Maria Butina, Accused Of Being Russian Agent, Reaches Plea Deal With Feds
Federal prosecutors have reached a plea deal with Maria Butina, the Russian woman who parlayed her interest in gun rights and her Republican Party connections into an unofficial influence campaign inside the U.S. Butina has agreed to plead to a single charge of conspiracy to act as a Russian agent on America's soil without registering as required with the Justice Department. She faces a maximum of five years in prison but could serve far less time once she is sentenced next year. Butina has...
Dueling U.S. Agendas As U.N. Climate Change Summit Enters Crucial Final Week
As the international climate summit in southern Poland enters its second and final week, most countries agree on the basic scientific facts: greenhouse gasses are causing climate change, and every country is feeling its effects. But the United States, under the leadership of President Trump, has taken a different view. The administration questions the overwhelming scientific evidence suggesting that human activity is causing the climate to warm. As a result, the U.S., which has been a leader...
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