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In this photo from US President Donald Trump's Twitter account, George Papadopoulos, third from left, sits at a table with then-candidate Trump and others at what is labeled as a national security meeting in Washington that was posted on March 31, 2016. (Donald Trump's Twitter account via AP)
June 7, 2018, 11:45 pm
Ex-Trump adviser was reportedly accused of being unregistered Israeli agent
George Papadopoulos’s wife says Special Counsel Robert Mueller threatened to bring charges against husband, who reportedly set up meeting with help of Israeli diplomat
By Sue Surkes
RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan (YouTube screenshot)
October 6, 2017, 10:10 pm
Moscow slams US for ‘unprecedented pressure’ on Russian media
Kremlin warns of possible retaliation over Justice Department’s order for state-run RT to register as a foreign agent
By AFP
A RT broadcast on September 12, 2017. (Screen capture: RT.com)
September 13, 2017, 3:22 am
US asks Russia’s RT broadcaster to register as ‘foreign agent’
Amid worsening ties between Washington and Moscow, Justice Department effectively labels Russian TV network a Kremlin propaganda arm
By AFP
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort talks to reporters on the floor of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, July 17, 2016. (AP/Matt Rourke)
March 22, 2017, 3:17 pm
Trump adviser Manafort worked with billionaire to help Putin
Ex-campaign chairman secretly worked for Russian aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska, files show, contradicting claim he never worked for Moscow’s interests
By Jeff Horwitz and CHAD DAY
Peace Now activists protest an NGO funding bill proposed by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked outside her residence in Tel Aviv, December 26, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 25, 2016, 5:44 am
From ‘labeling’ NGOs to police pat-downs to Shabbat bans, Knesset bills make waves
With the justice minister’s contentious bill up for a first vote, a look at the six most controversial proposals being debated in the House, and the concerns raised by their opponents
By Marissa Newman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 17, 2016. (Amit Shabi/Pool)
January 17, 2016, 5:30 pm
Netanyahu tweaks controversial NGO transparency bill
PM says groups receiving foreign government funding won’t be required to wear tags in Knesset; but all donations must be disclosed
By Tamar Pileggi
US State Department Spokesman John Kirby. (AP/Susan Walsh)
January 7, 2016, 8:01 am
US rejects likening Israel’s NGO law to lobbying registry
State Department spokesman says Minister Shaked’s bill endangers a ‘free and functioning civil society’
By JTA
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