RT News - December 21, 2018 (12:00 MSK)

A secret project by US Democrats to test online tactics during an election is revealed in a New York Times report. It's claimed they used the methods of an old adversary those much maligned Russian bots. Another hit for the Trump administration - Defense Secretary James Mattis announces he's stepping down just a day after the US president surprises allies by saying he's withdrawing troops from Syria. A top journalist from one of Germany's most respected publications Der Spiegel is exposed for faking news for years. He's been stripped of several awards for his investigations, including CNN Journalist of the Year in 2014.