Tag: Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin during their joint news conference with President Trump at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki.

National Security

Russia demands proof of ‘nonsense’ election meddling claims

Pete Kasperowicz · July 18, 2018 11:57 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Majority of Americans feel Russia is ‘unfriendly,’ ‘enemy’ to US: Poll

Katelyn Caralle · July 18, 2018 8:30 am

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., arrives for a vote in Washington.

National Security

Democrat: Russian election meddling is a ‘9/11 national emergency’

Pete Kasperowicz · July 18, 2018 8:29 am

From left, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., and Jim Clyburn, D-S.C. speak at a news conference on Capitol Hill.

Trump’s Helsinki comments test Democrats’ patience on impeachment

Laura Barrón-López · July 18, 2018 4:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters about the massive government spending bill moving through Congress. The bipartisan $1.3 trillion spending bill left Congress in stalemate over shielding young Dreamer immigrants from deportation and curbing surging health insurance premiums.

National Security

Democrats say Putin has kompromat on Trump, GOP says no way

Al Weaver, Susan Ferrechio · July 18, 2018 2:05 am

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

Trump: Obama handling of Russian election interference more suspicious than timing of Mueller Russian indictments

Katelyn Caralle · July 18, 2018 1:09 am

Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the federal courthouse after his hearing, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, in Washington.

Judge denies Manafort’s request to move trial away from DC

Diana Stancy Correll · July 17, 2018 10:31 pm

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Former CIA head says he’s laughing at President Trump after Russian interference remarks

Katie Leach · July 17, 2018 10:29 pm

Marines 101: Trouble Never Gets Better With Time

Matthew Betley · July 17, 2018 10:11 pm

In this photo taken on April 21, 2013, Maria Butina, leader of a pro-gun organization in Russia, speaks to a crowd during a rally in support of legalizing the possession of handguns in Moscow, Russia. Butina, a 29-year-old gun-rights activist, served as a covert Russian agent while living in Washington, gathering intelligence on American officials and political organizations and working to establish back-channel lines of communications for the Kremlin, federal prosecutors charged Monday, July 16, 2018.

Maria Butina, Russian national with ties to NRA, indicted 24 hours after being charged

Kelly Cohen · July 17, 2018 9:45 pm

President Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin leave a press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s wimpiness is exposed again in Putin debacle

Quin Hillyer · July 17, 2018 9:29 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he meets with members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in Washington.

Trump’s talking points had handwritten ‘there was no colusion’ reminder: PHOTO

Katelyn Caralle · July 17, 2018 9:23 pm