evidence that Trump associates colluded with the Russian effort to change the outcome of the election.

Four of the officials said the approach outlined in the June strategy paper was a broadening of an effort the Putin administration launched in March 2016. That month the Kremlin instructed state-backed media outlets, including international platforms Russia Today and Sputnik news agency, to start producing positive reports on Trump’s quest for the U.S. presidency, the officials said.

Russia Today did not respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for Sputnik dismissed the assertions by the U.S. officials that it participated in a Kremlin campaign as an “absolute pack of lies.” “And by the way, it's not the first pack of lies we're hearing from 'sources in U.S. official circles'," the spokesperson said in an email.

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Russia Today and Sputnik published anti-Clinton stories while pro-Kremlin bloggers prepared a Twitter campaign calling into question the fairness of an anticipated Clinton victory, according to a report by U.S. intelligence agencies on Russian interference in the election made public in January. [http://bit.ly/2kMiKSA]

Russia Today’s most popular Clinton video - “How 100% of the 2015 Clintons’ ‘charity’ went to ... themselves” - accumulated 9 millions views on social media, according to the January report. [http://bit.ly/2os8wIt]

The report said Russia Today and Sputnik “consistently cast president elect-Trump as the target of unfair coverage from traditional media outlets."

The report said the agencies did not assess whether Moscow’s effort had swung the outcome of the race in Trump’s favor, because American intelligence agencies do not “analyze U.S. political processes or U.S. public opinion.” [http://bit.ly/2kMiKSA]

CYBER ATTACKS

Neither of the Russian institute documents mentioned the release of hacked Democratic Party emails to interfere with the U.S. election, according to four of the officials. The officials said the hacking was a covert intelligence operation run separately out of the Kremlin.

The overt propaganda and covert hacking efforts reinforced each other, according to the officials. Both Russia Today and Sputnik heavily promoted the release of the hacked Democratic Party emails, which often contained embarrassing details.

Five of the U.S. officials described the institute as the Kremlin’s in-house foreign policy think tank.

The institute’s director when the documents were written, Leonid Reshetnikov, rose to the rank of lieutenant general during a 33-year-career in Russia’s foreign intelligence service, according to the institute’s website [http://bit.ly/2oVhiCF]. After Reshetnikov retired from the institute in January, Putin named as his replacement Mikhail Fradkov. The institute says he served as the director of Russia’s foreign intelligence service from 2007 to 2016. [http://bit.ly/2os4tvz]

Reuters was unable to determine if either man was directly involved in the drafting of the documents. Reshetnikov’s office referred questions to the Russian institute.

On its website, the Russian institute describes itself as providing “expert appraisals,” “recommendations,” and “analytical materials” to the Russian president’s office, cabinet, National Security Council, ministries and parliament. [http://bit.ly/2pCBGpR]

On Jan. 31, the websites of Putin’s office [http://bit.ly/2os9wMr] and the institute [http://bit.ly/2oLn9Kd] posted a picture and transcript of Reshetnikov and his successor Fradkov meeting with Putin in the Kremlin. Putin thanked Reshetnikov for his service and told Fradkov he wanted the institute to provide objective information and analysis.

“We did our best for nearly eight years to implement your foreign policy concept,” Reshetnikov told Putin. “The policy of Russia and the policy of the President of Russia have been the cornerstone of our operation.”

(additional reporting by Warren Strobel and Arshad Mohammed)

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21/04/17 08:11 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Express.co.uk Russia sends BOMBERS to US coast TWICE in two days as Trump- Putin relations intensify Express.co.uk ... after US President Donald Trump claimed relations with Russia “ma...

» Why did Putin oppose Clinton? Decades of American hypocrisy. - Washington Post
21/04/17 08:11 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Washington Post Why did Putin oppose Clinton? Decades of American hypocrisy. Washington Post We don't know how effective Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts were to get Presiden...

» Putin: Falsification, Manipulation of History Lead to Global Disunity - Sputnik International
21/04/17 08:11 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Sputnik International Putin : Falsification, Manipulation of History Lead to Global Disunity Sputnik International MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Falsification of history leads to disunity in the ...

» Sweden's WAR MESSAGE to Putin: Nato member bolsters army in latest warning to Russia - Express.co.uk
21/04/17 08:11 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Express.co.uk Sweden's WAR MESSAGE to Putin : Nato member bolsters army in latest warning to Russia Express.co.uk SWEDISH prime minister Stefan Löfven issued a fresh warning to Vladimi...

» Why Putin is shy about celebrating the centenary of the Russian revolution - Raw Story
21/04/17 08:10 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Raw Story Why Putin is shy about celebrating the centenary of the Russian revolution Raw Story And while Putin accepts that some countries do require serious political and economic ref...

» Chechen Leader Denies Anti-Gay Purge in Putin Meeting - Human Rights Watch
21/04/17 08:10 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Human Rights Watch Chechen Leader Denies Anti-Gay Purge in Putin Meeting Human Rights Watch Russia's president Vladimir Putin met yesterday with the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov. Off...

