Tag: Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) shakes hands with Syrian President Bashar Assad during a meeting.

Beltway Confidential

Facing Syria and Russia, UN prepares to prove the impotence of its “soft power”

Tom Rogan · August 31, 2018 6:08 pm

U. S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Sunday, July 22, 2018, in Simi Valley, Calif.

Beltway Confidential

When Mike Pompeo meets with Russian foreign minister on sanctions, his message must be clear

Erin Dunne · August 31, 2018 5:57 pm

Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves a federal courthouse in Washington on Nov. 6, 2017.

Former Paul Manafort associate Sam Patten charged with failing to register as foreign agent

Kelly Cohen · August 31, 2018 2:49 pm

A wide array of conservatives defended Sessions, a former Republican senator of Alabama, especially on Capitol Hill.

Trump: ‘I will get involved’ if DOJ ‘doesn’t straighten out’ issues

Gabby Morrongiello · August 31, 2018 1:16 am

President Trump talks on the phone with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 27, 2018.

Trump on Mueller probe: ‘I view it as an illegal investigation’

Melissa Quinn · August 30, 2018 9:54 pm

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks at an event in New York City.

Trump legal team composing ‘counter-report’ to undermine Mueller investigation: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · August 30, 2018 4:58 pm

Bruce Ohr is escorted to a meeting room on Capitol Hill in D.C.

Bruce Ohr names Andrew McCabe, FBI officials tied to Peter Strzok among his Trump dossier contacts: Reports

Daniel Chaitin · August 30, 2018 4:45 pm

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Guest writer for CNN pens a love letter to Putin

Tom Rogan · August 30, 2018 3:19 pm

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) launches a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, April 7, 2017. The United States blasted a Syrian air base with a barrage of cruise missiles in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians.

Beltway Confidential

Will Congress let Trump strike Syria again?

Daniel DePetris · August 30, 2018 2:53 pm

U.N. Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Syria Staffan de Mistura proposed that civilians holed up in the rebel-held region of Idlib could evacuate to government-held areas, a move that would in essence send many back into parts of Syria they once fled in its 7-1/2-year-old war.

UN envoy warns Russia and Assad against ‘most horrific tragedy’ in Syria

Joel Gehrke · August 30, 2018 2:32 pm

"The most dangerous 'enemy of the people' is presidential lying—always. Attacks on press by @realDonaldTrump more treacherous than Nixon's," tweeted Carl Bernstein. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Carl Bernstein to Trump: ‘No taunt will diminish my commitment’ to journalistic mission

Naomi Lim · August 30, 2018 3:46 am

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., heads to the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Richard Blumenthal: ‘There’s a credible case of obstruction of justice right now’ against Trump

Naomi Lim · August 30, 2018 1:57 am