Tag: Russia

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Beltway Confidential

On ‘Protect Mueller’ bill, McConnell should bow to Flake

Quin Hillyer · November 29, 2018 1:17 am

Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for Donald Trump, walks to his vehicle outside the U.S. Courthouse after a bond hearing in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 6, 2017.

Stay away from Manafort

Washington Examiner · November 29, 2018 12:23 am

Maria Butina, a gun-rights activist poses for a photo at a shooting range in Moscow, Russia, in 2012.

Maria Butina’s father begs Putin to help his daughter: American authorities trying ‘to break her’

Naomi Lim · November 28, 2018 11:45 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks to reporters as he leaves the chamber following a procedural vote to advance the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 5, 2018.

Grassley cancels vote on judges in face of Flake opposition

Susan Ferrechio · November 28, 2018 11:17 pm

One of the captured Ukrainian sailors speaks with his lawyer in a court room in Simferopol, Crimea, on Tuesday.

Russia ignores NATO, detains 24 Ukrainian sailors for two months

Pete Kasperowicz · November 28, 2018 10:11 pm

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2017.

Eric Swalwell says he’ll oppose government funding bill without Mueller protection provision

Katelyn Caralle · November 28, 2018 7:26 pm

President Trump and special counsel Robert Mueller

Trump told Robert Mueller he had no knowledge of Trump Tower meeting

Diana Stancy Correll · November 28, 2018 7:18 pm

Trump says Robert Mueller is pressuring witnesses to lie in Russia probe

Katelyn Caralle · November 28, 2018 9:42 am

President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort arrives at the federal courthouse, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, in Washington.

Manafort’s lawyer updated Trump’s attorneys on what he told Mueller

Katelyn Caralle · November 28, 2018 5:15 am

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to speak on the phone Saturday for the first time since Trump came into office. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, pool)

National Security

Trump says Putin meeting up in the air after Russia seized Ukrainian ships

Robert Donachie · November 28, 2018 12:33 am

Stone testified before the House intelligence panel during a closed session in September and afterward he told reporters afterward he answered all questions, except he did not disclose the name of his intermediary with Assange. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Jerome Corsi tipped off Roger Stone that WikiLeaks planned ‘very damaging’ email dumps

Naomi Lim · November 27, 2018 11:29 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., listens to a question as he speaks to the media after a Republican policy luncheon.

McConnell not budging on bill to protect Robert Mueller

Susan Ferrechio · November 27, 2018 10:37 pm