Tag: Russia

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., walks with an aide on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019.

Senate ignores Trump, votes to consider bill reversing decision to lift Russia sanctions

Susan Ferrechio · January 15, 2019 10:28 pm

Matt Whitaker speaks during a live televised debate in Johnston, Iowa.

Matthew Whitaker agrees to testify before House Judiciary Committee

Kelly Cohen · January 15, 2019 9:35 pm

Justice Department official Bruce Ohr arrives for a closed hearing of the House Judiciary and House Oversight committees on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Bruce Ohr: FBI had ‘re-engagement’ with Trump dossier author months after he was dropped as an informant

Daniel Chaitin · January 15, 2019 9:00 pm

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks to reporters after giving a classified briefing to members of the House of Representatives, telling them that the Trump administration will keep strict U.S. sanctions on the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019.

Mnuchin privately urges GOP lawmakers not to vote with Democrats on Russia sanctions measure

Susan Ferrechio · January 15, 2019 7:35 pm

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, looks at President Barack Obama, foreground right, as they attend the 11th East Asia Summit at National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2016.

Beltway Confidential

New York Times wasn’t always so suspicious of ‘secretive communications’ with Russia

Eddie Scarry · January 15, 2019 7:13 pm

Jerome Corsi, left, speaks during a news conference as his lawyer Larry Klayman stands behind him outside the federal courthouse in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019.

Jerome Corsi: My stepson is being hauled before Mueller’s Russia grand jury

Naomi Lim · January 15, 2019 4:36 pm

Attorney General nominee William Barr looks speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, January 15, 2019. Barr will face questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee including his views on executive powers. Barr served as attorney general under George H.W. Bush.

Barr defends Russia investigation, says Mueller wouldn’t be involved in a ‘witch hunt’

Kelly Cohen · January 15, 2019 4:00 pm

President Trump attends a roundtable discussion on border security with local leaders, Friday Jan. 11, 2019, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington.

Trump: FBI rank and file ‘disgusted’ by leaders

Pete Kasperowicz · January 15, 2019 12:11 pm

"Many NATO countries have agreed to step up payments considerably, as they should," President Trump tweeted from Italy on Saturday. "Money is beginning to pour in -- NATO will be much stronger." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

National Security

Trump repeatedly said in private he wanted US to leave NATO: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · January 15, 2019 5:35 am

In this Jan. 9, 2019 photo, Attorney General nominee William Barr departs after a meeting with Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Dems to press AG nominee William Barr on protecting Mueller from Trump

Kelly Cohen · January 15, 2019 5:00 am

President Trump is questioning the independence of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of election interference by the Russians because it includes people who backed his Democratic opponent in the 2016 campaign.

Trump’s attorneys rejected Mueller’s request for interview

Diana Stancy Correll · January 15, 2019 2:37 am

Washington Secrets

Liberal Media Scream: MSNBC’s Mika sees a ‘yes’ in Trump’s shrug on Russia

Paul Bedard · January 14, 2019 6:30 pm