» Gorbachev throws shade at Putin: 'Russia can succeed only through democracy' - Politico
21/04/17 08:10 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Politico Gorbachev throws shade at Putin : 'Russia can succeed only through democracy' Politico Decisions made by Russian President Vladimir Putin were “justified” and successfully sta...

» Mohammad Bin Zayed holds talks with Putin - gulfnews.com
21/04/17 08:10 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. gulfnews.com Mohammad Bin Zayed holds talks with Putin gulfnews.com Moscow: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the...

» Putin is challenged over letter claiming he will QUIT - Daily Mail
21/04/17 08:08 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Daily Mail Putin is challenged over letter claiming he will QUIT Daily Mail 'The most outrageous thing, Vladimir Vladimirovich ( Putin ), is that here, in this very letter, Klintsevich...

» Vladimir Putin is about to QUIT as Russian president and hand power to one of his mates, letter from a 'friend' claims - The Sun
21/04/17 07:50 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. The Sun Vladimir Putin is about to QUIT as Russian president and hand power to one of his mates, letter from a 'friend' claims The Sun VLADIMIR Putin is preparing to dramatically quit ...

» Fresno shooting: Possible black...
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mikenova shared this story from Kori Ali Muhammad - Google News. Fresno shooting: Possible black separatist Kori Ali Muhammad kills three Salon - ‎2 hours ago‎ Fresno shooting: Possible black separatist Kori Ali Muhamma...

» Kori Ali Muhammad - Google Search
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mikenova shared this story . Fresno shooting: Possible black separatist Kori Ali Muhammad kills ... Salon - 2 hours ago Fresno shooting: Possible black separatist Kori Ali Muhammad kills three A Fresno police detective stands over the bo...

» Fresno Shooting: Kori Ali Muhammad Laughed About Killings
21/04/17 06:40 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . (FRESNO, Calif.) — The gunman suspected of killing three white men in a racially charged attack in Fresno was proud of what he had accomplished and laughed many times as he explained his actions in inte...

» US Defense Sec'y Mattis: Syria still has chemical weapons
21/04/17 06:36 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Correspondent TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Syria still possesses chemical weapons, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in Israel on Friday, warning against the banned muniti...

» South Korea army hunting down and prosecuting gay soldiers
21/04/17 06:05 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. A watchdog group says South Korea's army is 'hunting down and prosecuting' gay servicemen after a video of two male soldiers having sex was posted on the internet earlier this year. Acc...

» 2 Seattle officers shot after robbery 1 suspect dead
20/04/17 20:49 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from NYDN Rss Article only. SEATTLE (AP) — Two Seattle police officers were shot and injured Thursday while responding to a robbery at a convenience store. One suspect was dead, authorities said, and anot...

» 2 Seattle officers shot, 1 critically; a suspect on the run - New York Daily News
20/04/17 20:49 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. New York Daily News 2 Seattle officers shot, 1 critically; a suspect on the run New York Daily News A King County Sheriff's Deputy carries a gun as he runs near the scene of a sh...

» The Latest: Suspect in shooting of Seattle officers is dead - New York Daily News
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mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. New York Daily News The Latest: Suspect in shooting of Seattle officers is dead New York Daily News A Seattle Police vehicle turns near the scene of a shooting involving several ...

» Experts say automated accounts sharing fake news ahead of French election
20/04/17 20:46 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. (Reuters) - French voters are being deluged with false stories on social media ahead of the country's presidential election, though the onslaught of "junk news" is not as severe as tha...

» Why Giuliani Held a Secret Meeting With Turkey’s Leader
20/04/17 20:45 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Rudolph W. Giuliani is part of the legal team representing Reza Zarrab, a Turkish gold trader jailed in Manhattan on charges of conspiring to violate the American sanctions on Iran.

» French police come under fire in Paris; three reported shot
20/04/17 20:04 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . PARIS — A gunman opened fire on French police Thursday on Paris’s best-known boulevard, killing one officer and wounding two others before being fatally shot himself in an incident that raised the...

» France concerned over Russian interference in elections amid reports of hacking, fake news - Fox News
20/04/17 19:07 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from russia france - Google News. Fox News France concerned over Russian interference in elections amid reports of hacking, fake news Fox News It feels a bit like déjà vu. As lawmakers and the U.S. intelligence...

» The Economic Ramifications of Conflict in Ukraine - STRATFOR
20/04/17 19:07 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from russia ukraine - Google News. Kyiv Post The Economic Ramifications of Conflict in Ukraine STRATFOR The conflict in eastern Ukraine has dealt a particularly heavy blow to its economic relationship with Russ...

» Watch: Trump and Italian Prime Minister Hold News Conference
20/04/17 19:06 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. President Trump and Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni spoke from the White House Thursday.

