Tag: Russia

Huse Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, speaks at her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Mueller report creates new headache for Pelosi

Naomi Lim · April 20, 2019 12:39 am

Special counsel Robert Mueller (pictured above) has requested documents and talked to witnesses about at least two incidents pertaining to Russia that involved President Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. Cohen, however, is not believed to be a subject of Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Beltway Confidential

The Russian collusion story is a reminder of why media should ‘wait and see’

Becket Adams · April 19, 2019 11:24 pm

Vice President Mike Pence tours a Latshaw Drilling Rig operated by Diamondback Energy Inc., Wednesday, April 17, 2019, in Midland County, in Texas.

‘Bigger fish to fry’: Mueller never sought interview with Mike Pence

Emily Ward · April 19, 2019 10:56 pm

The new Russian nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika (Arctic) launches in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 16, 2016. Russia has been modernizing its icebreaker fleet as part of its efforts to strengthen its Arctic presence.

Energy and Environment

Russia and China close to deal on ‘very big’ Arctic projects that would move natural gas

Joel Gehrke · April 19, 2019 10:31 pm

Justice Department dismisses Democratic Mueller report subpoena as ‘premature and unnecessary’

Naomi Lim · April 19, 2019 9:46 pm

Beltway Confidential

How John Brennan, James Clapper, and Adam Schiff did the heavy lifting for Russia

Siraj Hashmi · April 19, 2019 9:31 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., are pictured.

Democrats shoot down Barr offer to read less-redacted version of Mueller report

Caitlin Yilek · April 19, 2019 9:23 pm

Traveling to Louisiana to visit flood-stricken residents made Donald Trump look more presidential than Hillary Clinton or even President Obama, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said in a statement Friday.

How Rudy Giuliani saved Donald Trump

Rob Crilly · April 19, 2019 9:00 pm

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, speaks.

Romney ‘sickened’ and ‘appalled’ by Trump after Mueller report

Caitlin Yilek · April 19, 2019 8:01 pm

The silhouette of Robert Mueller, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice, is seen as he leaves the U.S. Capitol Building following a meeting with the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Senators on the Intelligence Committee pressed administration officials Wednesday to disclose more about the extent of Russian hacking attempts during last year's election after the government disclosed that 21 states had been targeted.

Beltway Confidential

‘No exoneration’ is the new version of ‘the Iraq surge worked’

Jack Hunter · April 19, 2019 7:14 pm

President Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia during the presidential transition, arrives with his wife Lori Andrade, for his sentencing at the U.S. District Court in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018.

Mueller: Michael Flynn was under FBI investigation before transition calls

Byron York · April 19, 2019 7:12 pm

Special counsel Robert Mueller charged with "willfully and knowingly making materially false, fictitious and fraudulent statements" to both the special counsel's office and FBI investigators.

Beltway Confidential

Robert Mueller's team really was 'conflicted' and the special counsel report proves it

Eddie Scarry · April 19, 2019 6:11 pm