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How Afghans View the Endless U.S. War…

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On a recent Friday at the Afghan Peace Volunteers‘ (APV) Borderfree Center, here in Kabul, 30 mothers sat cross-legged along the walls of a large meeting room. Masoumah, who co-coordinates the Center’s “Street Kids School” project, had invited the mothers to a parents meeting. Burka-clad women who wore the veil over their faces looked identical…

Trump Selects Powell for Fed Chairman, Replacing Yellen…

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President Donald Trump plans to nominate Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell to the top job at the U.S. central bank, according to three people familiar with the decision. Trump, who has said he’ll announce his pick Thursday, would be choosing a former private-equity executive who favors continuing gradual interest-rate increases and sympathizes…

Paul Manafort’s Daughter Texted Friends About How Tight Her Dad Was With Trump…

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Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman who was indicted on federal conspiracy and money laundering charges Monday, has a long history of ties to pro-Putin groups in Ukraine. He also has a long history of connections to Donald Trump. According to leaked texts sent and received by his daughter, Andrea Manafort Shand, the two […]

Here Are Two of the Russian-Bought Facebook Ads That ‘Helped Sway the Election’…

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Democratic Sen. Christopher Coons of Delaware shared two Russian-bought Facebook ads Tuesday during a congressional hearing on the foreign adversary’s attempts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election. One post, published by a page called “Being Patriotic,” promoted an apparently phony event in Pennsylvania for “Miners for Trump” and advocated for coal-mining jobs. Another alleged […]

Clinton Campaign’s Law Firm Brought In Both Fusion GPS and CrowdStrike — the Lone Sources of ‘Russian Hookers’ and ‘Russian Hacking’ Claims…

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CrowdStrike is the third-party company ultimately relied upon by the FBI to make its assessment about alleged Russian hacking into the DNC. The DNC reportedly did not allow the FBI to gain access to servers that were suspected of being hacked, instead coming to an arrangement with the federal agency in which CrowdStrike carried out […]

REPORT: Manafort and Aide Charged in Mueller Probe…

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President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, along with his former business associate Rick Gates, are the first to be charged in a special counsel’s investigation, The New York Times reported on Monday. Manafort and Gates were told to surrender to authorities, a person involved in the case told The Times. Manafort arrived at the […]

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