» A new time for choosing: Reagan's lessons to Trump on Russia - The Hill (blog)
20/04/17 19:06 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia international behavior - Google News. The Hill (blog) A new time for choosing: Reagan's lessons to Trump on Russia The Hill (blog) The yardstick for success can no longer be reaching consensus aroun...

» Putin Has Little Interest In Investigating Gay Murders in Chechnya - Advocate.com
20/04/17 19:05 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin - Google News. Advocate.com Putin Has Little Interest In Investigating Gay Murders in Chechnya Advocate.com Russian President Vladmir Putin continues to deny that gay men are facing persecution in Ch...

» Russia just effectively banned Jehovah's Witnesses from the country - Washington Post
20/04/17 19:04 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Washington Post Russia just effectively banned Jehovah's Witnesses from the country Washington Post For the past few months, Russia's 175,000 Jehovah's Witnesses have been on edge. Af...

» Key US Lawmaker May End His House Term Early
20/04/17 19:04 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A key U.S. Republican congressman who said this week he would not seek re-election or run for any other office next year now says he may leave Congress before his term in the House of Rep...

» Сегодня в Москве пройдет заседание Коллегии Министерства обороны
20/04/17 19:04 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from RSS. В ее работе примут участие руководящий состав Вооруженных Сил Российской Федерации, представители органов государственной власти, оборонно-промышленного комплекса и других организаций.

» The Danger of Underestimating Russia's Influence in France - Pacific Standard
20/04/17 19:03 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia influence in Eastern Europe - Google News. Pacific Standard The Danger of Underestimating Russia's Influence in France Pacific Standard As the French prepare to vote Sunday in a presidential electio...

» Justice Dept. debating charges against WikiLeaks members in revelations of diplomatic, CIA materials - Washington Post
20/04/17 19:03 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from russia as mafia state - Google News. Washington Post Justice Dept. debating charges against WikiLeaks members in revelations of diplomatic, CIA materials Washington Post Officials have said individuals “on...

» Former Brazil Minister Palocci Offers Details of Bribery Scheme
20/04/17 19:02 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Former Brazilian Finance Minister Antonio Palocci told a court hearing Thursday that he could provide details of a political kickback scheme, which could threaten former President Luiz In...

» US prepares charges to seek Julian Assange's arrest
20/04/17 18:09 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . The Justice Department investigation of Assange and WikiLeaks dates to at least 2010, when the site first gained wide attention for posting thousands of files stolen by the former US Army intelligence analyst...

» Trump, alongside Italian PM, says no US role in Libya
20/04/17 18:09 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . "I do not see a (US) role in Libya," Trump said during a joint news conference Thursday, moments after Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni called the US role in the country "critical." "I think the United ...

» Report: Two police officers shot in Paris - YouTube
20/04/17 16:34 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Apr 20, 2017 Rich Edson reports from the State Department

» Painting of Naked Actor Holding Trump's Head Sparks Debate | Alaska News
20/04/17 15:50 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A painting on display at the University of Alaska Anchorage depicting a naked actor holding President Donald Trump's head has sparked discussion. University officials are defend...

» painting shows Chris Evans, who plays Captain America, naked and holding Trump’s head - Google Search
20/04/17 14:16 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
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» Trump or Trumpism? A conservative dilemma
20/04/17 13:21 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from BBC News - Home. As Fox News is forced to reassess its role in American political life, it might ask the question, is this White House about Trump or about the movement he stands for, call it Trumpism? The...

» French election dates: Why are there...
20/04/17 12:56 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from france elections - Google News. French election dates: Why are there two votes? How does the two-round system work? Express.co.uk - ‎16 minutes ago‎ Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron will...

» French election odds tracker: Latest odds on Marine Le Pen and rivals | World | News
20/04/17 12:55 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Cell Phone For Senior Citizens. The first round of voting, which takes place on Sunday April 23, is set to be a closely-fought battle between the four major candidates. Marine Le Pen is running on an anti-...

» france elections - Google Search
20/04/17 12:52 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . What you need to know about the French election Washington Post - 7 hours ago This weekend, France will begin the process of selecting its next president. Sunday's vote is one of several major elections in We...

» No, Mr. President, you can’t do what you want
20/04/17 12:37 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . Two issues are paramount in American politics. The first is whether President Trump will get away with his arrogant dismissal of the public’s right to a transparent government free of corrupting conflic...

» Getting out was Chaffetz’s only good option
20/04/17 12:31 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
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» A new high: Poll finds record support for pot legalization
20/04/17 12:27 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from FOX6Now.com. Getty Images More than 60% of Americans think marijuana use should be legalized, according to the latest CBS News poll. The number — 61% — is the highest percentage ever recorded i...

» Putin’s think tank may have hatched plan for Trump victory
20/04/17 12:25 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Bob Fredericks – New York Post. Loaded : 0% Progress : 0% 0:00 undefined April 19, 2017 | 10:41pm | Updated April 20, 2017 | 8:25am A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin hatched a sc...

