Unlikely apprentice: Obama coaches Trump to be world leader
By JOSH LEDERMAN It’s the last thing President Barack Obama ever expected he’d be doing in his final months in office: Coaching Donald Trump on how to be a world…
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Trump advisers waged covert influence campaign
By JEFF HORWITZ and CHAD DAY A firm run by Donald Trump’s campaign chairman directly orchestrated a covert Washington lobbying operation on behalf of Ukraine’s then-ruling political party, attempting to…
Paul Manafort tied to undisclosed foreign lobbying
By JEFF HORWITZ and DESMOND BUTL Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort helped a pro-Russian governing party in Ukraine secretly route at least $2.2 million in payments to two prominent…
Politicians, celebs deny abuse of offshore accounts
By FRANK JORDANS and KEN MORITSUGU The president of Ukraine became the latest prominent politician to deny wrongdoing Wednesday after his name was linked to secretive offshore accounts arranged by…
Russian PM: West rekindling the Cold War
By DAVID RISING Russia’s prime minister accused the West on Saturday of rekindling the Cold War, telling a meeting of top defense officials, diplomats and national leaders that sanctions imposed…
Scuffles erupt at Ukraine’s parliament, PM dragged from post
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Scuffles involving several dozen lawmakers have erupted at Ukraine’s parliament after one deputy tried to drag the prime minister away from the rostrum. Arseniy Yatsenyuk was…
THE LATEST: Obama says G-7 studying more sanctions on Russia
President Barack Obama has told a news conference before returning to Washington that G-7 leaders had discussed additional steps they could take if Russia were to “double-down” on aggression inside…
Obama: US lacks ‘complete strategy’ for training Iraqis
By NEDRA PICKLER The United States does not yet have a “complete strategy” for training Iraqi forces to fight Islamic State militants, President Barack Obama said Monday amid signs of…