Tag: Russia

Sens. Chuck Grassley, right, and Ron Johnson, left.

GOP senators escalate Russia hunt by seeking records on top Steele dossier source, Brookings, and CIA

Jerry Dunleavy · July 30, 2020 11:33 pm

Stacey Abrams, the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia, speaks during an election night watch party in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Reject the partisan arms race to delegitimize our elections

Tiana Lowe Doescher · July 30, 2020 7:11 pm

U.S. commandos regularly train Ukrainian servicemen within the framework of the U.S. assistance program for the Ukrainian armed forces. The U.S. presence in Ukraine and other Eastern European countries has irked neighboring Russia for several years. (AP Photo/Aleksandr Shulman)

National Security

Troop withdrawal from Germany a risky win for rotational troop approach, says Heritage scholar

Abraham Mahshie · July 30, 2020 6:04 pm

HOHENFELS, GERMANY - MARCH 19: U.S. soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade based in Vicenza, Italy, conduct a patrol through a mock Afghan village during a training exercise at the U.S. Army's Joint Multinational Readiness Center only weeks before the 173rd will deploy to Afghanistan on March 19, 2012 near Hohenfels, Germany. Though the Pentagon plans to possibly pull out two U.S. Army infantry brigades based in Germany in an effort to reduce costs, the U.S. military?s strong presence in Germany will likely continue, both due to the U.S. roll in NATO as well as the support the German bases provide for U.S. overseas military commitments. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Military redeployment from Germany has good and bad elements

Tom Rogan · July 30, 2020 5:58 pm

Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov talks to a reporter in New York, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. In careful phrasing befitting the spy he once was, Vladimir Putin has made it clear he expects a great deal from President-elect Donald Trump. And, the billionaire businessman may expect a transactional relationship with Putin.

National Security

Russia commends US decision to pull thousands of troops from Germany

Haley Victory Smith · July 30, 2020 3:58 pm

Demonstrators huddle and blow back tear gas with leaf blowers during clashes with federal officers during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse Wednesday in Portland, Ore.

‘Intensifying’ into violence

Michael Barone · July 30, 2020 12:10 pm

People walk towards the now-closed Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul on Saturday. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan formally reconverted Hagia Sophia into a mosque and declared it open for Muslim worship, hours after a high court annulled a 1934 decision that had made the religious landmark a museum.

Russia to help Syria build replica of Hagia Sophia after Turkey converts original into mosque: Report

Zach Halaschak · July 29, 2020 11:01 pm

President Trump claims his actions have helped "save" the oil industry from a historic price crash driven by the coronavirus pandemic.

Energy and Environment

Texas oil industry not ‘out of the woods’ despite Trump boasts

Josh Siegel · July 29, 2020 9:13 pm

If Trump doesn’t want to be seen as Putin’s stooge, he should stop acting like it

Quin Hillyer · July 29, 2020 7:43 pm

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper delivers a statement on Iraq, at President Donald Trumpâs Mar-a-Lago property, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019, in Palm Beach, Fla.

National Security

Pentagon to remove 12,000 troops from Germany to meet Trump demand

Abraham Mahshie · July 29, 2020 4:05 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin heads the Human Rights Council in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Kirill Kydryavtsev, Pool)

Senate investigation finds Putin-linked Russian oligarchs used US art industry to dodge sanctions

Jerry Dunleavy · July 29, 2020 3:40 pm

National Security

Trump says he did not discuss Russian bounties in call with Putin

Madison Dibble · July 29, 2020 1:43 pm