» How Donald Trump's Success Produced Bill O'Reilly's Downfall
20/04/17 12:22 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from The Atlantic. On Wednesday afternoon, the king of cable was summarily—and in the eyes of many, finally— dethroned . UC Berkeley Declares Itself Unsafe for Ann Coulter Bill O’Reilly’...

» Senate leader investigating possible FBI deception about Texas terror attack
20/04/17 12:03 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . A powerful U.S. senator has launched an investigation into whether the FBI knew about a planned attack by ISIS-inspired terrorists at an anti-Muslim cartoon show in the Dallas area and did nothing to sto...

» Comey and Pompeo may attend NZ Five Eyes spy gathering
20/04/17 11:32 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from TRUNEWS. CIA Director Mike Pompeo and FBI Director James Comey may be attending a secret Five Eyes spy meeting in New Zealand (VERO BEACH, FL) The highly secretive meeting is being held in Queenstown...

» Report: Putin-controlled think tank...
20/04/17 11:28 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Google News. Report: Putin-controlled think tank developed plan to sway US election CBS News - ‎3 hours ago‎ A Russian government think tank controlled by Russian President Vladimir Putin...

» Report: Putin-controlled think tank developed plan to sway U.S. election
20/04/17 11:23 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . A Russian government think tank controlled by Russian President Vladimir Putin prepared the framework for interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, current and former U.S. officials told Reuters. Th...

» Just imagine what kind of president we might elect after Trump - Washington Post
20/04/17 11:22 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from analysis of trump electorate - Google News. Washington Post Just imagine what kind of president we might elect after Trump Washington Post And then, of course, most recently, the American electorate decide...

» Insanity's First Draft - Anderson Valley
20/04/17 11:21 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin and the Mob - Google News. Insanity's First Draft Anderson Valley Now that Trump, his surrogates and palace guards have been linked with Russian mob money (Czar Putin is not just the Father of New Ru...

» McCain: Comey's integrity 'never wavered' - The Hill
20/04/17 11:21 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Comey resignation - Google News. The Hill McCain: Comey's integrity 'never wavered' The Hill President Trump said earlier this month that he would not request Comey's resignation , even as the FBI is inves...

» France's elections are just the latest in Russia's shadow war in a wary Europe - Salon
20/04/17 11:20 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Do mass shootings increase trump election chances? - Google News. Salon France's elections are just the latest in Russia's shadow war in a wary Europe Salon Officials say France and Europe are vulnerable b...

» Putin, Trump Named Among 100 Most Influential People in 2017 - Time Magazine - Sputnik International
20/04/17 11:20 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin Trump - Google News. Sputnik International Putin , Trump Named Among 100 Most Influential People in 2017 - Time Magazine Sputnik International "When so many, including me at times, didn't see ho...

» Russia's shadow war in a wary Europe - UPI.com
20/04/17 11:19 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Putin and American political process - Google News. UPI.com Russia's shadow war in a wary Europe UPI.com American politics was jolted when 17 intelligence agencies concluded in January that Russia had cove...

» Comey and Pompeo may attend NZ Five Eyes spy gathering - TRUNEWS
20/04/17 11:19 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Comey - Google News. Comey and Pompeo may attend NZ Five Eyes spy gathering TRUNEWS According to the NZ Herald, a local newspaper, FBI Director James Comey and CIA Director Mike Pompeo are believed to atte...

» Putin Election Hacking Cover-Up — 10 Spies Killed In 15 Months - Radar Online
20/04/17 11:15 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from russians killed putin cover-up - Google News. Radar Online Putin Election Hacking Cover-Up — 10 Spies Killed In 15 Months Radar Online A Hillary Clinton campaign aide, Seth Rich, was coldly assassinated at...

» russians killed putin cover-up - Google Search
20/04/17 11:13 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . Putin Election Hacking Cover-Up — 10 Spies Killed In 15 Months Radar Online - 4 hours ago Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, died in New York City at the age of 64. New York City...

» 'Follow the trail of dead Russians', security expert tells intelligence hearing on Trump-Kremlin links
20/04/17 10:57 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . US senators probing possible links between Russia and the Trump team have been told to “follow the dead bodies” as they hunt for evidence of the Kremlin’s involvement in last year’s pr...

» Venezuelans are still demonstrating. What happens next for the dictatorship of President Nicolás Maduro?
20/04/17 10:41 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . On April 19, opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro held the largest protest so far that month in Caracas. Footage showed them crossing a river to avoid tear gas. (Sarah Parnass/The Washington ...

» How far is too far? The Trump impeachment debate begins now.
20/04/17 10:30 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . By Brent Budowsky, opinion contributor - 04/20/17 09:20 AM EDT 20 The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2017 Capito...

