Reuters Top News | Stormy Daniels' lawyer says Russian firm's U.S. affiliate paid Trump attorney $500,000

Reuters Top News Stormy Daniels' lawyer says Russian firm's U.S. affiliate paid Trump attorney $500,000 An attorney for porn star Stormy Daniels said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, was paid $500,000 by a company with ties to a Russian oligarch who was hit last month with U.S. sanctions to punish Moscow for activities that included suspected meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. Blankenship loses bitter Republican Senate fight in West Virginia WASHINGTON (Reuters) - State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey won the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in West Virginia on Tuesday , beating former coal executive Don Blankenship and calming the fears of party leaders who thought the brash ex-convict would spoil their chance to pick up a Senate seat. Russian firm tied to 'Putin's cook' poised to plead not guilt