• Associated Press

    Brooklyn real estate magnate pleads guilty to conspiring to funnel illegal donations to NYC mayor

    A Brooklyn real estate magnate pleaded guilty Friday to working with a Turkish government official to funnel illegal campaign contributions to New York City Mayor Eric Adams. “When I wrote the checks, I knew the Eric Adams campaign would use the checks to apply for public matching funds,” he said. Arkan is one of several individuals implicated in a sprawling bribery and illegal campaign finance indictment brought against Adams in September.

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  • Reuters

    US hits Russian oil with toughest sanctions yet in bid to give Ukraine, Trump leverage

    U.S. President Joe Biden's administration imposed its broadest package of sanctions so far targeting Russia's oil and gas revenues on Friday, in an effort to give Kyiv and Donald Trump's incoming team leverage to reach a deal for peace in Ukraine. The move is meant to cut Russia's revenues for continuing the war that has killed or wounded tens of thousands and reduced cities to rubble since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February, 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a post on X that the measures announced on Friday will "deliver a significant blow" to Moscow.