» [PICS] Putin Election Hacking Cover-Up — 10 Spies Killed In 15 Months
20/04/17 10:25 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
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» 7 states that legalized marijuana on Election Day
20/04/17 10:21 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Finance. America is seeing green after a historic day for the legal marijuana industry. Seven states in all legalized marijuana in some form on Election Day. California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada sh...

» national weed day 2017 - Google Search
20/04/17 10:21 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
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» Pot polls high and earns big, and the "Year of the Twister"
20/04/17 10:19 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . All-time high A CBS News poll shows greater than ever public support in the U.S. for legal marijuana use . Overwhelming majorities, from across the political spectrum, say they support medical use and they ...

» Russia denies Reuters report think tank drew up plan to sway U.S. election
20/04/17 10:15 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
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» Editors Choice Pictures | Reuters.com
20/04/17 10:10 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . Editors Choice Pictures A dog hopes to be rescued in a destroyed area after mudslides caused by heavy rains leading several rivers to overflow, pushing sediment and rocks into buildings and roads, in Manizale...

» McCain praises FBI director Comey: ‘His integrity has never wavered’
20/04/17 10:00 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . “Shifting political winds have blown criticism James Comey’s way from different partisan directions,” Sen. John McCain writes. “But his independence has never faltered.” | AP Pho...

» US and South Korea carry out Max Thunder military drill
20/04/17 09:56 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
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» It’s a Nice Night for Surfing. Beware of Sharks. - Google Search
20/04/17 09:42 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
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» It’s a Nice Night for Surfing. Beware of Sharks.
20/04/17 09:40 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
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» O’Reilly, Ousted - The New York Times
20/04/17 09:39 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . This article is part of the Opinion Today newsletter. You can sign up here to receive more briefings and a guide to the section daily in your inbox. Rupert Murdoch tried to make his firing of Bill O’Rei...

» Trump’s first 100 days: Trump aides turn up the heat on Iran
20/04/17 09:37 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
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» The Kremlin has its watchful eyes set on the French elections
20/04/17 09:35 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
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» Claims Russia's Strategic Studies Institute Meddled in US Elections 'Baseless'
20/04/17 08:08 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Sputnik International - Breaking News & Analysis - Radio, Photos, Videos, Infographics. World Get short URL MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Accusations against the Russian Institute for Strategic St...

» Human interaction still key to cyber attacks, study reveals
20/04/17 08:06 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from ComputerWeekly: IT security. Security alerts at weekends and on public holidays dip significantly, which researchers at security firm Rapid7 attribute to a lack of employees interacting with malicious emai...

» South Koreans worried over USS Carl Vinson carrier group bluster
20/04/17 08:03 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . But its no-show has caused some South Koreans to question his leadership and strategy regarding their unpredictable neighbor in the north. And as the country prepares to vote for a new president on May 9, the...

» Bill Evans & Chet Baker - The Legendary Sessions (1959 Album) - YouTube
20/04/17 07:47 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Feb 29, 2016 The Legendary Sessions of Bill Evans & Chet Baker recorded in 1959 New York.

» Stan Getz & Chet Baker in Stockholm 1983 - YouTube
20/04/17 07:46 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
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» Pence talks trade, security and South China Sea in Jakarta - YouTube
20/04/17 07:41 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on Apr 19, 2017 U.S. Vice President Mike Pence talks trade, security and the South China Sea in his meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta. No reporter narration.

» Влияние Москвы на выборы в США - YouTube
20/04/17 07:34 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . Streamed live 4 hours ago План по вмешательству в прези ...

» Bold, Unpredictable Foreign Policy Lifts Trump, but Has Risks
20/04/17 07:18 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . The biggest risk, critics say, is that Mr. Trump will talk himself into a war. Only slightly less dangerously, he could weaken the nation’s standing by backing off from a threat to use force. “In ...

» Trump Adviser’s Visit to Moscow Got the F.B.I.’s Attention
20/04/17 07:10 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . Developments beyond Mr. Page’s trip may have heightened the F.B.I.’s concern about Russian meddling in the campaign. Paul Manafort, then Mr. Trump’s campaign manager, was already under crimi...

» The Coming Crisis With Iran
20/04/17 06:51 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
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» Wherever there's trouble in Mideast, you find Iran
20/04/17 06:48 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. Mattis in Riyadh: Wherever there's trouble in Mideast, you find Iran DEBKA file April 20, 2017, 11:14 AM (IDT) US Defense Secretary James Mattis said Wednesday in Riyadh after his talks with Sau...

» Confidante of Iranian Gen. Soleimani becomes ambassador to Baghdad
20/04/17 06:47 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from DEBKAFile. Confidante of Iranian Gen. Soleimani becomes ambassador to Baghdad DEBKA file April 20, 2017, 12:07 PM (IDT) Iranian Gen. Iraj Masjedi, who served until recently as a top adviser of Maj. Gen. Qa...

