Tag: Russia

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

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson walks down a hallway after speaking at a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, March 13, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Rex Tillerson, Trump’s meeting with Putin, and how the media misleads rather than informs

Eddie Scarry · January 14, 2019 5:50 pm

President Donald Trump talks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing for the American Farm Bureau Federation's 100th Annual Convention in New Orleans, Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, in Washington.

Trump: ‘I never worked for Russia’

Katelyn Caralle · January 14, 2019 3:14 pm

President Trump leads a roundtable discussion in the Cabinet Room of the White House.

Energy and Environment

Trump mocks: Why would I expand energy production and hurt Russia if I ‘worked for Kremlin?’

Katelyn Caralle · January 14, 2019 12:46 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

Devin Nunes: Counterintelligence bombshell shows FBI leaders ‘had no real evidence against the Trump team’

Daniel Chaitin · January 14, 2019 12:46 am

"The problem is not the chief of staff. The problem -- dangerous beyond any modern presidency -- is the president," Carl Bernstein tweeted early Saturday.

Carl Bernstein: Draft of Mueller's final report says Trump helped Putin 'destabilize' the US

Daniel Chaitin · January 13, 2019 8:32 pm

CNN’s Brian Stelter: Coverage of ‘snowstorms and scares at malls’ burying Trump-Russia news

Daniel Chaitin · January 13, 2019 6:38 pm