Tag: Russia

Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina had ties to Russian intelligence agency, jailed pending trial

Kelly Cohen · July 18, 2018 6:32 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks to the media about national security as Sen. Thom Tillis listens.

National Security

Senate GOP pans Democratic calls for interpreter testimony on Trump-Putin meeting

Al Weaver · July 18, 2018 6:27 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks, as Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, listens during a news conference in Helsinki, Finland, on Monday, July 16, 2018. TrumpÂ called Special CounselÂ Robert Mueller's probe into Russian election meddling a "disaster" on Monday, again questioned whether Russia interfered in the 2016 election that he won and suggested he equally trusted his national intelligence director andÂ PutinÂ -- all as he stood next to the Russian leader.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s Russia rhetoric was bad, but his policies are right

Daniel DePetris · July 18, 2018 6:20 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with members of his cabinet in Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 18, 2018.

National Security

White House: Russia still a threat to the US

Gabby Morrongiello · July 18, 2018 5:03 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks at an event.

John McCain: Trump is playing into Putin’s hands on Montenegro

Travis J. Tritten · July 18, 2018 4:43 pm

Mark Zuckerberg: I ‘have no reason not to’ believe Russia used Facebook in disinformation campaign

Katelyn Caralle · July 18, 2018 4:43 pm

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is very qualified to take on additional responsibilities in the White House, according to his father. Charles Kushner said, "We didn't raise our children as typical children. They were taught if you have wealth, it is not something to be spoiled about, it is a lot of responsibility [...] So my children, they are more mature than their years and they were raised that way." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

DNC can’t catch a break trying to serve Jared Kushner with lawsuit notice

Diana Stancy Correll · July 18, 2018 4:18 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, leave the stage together at the conclusion of their joint news conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018.

Trump’s long history of insecurity on winning the election

Timothy P. Carney · July 18, 2018 3:49 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."

Rand Paul unloads on ‘bigoted’ John Brennan for attacking Trump

Caitlin Yilek · July 18, 2018 3:14 pm

FILE - In this March 18, 2014 file photo, voters cast their ballots in Hinsdale, Ill. Illinois is set to receive $13.9 million in federal funds after Russian hackers breached the state's voter registration systems ahead of the 2016 election. Illinois plans to use the money to enhance its cybersecurity practices and to train local election officials. Elections officials had initially hoped to use the funds to replace decades-old voting machines. But state and federal requirements say the money must be used primarily on preventing a repeat of 2016.

Beltway Confidential

The Russians, or someone else, could really hack the 2018 midterm elections

Erin Dunne · July 18, 2018 2:57 pm

National Security

John Kelly tells GOP lawmakers to push back against Trump’s denial of Russian meddling: Report

Katelyn Caralle · July 18, 2018 1:12 pm

President Trump says he meant the opposite when he said in Helsinki that he doesn't see why Russia would have interfered in the 2016 U.S. elections.

Trump diagnoses the haters with ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’

Katelyn Caralle · July 18, 2018 12:06 pm