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@ericlipton.nytimes.comThis story follows up on piece we published over the weekend detailing the role that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have played in negotiating this multibillion-deal--with Russia even though some of the deal investors are family business partners.
@ericlipton.nytimes.comJUST POSTED: In Trump’s Russian Oil Deal, Middle East Funds Are the Biggest Owners
A majority of ownership in a proposed multibillion-dollar deal would go to a group of Middle Eastern investors, including some with business ties to the Witkoff family and Kushner
@ericlipton.nytimes.comFiring squad? The U.S. military is going to use a firing squad to execute someone? Approved by sec of defense and Potus?
@ericlipton.nytimes.comI do wonder if we will see actual documented payments from Trump or MAGA Inc to reimburse for those government paid campaign ads. Trump has a history of asserting he will use his own money to pay for something--and then not doing it.
@edwardhopper.bsky.socialReposted by @ericlipton.nytimes.comSkyline Near Washington Square - 1925 https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104527
@nytimes.comReposted by @ericlipton.nytimes.comThe Trump administration’s talks with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
@ericlipton.nytimes.comNot that I have a lot of free time. I do not. But Widow's Bay really is a good show. It is such a weird/creative/ unpredictable mix of comedy and horror & great character development/mood setting and acting.
@peterbakernyt.bsky.socialReposted by @ericlipton.nytimes.comTrump administration’s talks with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit a Trump donor and Middle Eastern businessmen with ties to Witkoff and Kushner. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...
@ericlipton.nytimes.comHere's a little chart that our graphics team did to help you keep track of the various players.
@nytimes.comReposted by @ericlipton.nytimes.comWe spoke with dozens of librarians from across the U.S. about the challenges and triumphs of running a library. Here is what they told us. nyti.ms/4yw4O4k
@edwardhopper.bsky.socialReposted by @ericlipton.nytimes.comCorn Hill - 1930 https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3104027
@ericlipton.nytimes.comThis Lukoil pending deal has a tie-in to the billionaire Syrian-born Qatari brothers that I wrote about earlier this year-- who have teamed up with Ivanka and Jared on a real estate project in Albania. Yes, it's an intricate web.
@ericlipton.nytimes.comWitkoff and Kushner discussed the deal last month during a meeting at the Kremlin with Putin.
Here is a shorter overview of our investigation. With my NYT Washington Bureau colleague Anton Troianovski
@ericlipton.nytimes.comThe pending oil deal involves Russian Lukoil international assets (now sanctioned by the US) that would be acquired at a big discount by a Trump campaign donor, a UAE-based investor in Trump/Witkoff family crypto company, and Kushner/Ivanka's Qatari-based real estate partners.
@ericlipton.nytimes.comJUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest.
@ericlipton.nytimes.comDid you buy the $TRUMP coin?
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@capitalweather.comReposted by @ericlipton.nytimes.comToday's almost surely the hottest the rest of the year, highs 85 to 90. Scattered showers or a storm late as a cold front arrives.
Much cooler weekend. Some rain both days, but more should fall Sunday than Saturday. Pure fall next week.
Forecast @ CapitalWeather.com
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@ericlipton.nytimes.comTrump "endorses" Ken Paxton again today at Tx event. Pool report Ana Ceballos LAT "It's such a big race," Trump said. He called Paxton one of the "most loyal people." "I have to always remember that because he can be a pain in the ass sometimes. I'll be honest."
@ericlipton.nytimes.comJust cannot get over that a former state attorney general was involved in such an incredible fumble. One of the most humiliatingly bad Senate witness interrogations I've ever seen.
