Tag: Russia

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Journalist says free speech violated after report on State scrubbing award due to her Trump tweets

Daniel Jativa · March 7, 2019 6:32 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin walks to speak to the media after his annual call-in show in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 7, 2018. Putin hosts call-in shows every year, which typically provide a platform for ordinary Russians to appeal to the president on issues ranging from foreign policy to housing and utilities.

Beltway Confidential

Russia’s repulsive new insult to the children of the innocent Briton it murdered

Tom Rogan · March 7, 2019 5:18 pm

Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, departs Federal District Court, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, in Washington.

Paul Manafort faces sentence of 20 years or more Thursday in Mueller probe

Jerry Dunleavy · March 7, 2019 3:29 pm

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, speaks as he departs after testifying before a closed-door session of the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Michael Cohen can’t wait for prison so he’s rejecting pardons he was never offered

Eddie Scarry · March 7, 2019 2:35 pm

Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, exits federal court in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. CohenÂ is heading to prison for three years on a gross miscalculation. He was also ordered to forfeit $500,000, pay a restitution of $1.4 million and fines totaling $100,000.

Cohen asked about a presidential pardon, former attorney says

Zach Halaschak · March 7, 2019 4:35 am

A Russian national flag flies at half staff at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Two Americans detained in Russia for alleged violation of social-religious laws

Daniel Jativa · March 6, 2019 8:10 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a meeting.

US pushes Russia to keep Venezuela’s interim president safe from harm

Joel Gehrke · March 6, 2019 6:06 pm

President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016.

Republicans demand answers on what the Obama administration knew about Russian election interference

Jerry Dunleavy · March 6, 2019 2:11 pm

A police vehicle is parked outside the house of former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal who was found critically ill Sunday following exposure to an "unknown substance" in Salisbury, England, Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Skripal, and an unidentified woman companion are being treated in hospital, after they were found unconscious on a bench in the town.

Beltway Confidential

Here’s the identity of a top Russian spy kicked out of the UK after Russia tried to assassinate Sergei Skripal

Tom Rogan · March 6, 2019 10:54 am

Manafort is being probed as part of congressional and FBI investigations into the Trump camp's ties to Russia.

Robert Mueller: Paul Manafort ‘blames everyone’ but himself

Katelyn Caralle · March 6, 2019 12:58 am

The NATO German warship FGS Bonn departs from the harbor of the city of Izmir, Turkey, Thursday, May 26, 2016.

Beltway Confidential

NATO has enough warships, the Europeans just won’t deploy them properly

Tom Rogan · March 5, 2019 9:48 pm

Former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka speaks at the 2018 Values Voter Summit in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Austerlitz, Xi Jinping, and why Sebastian Gorka is at least right about Napoleon

Tom Rogan · March 5, 2019 8:47 pm