In Payment Dispute, Russia Warns Ukraine Gas Will Run Out in 2 Days
MOSCOW — As European diplomats labored to patch up a flagging peace agreement in Ukraine on Tuesday, Russia warned the Ukrainians that they could run out of natural gas within…
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Rand Paul Exaggerates Tax Credit Fraud
The following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. Sen. Rand Paul falsely claimed that a tax credit program for low-income workers has a “fraud rate” of 25 percent and costs taxpayers…
Sheldon Silver, New York Assembly Speaker, Faces Arrest on Corruption Charges
Federal authorities are expected to arrest Sheldon Silver, the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, on corruption charges on Thursday, people with knowledge of the matter said. The…
Sheldon Silver Arrested By FBI On Corruption Charges
Democrat Sheldon Silver, speaker of the New York State Assembly, was arrested Thursday by the FBI on charges of corruption. Sheldon turned himself in to FBI agents Thursday morning as…
The Most Dangerous Man In American Politics
His frontal assault on the open secrets of New York political power has been a genuine shock to the state’s politics and even to its press, who missed the secret…
AirAsia Flight QZ8501 disaster: What happens next?
Authorities don’t yet know why the plane crashed into the sea December 28 while en route to Singapore from the Indonesian city of Surabaya. Roughly 35 minutes into the flight,…