Tag: Russia

President Trump is seen along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Trump threatens action against Google for ‘rigged’ search results

Caitlin Yilek, James Langford · August 28, 2018 11:18 am

Bruce Ohr of the Justice Department speaks at an event.

Bruce Ohr ‘has explaining to do’ in closed-door testimony

Kelly Cohen · August 28, 2018 4:00 am

The Senate Judiciary Committee said Tuesday it has subpoenaed Paul Manafort after a deal to "accommodate" him was not reached. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Paul Manafort fails to strike plea deal with Mueller’s prosecutors in second case: Report

Naomi Lim · August 27, 2018 11:18 pm

Robert Mueller sits at a hearing on Capitol Hill in D.C.

Robert Mueller’s team silent on potential interview with Trump nearly three weeks after counteroffer

Diana Stancy Correll · August 27, 2018 11:07 pm

Roger Stone said he started writing the book, titled "The Fall of Trump," after seeing how the White House reacted to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.

Roger Stone denies forthcoming article suggesting he told Trump of Wikileaks email dump

Diana Stancy Correll · August 27, 2018 10:01 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Trump at odds with Don McGahn over Manafort pardon: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · August 27, 2018 9:36 pm

This Dec. 11, 2017 file photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Syrian President Bashar Assad watching troops march at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria.

Beltway Confidential

Russia and Syria are using pre-emptive fake news to prepare for a new chemical weapons attack

Tom Rogan · August 27, 2018 8:27 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2017, file photo, longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone arrives to testify before the House Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is examining previously undisclosed contact between former Trump campaign officials and a Russian figure alleged to have tried to sell them dirt on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign. But Stone and Michael Caputo say they believe the man was an FBI informant trying to set them up. He denied that to the Washington Post.

Roger Stone predicts Robert Mueller will ‘charge Donald Trump Jr. with lying to the FBI’

Naomi Lim · August 27, 2018 7:44 pm

A Russian Navy crew member cleans the guns of the Admiral Vinogradov, a Russian anti-submarine ship, as its arrives at the south harbor in Manila, Philippines, on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. Three Russian navy ships arrived in the Philippines on Friday and two others are coming to deliver donated military equipment in the country's third naval visit under President Rodrigo Duterte, who has vowed to diversify the country's ties away from the United States and toward China and Russia.

Beltway Confidential

Why Russia is blockading Ukrainian access to the Sea of Azov

Tom Rogan · August 27, 2018 1:40 pm

In this photo released on Wednesday, June 13, 2018 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with Iran's Al Alam TV, in Damascus, Syria. Assad says Iran's presence in Syria and its relations with Damascus are not negotiable and repeated the assertion that Iran has no fixed bases in Syria.

Beltway Confidential

Why Bashar Assad is likely to use chemical weapons in Idlib

Tom Rogan · August 27, 2018 12:35 pm

Alan Dershowitz shares four tips for Trump to stay out of trouble

Naomi Lim · August 26, 2018 5:31 pm

President Donald Trump waves after speaking to the Ohio Republican Party State Dinner, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio.

Trump’s job approval rating unfazed by Paul Manafort conviction, Michael Cohen guilty plea: Polls

Naomi Lim · August 26, 2018 4:44 pm