Tag: Russia

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., wrote a letter Tuesday, saying he wants to obtain details about EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's air travel over the last year, including how often he has flown first class and whether the EPA granted him a waiver for the flights.

Trey Gowdy blasts Peter Strzok’s ‘source’ behind the ‘insurance policy’

Daniel Chaitin · March 15, 2019 12:57 am

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks in a joint press conference with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Tehran, Iran.

US: Russia responsible for dozens of civilian casualties in new Syria strikes

Joel Gehrke · March 15, 2019 12:31 am

Peter Strzok said Mueller never asked if anti-Trump bias influenced Russia investigation decisions

Jerry Dunleavy, Daniel Chaitin · March 14, 2019 9:26 pm

In this June 21, 2017 photo, special counsel Robert Mueller departs after a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Mueller’s ‘pit bull’ leaving team

Daniel Chaitin · March 14, 2019 2:44 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.

House votes 420-0 to release Mueller's report to the public

Pete Kasperowicz · March 14, 2019 10:40 am

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 5, 2019.

Rand Paul says Lisa Page testimony on anti-Trump ‘insurance policy’ ‘deserves more attention’

Will Ricciardella · March 13, 2019 8:58 pm

Pictured are President Donald Trump, left, and Paul Manafort, right.

Trump hasn’t ‘given a thought’ to pardoning Manafort

Melissa Quinn · March 13, 2019 7:41 pm

This courtroom sketch shows Paul Manafort listening to Judge Amy Berman Jackson in the U.S. District Courtroom during his sentencing hearing, in Washington, Wednesday, March 13, 2019.

Judge slammed Manafort for ‘no collusion mantra’ just before sentencing him

Jerry Dunleavy · March 13, 2019 7:15 pm

In this video grab provided by RU-RTR Russian television via AP television on Thursday, March 1, 2018, Russia's new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile blasts off during a test launch from an undisclosed location in Russia.

Russians are serious about using nukes, US NATO general warns

Joel Gehrke · March 13, 2019 5:36 pm

In this file pool photo taken on Oct. 4, 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.

Beltway Confidential

Putin’s money lurks in anti-Juan Guaido march on the White House

Tom Rogan · March 13, 2019 1:44 pm

Judge Amy Berman Jackson at an awards breakfast.

Fate of Manafort lies in hands of anti-Bush judge appointed by Obama

Jerry Dunleavy · March 13, 2019 4:02 am

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference in the press briefing room at the State Department in Washington, D.C.

Energy and Environment

Pompeo vows to use booming American energy to curb ‘malign’ regimes

Josh Siegel · March 13, 2019 12:52 am