In U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges NYT - Top Stories By: Anton Troianovski and Eric Lipton 24 October 2026 at 14:20 Interviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine. © Daniel Acker/BloombergOil drilling rigs in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. The Polar LNG plan called for the company to tap into the giant load of natural gas available in the state’s northern reaches.
Trump Advisers Give Fees Earned for Aiding Srpska to His Library NYT - Top Stories By: Kenneth P. Vogel 23 October 2026 at 20:10 The donations from James Blair and Chris LaCivita were revealed after the president expressed pique over their consulting work for Republika Srpska. © Haiyun Jiang/The New York TimesJames Blair, a political operative, donated the fees he earned for advising a pro-Russian Balkan government to President Trump’s library fund.