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Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, didn't try to hide his dismay Monday when asked about a top U.S. official echoing Vladimir Putin's talking Points on Ukraine.

Steve Witkoff, U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, told Fox News over the weekend that some parts of Ukraine are "Russian territory."

Witkoff also appeared on former Fox News host Tucker Carlson's podcast and CNN's Kate Bolduan played a clip of Witkoff telling Carlson that "There have been referendums where the overwhelming majority of the people have indicated that they want to be under Russian rule." ...

Reaction to Friday's Oval Office shouting match that pitted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky against Donald Trump and J.D. Vance has been one of disbelief and disgust.

Trump and Zelensky were meant to sign a deal giving the U.S. a stake in Ukraine's rare minerals mining as "payback" for money given to support the war against Russia. That never happened.

After Vance accused Zelensky of not being "thankful enough" to Trump, and Trump poking his finger at Zelensky and accusing him of not being "ready" for peace, the rest of the official visit was over and the follow-up press conference was canceled. ...

At least 62 members of 118th Congress have violated a federal insider trading and conflicts-of-interest law, a Raw Story analysis of congressional financial disclosures reveals.

Most of these violations involve failures to properly disclose stock trades as required by the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012. Some involve not abiding by the transparency and personal financial disclosure requirements first outlined in the STOCK Act's post-Watergate predecessor, the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.

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Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) ripped into former President Donald Trump following controversy surrounding his appearance at Arlington National Cemetery, which some observers have said is at the very least a breach of decorum and possibly illegal.

The Republican nominee posed for photos and videos alongside the families of two service members killed in an August 2021 bombing attack. Critics questioned why Trump posed with a grin and his customary thumbs-up gesture.

Trump and running mate J.D. Vance have deflected all criticism and tried to claim they were just honoring the servicemembers killed in action during the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan....

Since Jan. 1, at least 37 members of Congress have violated a federal insider trading and conflicts-of-interest law, a Raw Story analysis of congressional financial disclosures reveals.

Most of these violations involve failures to properly disclose stock trades as required by the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012. Some involve not abiding by the transparency and personal financial disclosure requirements first outlined in the STOCK Act's post-Watergate predecessor, the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.

The most significant violator clocked in as much as six-and-a-half years late when reporting up to $8.5 million in stock transactions — Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA). Another lawmaker was just a couple days late but still logged up to $165,000 in late stock disclosures — Rep. John Curtis (R-UT). Between them are numerous other Republicans and Democrats alike who have consistently failed to abide by the STOCK Act....

Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, the Florida congresswoman who blasted her Democratic predecessor for violating a federal conflicts-of-interest and financial disclosure law, appears to have broken the same law herself.

Again.

Salazar, a Republican, was late in disclosing her spouse’s $1,001 to $15,000 sale of stock in Florida renewable energy company, NextEra Energy Partners — an apparent violation of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, according to a Raw Story review of federal financial disclosures. ...