Natalie Mayflower Edwards Source: Alexandria Sheriff’s Office A former U.S. Treasury official pleaded guilty Monday to illegally leaking highly confidential documents about suspicious financial transactions of ex-Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort and others to reporters at BuzzFeed News. The official, Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards, leaked so-called suspicious activity reports, or SARS, starting in October 2017 […]
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Mueller witness George Nader pleads guilty to child sex, porn charges
This 1998 frame from video provided by C-SPAN shows George Nader, president and editor of Middle East Insight. As an adviser to Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Nader worked throughout 2017 with Elliott Broidy, a fundraiser for President Donald Trump, in a secretive lobbying effort to alter U.S. policy in […]
Joe Biden campaign chairman rallies Wall Street donors for fundraising push
Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Trump administration’s recent actions in Iraq at Current, Chelsea Piers in New York City. Ron Adar | Barcroft Media | Getty Images Joe Biden’s campaign chairman privately met with some of Wall Street’s top donors last week in an attempt to rally them […]
US won’t consider China a currency manipulator ahead of trade deal
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He (2nd L) says goodbye to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin as they break from meetings at the USTR offices May 10, 2019 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The United States removed China from a list of countries considered currency manipulators just two days before top trade negotiators […]
Amazon to ramp up counterfeit reporting to law enforcement
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos attends a commemoration ceremony held in front of Saudi consulate on the first anniversary of his murder, in Istanbul, Turkey on October 02, 2019. Elif Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Amazon is planning to give more data on counterfeit goods to law enforcement in a further crackdown on fakes […]
Sentence recommendation for Rep. Chris Collins in insider trading case
Former U.S. Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY) exits federal court on October 1, 2019 in New York City. Collins announced his resignation from Congress on Monday. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Federal prosecutors on Monday urged a judge to sentence former Rep. Chris Collins, a New York Republican, later this week to nearly five years in […]
Iran is closer ‘than ever before’ to regime collapse, says Gen. Jim Jones
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Iran has had a turbulent past week, marked by more than a hundred Iranian deaths and dramatically increased tensions with the U.S. As it enters into the third day of protests fueled by popular anger over the government’s handling of a downed passenger jet, some observers argue this is […]
Bernie Sanders doesn’t have any apps on his phone
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) holds up his mobile phone while while speaking August 16, 2015 in Clinton, Iowa. Getty Images When Bernie Sanders wants to read the news on his phone, he says he finds popular publications “in my own way.” That’s because the Democratic presidential contender has no apps to get him there […]
Supreme Court tosses ruling against Iran central bank in case over 1983 bombing
Edwin Marian Johnston hold up a photo of her son US Marine CPL Edward Johnston who died in the bombing of his Lebanon barracks in 1983 outside Federal Court September 7, 2007 in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Monday tossed out a decision by a federal appeals court in […]
Trump didn’t give evidence on Iran threat to US embassies
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper holds an end of year press conference at the Pentagon on December 20, 2019 in Arlington, Virginia. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday that he did not see tangible evidence showing that Iran planned to strike four U.S. embassies, despite President Trump’s claims that an […]
