Top Reads from the Fiscal Times

Ukraine's Second Front: Obama and Kerry Are Now at War With Europe The Obama administration appears to be spinning the Ukraine crisis out of control and doing serious damage to trans-Atlantic relations all at once.    Tensions between Europe and the U.S. over how to address the year-old crisis in Ukraine have… Obama Juggles the Numbers to Save Social Security Disability Benefits President Obama’s $4 trillion budget blue print for fiscal 2016 has garnered a lot of attention for its proposals for raising caps to bolster spending for defense and… Putin Won’t Commit to Peace talks on Ukraine Even as European leaders engaged in a diplomatic sprint across the globe to try to prevent the fighting in eastern Ukraine from escalating further, Russian Prime Minister… 5 Burning Questions Still Facing Twitter Twitter stock (NASDAQ:TWTR) closed last week on an up note, surging 16 percent to close at $48 a share the day after reporting fourth-quarter earnings. The rally came as a… Vladimir Putin: 17 Things You Didn’t Know About Russia’s President If you think Russian President Vladimir Putin is nothing more than a ruthless thug who relishes political power and personal preening on the world’s stage — he’s got you…