Tag: Russia

Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn leaves federal court in Washington on July 10, 2018.

Byron York: From fishy beginning, Mueller case against Michael Flynn nears end with no jail recommendation

Byron York · December 5, 2018 2:56 am

Michael Flynn was fired as national security adviser in February after it was revealed he misled Trump officials about his communications with the Russian ambassador.

Hopeful Trump critics say sentencing memo for Flynn signals Mueller gunning for the president

Daniel Chaitin · December 5, 2018 2:33 am

Michael Flynn.

Not done yet? Mueller hails former Trump adviser Flynn’s help ‘with several ongoing investigations’

Kelly Cohen · December 5, 2018 1:45 am

E.W. "Bill" Priestap.

FBI veteran who worked on Clinton, Russia probes retiring

Diana Stancy Correll · December 5, 2018 12:31 am

Longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone pauses while speaking to members of the media after testifying before the House Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Washington.

Roger Stone invokes Fifth Amendment, declines cooperation with Senate Judiciary Committee

Kelly Cohen · December 4, 2018 10:38 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and German Transportation Minister Andreas Scheuer, right, address the media during a press conference at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Dec. 3, 2018 after a meeting with representatives of German cities that are affected by nitrogen oxide limit violations.

Energy and Environment

State Department sees weakening German support for controversial Russian gas pipeline

Joel Gehrke · December 4, 2018 5:55 pm

In this Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 photo, an Iraqi soldier watches smoke rising after an airstrike by US-led International coalition warplanes against ISIS, on the border between Syria and Iraq in Qaim, Anbar province, Iraq. More than a year after this Iraqi town was freed from the Islamic State group, booms from airstrikes still echo and columns of smoke are visible, rising beyond the earthen berms and concrete walls marking the border with Syria. On the other side, the fight is raging to capture one of the militant groupâs last enclaves.

National Security

ISIS caliphate close to finished in Syria, says general picked to head US Central Command

Jamie McIntyre · December 4, 2018 5:36 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during an event at the Concert Noble in Brussels, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. Pompeo is in Brussels to attend a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers.

National Security

Pompeo: US to leave nuclear accord unless Russia complies in 60 days

Joel Gehrke · December 4, 2018 5:30 pm

A warning sign at the old Kerr-McGee uranium mill site is shown on open land in the foreground with Mount Taylor in the background, Dec. 20, 2007 near Grants, N.M. Uranium mining could experience a resurgence in the area, with several mining companies conducting exploratory drilling in the Grants area.

Russia and now China eye control of the global nuclear industry

Mark Chalmers and Jeffrey Klenda · December 4, 2018 3:14 pm

George H.W. Bush and Donald Trump are pictured.

Pompeo: George H.W. Bush showed ‘the type of leadership that President Trump is boldly reasserting’

Joel Gehrke · December 4, 2018 1:34 pm

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during an event at the Concert Noble in Brussels, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Brussels to attend a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers.

Mike Pompeo says Trump rallying world to create ‘new liberal order that prevents war’

Joel Gehrke · December 4, 2018 12:16 pm

In this 2017 photo, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort arrives at federal court in Washington.

Paul Manafort discussed deal with Ecuador to give WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange to US: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · December 4, 2018 2:35 am