Tag: Russia

Officials from the Joint Investigation Team probing the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 appear at a press conference in Nieuwegein, Netherlands, on Wednesday, June 19, 2019.

Former Russian intelligence officials charged with shooting down 2014 Malaysian flight

Regina Barton · June 19, 2019 7:14 pm

A Ukrainian serviceman makes smokescreen against military drones at a position near the front line as the conflict continues, in Mariinka, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 20, 2019.

National Security

Pentagon to send $250M in weapons to Ukraine

Russ Read · June 19, 2019 5:17 pm

Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan listens as President Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in Washington.

National Security

The rise and fall of Patrick Shanahan, the defense industry’s ‘Mr. Fix-It’

Russ Read · June 19, 2019 1:41 am

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news briefing at the Department of State in Washington D.C., Wednesday, April 17, 2019.

Watchdog groups sue Mike Pompeo over missing Trump-Putin meeting notes

Daniel Chaitin · June 19, 2019 1:02 am

President Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin met briefly during a trade summit in Vietnam earlier this month. On Tuesday they talked for more than an hour about the need "to peacefully resolve the Syrian civil war, end the humanitarian crisis, allow displaced Syrians to return home, and ensure the stability of a unified Syria free of malign intervention and terrorist safe havens."

Beltway Confidential

Trump gives Putin a sharp, weaponized rebuke on Ukraine

Tom Rogan · June 18, 2019 5:17 pm

Former President Richard Nixon is seen on the left; President Trump is on the right.

Byron York: Three reasons Trump-Russia hasn’t turned into Watergate

Byron York · June 17, 2019 11:24 pm

Officers of Russia's Federal Service for the Execution of Penal Sentences (FSIN) special forces walk near an armored vehicle before leaving Moscow's Lefortovo prison.

Beltway Confidential

Russia imprisons leading rocket scientists over leak paranoia

Eugene Chudnovsky · June 17, 2019 5:41 pm

Trump accuses NYT of ‘virtual act of treason’ for report on US cyberattacks against Russia

Daniel Chaitin · June 16, 2019 1:28 am

Energy and Environment

US ramps up attacks on Russian power grid

Alana Goodman · June 15, 2019 5:25 pm

President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, June 14, 2019, in Washington.

Washington Secrets

White House Report Card: Trump tariffs working, 2020 reelection looking difficult

Paul Bedard · June 15, 2019 4:09 pm

National Security

Michael Flynn to appear in court for first time since December

Zach Halaschak · June 14, 2019 9:09 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Finding Trump scandals is easy if you imagine them all

Eddie Scarry · June 14, 2019 6:25 pm