» Russia identifies mastermind behind St Petersburg metro bombing: Russian agencies
20/04/17 06:34 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
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» Man charged in shootings of 2 Detroit police officers
19/04/17 21:21 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from Fox17. DETROIT (AP) — A 19-year-old man is charged in the shooting of two Detroit police officers who were responding to a reported home invasion. Juwan Plummer was arraigned Wednesday on assault, di...

» 1 dead, 1 hurt in Chinatown shooting, 2 officers hurt in crash
19/04/17 21:16 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . Two people were wounded, one of them fatally, in a shooting in the Chinatown neighborhood Wednesday evening, while two police officers were injured in a crash not far south, while they were responding to the ...

» IDF: Russia has overtaken Iran's dominant position in Syria - Ynetnews
19/04/17 21:05 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story from russia in syria - Google News. IDF: Russia has overtaken Iran's dominant position in Syria Ynetnews A senior IDF officer reported that Russia has overtaken Iran's dominant position in Syria . He added to s...

» US Intelligence Agencies Fear Rogue Insiders as Much as Spies - Military.com
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mikenova shared this story from nsa contractor - Google News. Military.com US Intelligence Agencies Fear Rogue Insiders as Much as Spies Military.com He also mentioned Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who shook public opinion wi...

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» Donald Trump, North Korea, and the Case of the Phantom Armada - The New Yorker
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» Exxon asks Trump administration for waiver from Russia sanctions - The Hill
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» In Europe, accusations of Russian meddling in elections come as no surprise - PRI
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mikenova shared this story from elections - Google News. PRI In Europe, accusations of Russian meddling in elections come as no surprise PRI The French presidential election is on Sunday. If nobody wins a majority, forecasters predict th...

» The White House's game on Russia has now been fully exposed - Washington Post (blog)
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» Jim Mattis, in Saudi Visit, Calls for Political Solution in Yemen - New York Times
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» Tillerson, Mattis Seek to Mend Fences With Saudi Arabia - Foreign Policy (blog)
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» Iranian Plot To Take Over Saudi Arabia Revealed As Mattis Issues Veiled Warning To Teheran - Western Journalism
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» Russian thinktank gameplanned undermining of US election, sources say - The Guardian
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» Have North Korea's missile tests paid off?
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mikenova shared this story from BBC News - Home. North Korea displayed a lot of missiles - including big ones - at a bombastic military parade over the weekend. But what do we really know about Pyongyang's missile capabilities? Defence e...

» US accuses Iran of 'alarming provocations'
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mikenova shared this story from BBC News - Home. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has accused Iran of "alarming ongoing provocations" aimed at destabilising the Middle East and undermining America's interests in the region. "An unchec...

» Exclusive: Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 U.S. election - documents
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mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin developed a plan to swing the 2016 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump and undermine voters’ ...

» Putin-Linked Think Tank Drew Up Plan to Sway 2016 U.S. Election, Documents and Officials Say - U.S. News & World Report
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» Cash-strapped Venezuela a major funder of Trump inauguration
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mikenova shared this story from World. President Nicolas Maduro may be struggling to feed Venezuela but his socialist administration still managed to make a $500,000 donation to Donald Trump’s inauguration.

» Putin-linked think tank crafted plan to swing election for Trump: report - The Hill
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» John McCain: Exxon Is ‘Crazy’ to Want to Drill for Oil in Russia
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mikenova shared this story from World – TIME. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) suggested Exxon Mobil is “crazy” in response to a report that the oil giant is seeking a waiver to resume projects in Russia . “Are they crazy? ...

» AP Source: Exxon seeks OK to resume Russian oil venture
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» Tillerson accuses Iran of 'alarming provocations' as U.S. reviews policy
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mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday accused Iran of 'alarming ongoing provocations' to destabilize countries in the Middle East as the Trump admin...

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mikenova shared this story . Exclusive: Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 US ... WTVB - 3 hours ago ... Institute for Strategic Studies [https://en. riss .ru/], after the election. ... were written, Leonid Reshetnikov , r...

» Putin-Linked Think Tank Drew Up Plan to Sway 2016 U.S. Election, Documents and Officials Say | Top News
19/04/17 19:34 from Mike Nova's Shared NewsLinks
mikenova shared this story . By Ned Parker, Jonathan Landay and John Walcott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin developed a plan to swing the 2016 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trum...

» Exclusive: Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 US election - documents - Reuters
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mikenova shared this story from Google News. Reuters Exclusive: Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 US election - documents Reuters WASHINGTON A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin developed a plan to...

» Putin-linked Russian think tank drafted a 'road map' for swaying the US election - The Week Magazine
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mikenova shared this story from Google News. Putin-linked Russian think tank drafted a 'road map' for swaying the US election The Week Magazine A Russian think tank linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin created a "road map"...

» Exclusive: Putin-linked think tank...
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mikenova shared this story from Google News. Exclusive: Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 US election - documents Reuters - ‎3 hours ago‎ WASHINGTON A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir...

