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☆ With close military encounters on opposite sides of the world, Russia is sending a message to the West
  + stars: | 2021-07-15 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Russia's military had close encounters with its US and European rivals in June. The incidents and exercises were messages about Russia's military capabilities, experts said. A Russian fighter jet flying past the Dutch frigate HNLMS Evertsen in the Black Sea on June 24. Russia's military drilled around Crimea throughout the end of June and early July, focusing on attacking the ships of "a notional enemy." Russian officials continue to call the HMS Defender incident a "provocation" and warn about future run-ins.
☆ Afghanistan is being overrun by crystal meth
  + stars: | 2021-05-07 | by ( Ali Latifi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +14 min
The US is leaving behind a flourishing, violent trade in heroin and crystal meth in Afghanistan. HERAT, Afghanistan — For weeks, Afghan police had been staking out a single-family house they believed was being used as a meth lab. Afghanistan's drug trade generates an estimated $35 million a month for the Taliban and drug gangs. A mysterious grassIn 2017, rumors circulated in western Afghanistan that a mysterious form of grass had been found to contain the key ingredient in crystal meth. "So long as this war continues, the drug trade will continue to grow bigger and bigger.
☆ Want to run for Congress but can't afford to pay your own rent or bills? This former House candidate has an idea.
  + stars: | 2021-03-23 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Nabilah Islam wants the Federal Election Commission to let federal candidates use donor money for expanded salaries and health insurance. "The current system makes it prohibitive for working Americans to run for office," Islam told Insider. "Every American should have a living wage and health insurance when they run for office," Islam told Insider. In general, federal law prohibits federal candidates from using campaign cash on personal expenditures — so forget that donor-funded Rolex or dream trip to Maui. For example, it ruled in 2018 that federal candidates may use campaign funds to pay for certain child care expenses.
☆ Watchdog group accuses the Trump campaign and family members of engaging in 'schemes' that hid massive election spending and likely broke federal law
  + stars: | 2021-01-28 | by ( Dave Levinthal | Tom Lobianco | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
An election watchdog group has filed an updated complaint with the FEC against the Trump campaign. The Trump campaign "hid an incredible amount of money," Campaign Legal Center Director of Federal Reform Brendan Fischer said in an interview. A spokesman for the Trump campaign did not immediately return a request for comment Thursday morning. As a civil law enforcement body, it may issue fines to political committees and actors it determines have violated federal campaign laws. The Campaign Legal Center has not filed a complaint with the Department of Justice, which is tasked with investigating potential criminal violations of campaign finance laws.
☆ EXCLUSIVE: Lawmakers ask FBI and Federal Election Commission to investigate Jared Kushner-backed Trump campaign company after Insider's reporting
  + stars: | 2020-12-19 | by ( Tom Lobianco | Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Trump's campaign and an affiliated committee regularly spent millions of dollars through American Made Media Consultants, according to FEC records. Insider was able to independently verify those details with other sources close to the Trump campaign. A request for comment from the Trump campaign was not immediately returned Friday evening. But in a previous statement to Insider, Trump campaign communications director Tim Murtaugh said Lara Trump and John Pence did nothing wrong. Among those cases is one filed in July by the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center, which accused the Trump campaign of using American Made Media Consultants to illegally disguise campaign spending.
☆ A pro-Trump super PAC made illegal contributions to the president's reelection campaign, a watchdog group says
  + stars: | 2020-12-18 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center accused s uper PAC Our American Century spent illegally large sums of money to redistribute Trump campaign political advertisements. uper PAC Our American Century spent illegally large sums of money to redistribute Trump campaign political advertisements. The Campaign Legal Center accused Our American Century of spending up to $251,000 to redistribute an existing Trump campaign video while failing to reveal the super PAC — not the Trump campaign — bankrolled the ad blitz. A representative for the Trump campaign, which is not accused in the complaint of wrongdoing, also could not be reached. Scenes from the Federal Election Commission headquarters located at 1050 First St. NE Friday Sept. 21, 2018.
☆ EXCLUSIVE: Jared Kushner helped create a Trump campaign shell company that secretly paid the president's family members and spent $617 million in reelection cash, a source tells Insider
  + stars: | 2020-12-18 | by ( Tom Lobianco | Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +11 min
American Made Media Consultants became the source of consternation for President Donald Trump's campaign staff, who were kept in the dark about its operations. Despite its $617 million spending through AMMC, the Trump campaign publicly disclosed little information about the company, including how it used the money. Insider independently verified details of this person's account with other people close to the Trump campaign. The shell company — incorporated as American Made Media Consultants Corp. and American Made Media Consultants LLC — allowed Trump's campaign to skirt federally mandated disclosures. "Nothing was done without Jared's approval," the former Trump campaign advisor said.
☆ 'Cases up the wazoo for years to come': Legal insiders brace for a world where Trump loses and the ex-president faces down a slew of reinvigorated court fights
  + stars: | 2020-11-02 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +16 min
The Trump campaign did not respond to Insider's questions about the possible legal challenges ahead for the president and his team. Justice Department investigation 'plausible'Could Trump's own Justice Department, at this moment, be criminally investigating the Trump reelection campaign? And that means officials there would "likely be avoiding public investigative steps" even if they were examining Trump campaign activity, Petalas said. Separately, Insider in mid-July reported that the Trump campaign was conducting an internal review of campaign spending irregularities overseen by Parscale. "If I was President Trump, that's what I would be worried about."
☆ A Silicon Valley software engineer says there's an easy way to determine who's rich and who's not
  + stars: | 2019-04-15 | by ( Tanza Loudenback | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Wealth is elusive in Silicon Valley, and one software engineer told Mercury News how he determines whether someone is wealthy: Do they have to work to live? To be sure, the financial markers to be considered middle class in Silicon Valley and Bay Area cities are higher than other parts of the US. Costs don't let up the closer you get to the heart of Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley is on the brink of millionaire mania, The New York Times' Nellie Bowles reported. Ultimately there isn't one net worth or income figure that symbolizes wealth in Silicon Valley, Dietz told Mercury News: "Wealth isn't necessarily a number.
☆ 40-somethings are falling behind both their children and their parents when it comes to money
  + stars: | 2019-03-26 | by ( Tanza Loudenback | Read More | Read Less | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Nearly half of Gen Xers say they're living paycheck to paycheck, and only 53% have an emergency fund. Pew Research Center defines Gen X as Americans aged 39 to 54 in 2019, accounting for one-third of the overall workforce. 1 stressor, Gen Xers on the whole fall short when it comes to savings, according to the MetLife survey, and it's contributing to their unhappiness at work. What's more, 48% of Gen Xers said they're living paycheck to paycheck. Interestingly, Gen X placed equal emphasis on retirement and homeownership being their top priorities, followed by being debt-free.
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