On Sunday, Ukraine was hit with one of the largest known drone attacks from Russia, including over 273 that pummeled the central Kyiv region as well as the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions, according to Ukraine’s air force.
Day: May 18, 2025
Proposed rule change could pave way for president to fire economists whose figures prove politically inconvenient
Summarizing his befuddlement with numbers, Mark Twain observed that there were “lies, damned lies and statistics”.
The acerbic phrase later become so deeply embedded in popular consciousness that it once formed the title to an episode of The West Wing, NBC’s portrayal of a fictitious US president played by Martin Sheen.
Путин: результатом СВО должен стать долгосрочный мир https://t.co/dSV9x2iQJh
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Путин: результатом СВО должен стать долгосрочный мир
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Президент заверил, что у…— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) May 18, 2025
Путин: результатом СВО должен стать долгосрочный мир https://t.co/dSV9x2iQJh
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) May 18, 2025
Putin says wants to ‘eliminate’ causes of Ukraine conflict https://t.co/kIrJUurfuS
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that he wanted to eradicate the causes of the Ukraine conflict and keep Russia safe.
Moscow’s goal is to “eliminate the causes that triggered this…— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) May 18, 2025
Loss of Moody’s triple-A rating comes amid concerns about fiscal trajectory and widening budget deficit
US government debt may come under more pressure this week after the credit rating agency Moody’s stripped the US of its top-notch triple-A credit rating.
Moody’s dealt a blow to Washington last Friday, when it downgraded the US and warned about rising levels of government debt and a widening budget deficit. Moody’s cut its credit rating on the US by one notch to Aa1 from Aa, becoming the last of the big three agencies to downgrade the US.