» Trump Exposed As An Illegitimate President As Docs Reveal How Russia Helped Him Win
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» US officials: Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway US election
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mikenova shared this story from Business Insider. Russian President Vladimir Putin. Thomson Reuters A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin developed a plan to swing the 2016 US presidential election to Donald Trump ...

» Key Official in Trump-Russia Investigation Will Step Down
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mikenova shared this story . Mary B. McCord, who has been helping oversee the Justice Department’s probe into Russian interference in the presidential election, is stepping down from her post as the acting head of the department ...

» President Trump's Claim Of Being Wiretapped by President Obama Is Now At The Heart Of A FOIA Suit : NPR
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mikenova shared this story from Politics : NPR. American Oversight, a group of Democratic lawyers, is suing the Justice Department and FBI over President Trump's tweeted allegation that he was wiretapped by then-President Barack Obama. E...

» Israel says Assad's forces still have several tonnes of chemical weapons
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» Putin-linked think tank crafted plan to swing election for Trump: report
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» Trump's inaugural committee took $1 million from a Russian-American whose money the GOP rejected - Quartz
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» Trump's MS-13 Miss - FactCheck.org
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» Exclusive: Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 U.S. election - documents | News
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mikenova shared this story . By Ned Parker, Jonathan Landay and John Walcott WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian government think tank controlled by Vladimir Putin developed a plan to swing the 2016 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trum...

» Syria Missile Strike Boosted Trump’s Ratings
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mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. President Donald Trump's popularity has risen slightly since the missile strike on Syria earlier this month, but most Americans still view him negatively. According to a new Quinnipiac Un...

» Putin-Linked Think Tank Drew Up Plan to Sway 2016 U.S. Election
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mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Russian President Vladimir Putin / REUTERS BY: Reuters By Ned Parker, Jonathan Landay, and John Walcott WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Russian government think tank controlled by Vl...

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mikenova shared this story . Exclusive: Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 US ... KFGO - 1 hour ago After Reshetnikov retired from the institute in January, Putin named as his replacement Mikhail Fradkov . The institute sa...

» Russian Institute for Strategic Studies - Google Search
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» 'Putin linked think tank drew up plan to swing 2016 election in Donald Trump's favour' US officials claim
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mikenova shared this story from mirror - World news. A Putin linked think tank drew up plan to swing 2016 election in Donald Trump's favour US officials claim. The alleged plan was also aimed at undermining voters' faith in the American ...

» Russian think tank dismisses...
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» Trump Orders Review of Iran Nuclear Deal
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» Admiral’s illicit history with ‘Fat Leonard’ goes back 20 years, prosecutors say
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mikenova shared this story . The highest-ranking officer convicted so far in a colossal Navy corruption scandal began accepting a cornucopia of gifts and prostitutes from an Asian defense contractor 20 years ago and later suffered a ment...

» Pence: The United States is not seeking negotiations with North Korea
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mikenova shared this story . Vice President Pence warned North Korea not to test President Trump during a press conference in South Korea on April 17, citing "the strength and resolve of our new president in actions taken in Syria and Af...

» The White House’s game on Russia has now been fully exposed
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» Mr. Trump Plays by His Own Rules (or No Rules)
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» Dem: Kushner may have committed ‘indictable’ offense
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» Ex-NFL star Hernandez hangs self in prison; family seeks probe
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» Aaron Hernandez found hanged - YouTube
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» Nikolai Andruschenko - Google Search
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mikenova shared this story . Russian journalist dies from injuries sustained in March attack CBS News - 14 minutes ago The death Wednesday of 73-year-old Nikolai Andrushchenko was reported by Russian ... Andrushchenko's attackers have no...

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» Emmanuel Macron: France's Next President?
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mikenova shared this story . A relative unknown in French politics until he announced his candidacy, Emmanuel Macron is a front-runner in France’s presidential election this Spring. But who is Mr. Macron, what does he stand for, an...

» Russian Journalist, Putin Critic Dies After Severe Beating
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mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A prominent Russian journalist known for articles criticizing Russian government and President Vladimir Putin has died in St. Petersburg after being severely beaten by un...

» Trump, top officials take aim at brutal MS-13 street gang
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mikenova shared this story from Boston Herald - Boston Herald. WASHINGTON — The Trump administration vowed Tuesday to crack down on MS-13, a notoriously brutal Central American street gang blamed for a recent series of killings in ...

» Russia Collusion Investigations Struggle to Find Evidence - The Epoch Times
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mikenova shared this story from Elections 2016 Investigation videos - Google News. The Epoch Times Russia Collusion Investigations Struggle to Find Evidence The Epoch Times There are multiple investigations into whether a foreign power i...

» FBI obtained FISA warrant to monitor Trump adviser Carter Page
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» Trumps election! Rigged is it possible? Yes! - YouTube
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mikenova shared this story . 11.9.16 Software programmer testifies about software he made that can fix an election. Where is that software at now?

