Michael Cohen, who had been President Trump's personal lawyer, has been sentenced to three years in prison, after pleading guilty to tax evasion, lying to Congress, and campaign finance violations. He also blamed loyalty to Trump for his actions.
Read more at The New York Times, CNN, NBC News and WMUR.
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In other stories:
From ANSA, Italy raises its anti-terror measures after the attack in Strasbourg, France.
From France24, let's not blame the Strasbourg attack on Mu......and it's a Muslim.
From RFI, here come the Strasbourg conspiracy theories.
From SwissInfo, it's now possible to get a degree in yodeling.
From El País, the Spanish Congress works on a bill that may exclude pets from being seized as assets.
From the Express, several U.K. politicians offer an alternate Brexit plan.
From the Evening Standard, Conservative MPs hold a "confidence" vote on Prime Minister Theresa May.
From the Daily Mail, more on the "confidence" vote.
From BBC News, seven mass graves have been found near a former ISIS stronghold in Syria.
From the Independent, May tells her party that she will not be their leader for the 2022 election.
From the Irish Examiner, Ireland's Taoiseach and the European Commission president agree that the Brexit deal cannot be redone.
From Voice Of Europe, authorities in Brussels, Belgium ban a march against the U.N. migration pact. (If you read Flemish, read the story at HLN.)
From VRT NWS, extra police patrol the Brussels Christmas market after the Strasbourg attack.
From the NL Times, the plastic catcher designed by a Dutch man isn't doing very well just yet.
From Dutch News, The Hague bids to be the starting point for the Tour de France. (Although the Tour is put on by France, it has included stages outside the country.)
From Deutsche Welle, German Chancellor Merkel tells the Bundestag that Brexit will not be renegotiated.
From Radio Poland, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki wins his "confidence" vote in the Sejm. (The Sejm is Poland's parliament, and is pronounced like the English word "same".)
From Radio Praha, a Czech MP could face criminal prosecution for his remarks about a concentration camp at Lety.
From Hungary Today, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban "hails" changes in the country's labor laws.
From About Hungary, Slovakia and Hungary agree to build two new bridges between the two countries.
From Russia Today, Russia considers legislation allowing harsher sanctions against foreign IT companies.
From Sputnik International, Russian Prime Minister Medvedev speaks out against international organizations trying to pressure his country. (This is the same guy to whom U.S. President Obama once talked about having more flexibility after the 2012 election.)
From Independent Balkan News Agency, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will bring accusations about the Prespes agreement to E.U. leaders.
From the Greek Reporter, two finds in Greece are among the top ten discoveries of 2018.
From Total Croatia News, the Croatian parliament debates a declaration on the status of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
From the Malta Independent, three Maltese MEPs recount their experience in Strasbourg.
From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan announces new military action in Syria.
From Turkish Minute, Turkish police detain over 50 members of the HDP, who had started a hunger strike.
From Arutz Sheva, IDF forces arrest several suspects in the Ofra terror attack, but kill one who resisted.
From The Jerusalem Post, the IDF raids Al-Quds University.
From Rûdaw, the Iraqi government prepares to conduct a census.
From The Express Tribune, Pakistan summons a U.S. diplomat to its foreign ministry to protest against being listed as a country that violates religious freedom.
From Khaama Press, the Afghan military confirms the death of the Taliban's shadow governor for the province of Paktika.
From News24, Nigeria faces calls to prosecute soldiers who used excessive force on Shiite protesters.
From FrontpageMag, "jihad in Strasbourg".
From National Review, Theresa May survives her "no confidence" vote to "die another day".
From Townhall, the "international community" isn't one.
From The Washington Free Beacon, the Air Force failed to share the Texas church shooter's information to the FBI due to incompetence.
From the Washington Examiner, the Boys Scouts considers filing for bankruptcy. (The article cites the Wall Street Journal, which is behind a paywall. Aren't the Boy Scouts changing their name to exclude the word "boy"? Yes, sort of.)
From The Federalist, now that the Supreme Court is no longer liberal, the left wants to destroy it.
From American Thinker, the three traps that President Trump sprung on Senator Schumer (D-NY) and former (and maybe future) Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal).
From Accuracy In Media, the media still regards Trump as the loser on immigration.
From LifeNews, Ben Shapiro will headline the 2019 March For Life. (He is also the writer of the above-mentioned article about the "international community" which really isn't.)
From Fox News, Trump tells congresscritter Mark Meadows (R-NC) to stay in Congress since he won't be the White House chief of staff.
From the New York Post, the "sonic attacks" suffered by diplomats in Cuba still haven't been figured out.
And from The Guardian, a Russian robot really wasn't one.
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