Tag: Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin, attends a meeting during the 5th Caspian summit in Aktau, the Caspian Sea port in Kazakhstan, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Russia is messing with the US again. Trump needs to counterpunch

Tom Rogan · August 21, 2018 2:05 pm

From left, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and the committee's ranking Member, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, listen as Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, center, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, before the committee.

Senate ramps up Russia sanctions threat with dual hearings

Susan Ferrechio · August 21, 2018 4:00 am

George Papadopoulos exploring ways to withdraw from plea deal with Mueller, wife says

Diana Stancy Correll · August 21, 2018 3:19 am

During a Friday interview with CNN, Veteran journalist Carl Bernstein said President Trump "has sought to muddy the waters" of Robert Mueller's investigation by vilifying his 2016 campaign opponent Hillary Clinton.

Carl Bernstein: Don McGahn’s testimony to Mueller enriches ‘damning matrix’ showing Trump obstructed justice

Daniel Chaitin · August 21, 2018 12:59 am

Don McGahn permitted the embattled administration official to work in the West Wing because Rob Porter denied their claims, according to a report published Friday morning. (Albin Lohr-Jones/Pool via Bloomberg)

Don McGahn did not ‘incriminate’ Trump in Mueller interviews, his lawyer says: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · August 21, 2018 12:02 am

Did Donald Trump, his campaign aides or his associates collude with Russians to influence the 2016 campaign?

Trump: I could ‘run’ the Russia investigation myself if I wanted

Naomi Lim · August 20, 2018 10:46 pm

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

Jury in Manafort trial ends third day of deliberations with no verdict

Kelly Cohen, Melissa Quinn · August 20, 2018 10:33 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., spoke out against arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain, telling the Senate Thursday, "They don't like us."

National Security

Rand Paul: Special prosecutors have ‘too much power over ruining people’s lives’

Naomi Lim · August 20, 2018 10:17 pm

Beltway Confidential

After Austrians’ shameful dance with Putin, US should withdraw our ambassador from there

Tom Rogan · August 20, 2018 9:03 pm

President Donald Trump, with first lady Melania Trump, arrives at the White House in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018, after spending the weekend at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J.

Trump gets no credit from the press for letting Don McGahn testify: Wall Street Journal

Eddie Scarry · August 20, 2018 6:37 pm

U.S. District court Judge T.S. Ellis III speaks to the lawyers and defendant Paul Manafort, fourth from left, as the jury continues to deliberate in Manafort's trial on bank fraud and tax evasion at federal court in Alexandria, Va.

Third day of jury deliberations underway in Manafort trial

Melissa Quinn · August 20, 2018 2:56 pm

President Trump and special counsel Robert Mueller

National Security

Trump: Robert Mueller is ‘looking for trouble’

Pete Kasperowicz · August 20, 2018 11:48 am