Day: February 5, 2018

Page Bragged About Russian Ties in 2013

Buck Banks

“Over the past half year, I have had the privilege to serve as an informal advisor to the staff of the Kremlin in preparation for their Presidency of the G-20 Summit next month, where energy issues will be a prominent point on the agenda.”

— Former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, bragg in a letter dated Aug. 25, 2013, obtained by Time, that he was an adviser to the Kremlin that raises new questions about the extent of Page’s contacts with the Russian government.

Black Unemployment Reached Highest Level in Nine Months

Buck Banks

7.7%

The black unemployment rate, which President Trump claimed credit for reducing to a record low, jumped last month by the most in almost six years, Bloomberg reports: “The Labor Department’s monthly employment report released Friday showed that joblessness among black Americans rose to a nine-month high of 7.7 percent in January from 6.8 percent in December, which was the lowest in data back to 1972. The 0.9 percentage-point rise was the most since June 2012.”