» Trump-Russia investigation 'now has concrete evidence of collusion' - YouTube
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mikenova shared this story . Published on Apr 14, 2017 The official investigation into relations between Donald Trump and Russia now has "specific, concrete and corroborative evidence of collusion", it has been reported. New evidence pro...

» FBI Investigation Of President Trump’s Russia Ties Is ‘Huge,’ Analyst Says | TODAY - YouTube
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mikenova shared this story . Published on Mar 21, 2017 MSNBC chief legal correspondent Ari Melber and political analyst Nicolle Wallace join TODAY to discuss FBI Director James Comey’s Capitol Hill testimony Monday and the White Ho...

» The U.S. and Global Security Review: 4.19.17 - One reason President Donald Trump changed his rhetoric on China? He really likes the Chinese president - CNN Wednesday April 19th, 2017 at 8:36 AM
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mikenova shared this story from The U.S. and Global Security Review. One reason President Donald Trump changed his rhetoric on China? He really likes the Chinese president - CNN Wednesday April 19 th , 2017 at 8:36 AM Donald ...

» The U.S. and Global Security Review: 4.19.17 - "The Daily Trumpet (Trump Pit)": News Review of Trump and his Investigations: Donald Trump has raised his approval ratings by embracing his inner bomb Quartz Since before he became president on Jan. 20, Donal
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» One reason President Donald Trump changed his rhetoric on China? He really likes the Chinese president - CNN
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» Donald Trump approval rating up: 50 percent say they think president doing a good job - AL.com
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mikenova shared this story from Donald Trump - Google News. AL.com Donald Trump approval rating up: 50 percent say they think president doing a good job AL.com A new poll shows President Donald Trump's approval rating reaching 50 percent...

» Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Has Deep Ties To The Trump Administration After All - UPROXX
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» Ukraine's back-channel diplomat still shopping peace plan to Trump ... - Chicago Tribune
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» Blackwater founder Erik Prince held backdoor meetings with Trump transition team - Death and Taxes
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» Rudy Giuliani Says Trump is Doing Great Job with North Korea - TMZ.com
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» Donald Trump Has a Conflict of Interest in Turkey. Just Ask Donald Trump. - Mother Jones
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mikenova shared this story from Donald Trump - Google News. Mother Jones Donald Trump Has a Conflict of Interest in Turkey. Just Ask Donald Trump . Mother Jones Several media outlets have slammed President Donald Trump for congratulating...

» FBI used dossier allegations to bolster Trump-Russia investigation - CNN
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mikenova shared this story from Donald Trump - Google News. CNN FBI used dossier allegations to bolster Trump -Russia investigation CNN The dossier alleges that Page met senior Russian officials as an emissary of the Trump campaign, and ...

» Blackwater founder Erik Prince said to have advised Trump team - The Boston Globe
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» Trump Has Pivoted to Scoring Easy Wins - National Review
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» The Putin-Trump embrace - Rutland Herald
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mikenova shared this story from Putin Trump - Google News. The Mercury News The Putin - Trump embrace Rutland Herald The media are bursting with reports on possible Russian influence — through collusion with the Trump campaign — on our r...

» Can a New Journal Make Sense of Trumpism? - The Nation.
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mikenova shared this story from Trumpism - Google News. Can a New Journal Make Sense of Trumpism ? The Nation. Last February, an anonymous cohort of conservative writers, their bylines purloined from antiquity, started a group blog they ...

» The Investigation into Trump's Russia Ties or How Not to Select an Investigator - JD Supra (press release)
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» Turkey's AKP Eyes Gradual Erdogan...
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» The Putin-Trump embrace – Rutland Herald
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mikenova shared this story from Rutland Herald. The media are bursting with reports on possible Russian influence — through collusion with the Trump campaign — on our recent presidential election. President Donald Trump’...

» The Felon And The Pop Star
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mikenova shared this story from Chase Peterson-Withorn - Chase Withorn Blog. By Noah Kirsch and Chase Peterson-Withorn Donald Trump insists he has no ties to Russia. That's not really true. He has two clear business links there. One invo...

» Trump stays mum on tax returns,...
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» Ukraine's back-channel diplomat still shopping peace plan to Trump - Europe
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mikenova shared this story from Gale feed. The last two months have not been easy for Andrey Artemenko. On Feb. 19, the right-wing Ukrainian member of parliament was sucked into the scandal surrounding President Donald Trump and his alle...

» Erik Prince met with Trump transition team
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» Rudy Giuliani Says Trump is Doing Great Job with North Korea
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» Trump's policy on Syria emerges after he ordered a military strike on the Assad regime
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» On Russia, Trump and his top national...
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» Roger Stone: Kushner, Priebus Want Trump to ‘Ass-Kiss’ for Establishment
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» FBI documents show how Russians try to recruit spies
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» Jennifer Rubin: Pompeo issues...
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» Roger Stone: Steve Bannon is 'alone'...
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