Tag: Russia

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s Putin press conference walk-back is not actually a walk-back

Becket Adams · July 17, 2018 9:10 pm

Stop Calling It ‘Treason’

Kevin D. Williamson · July 17, 2018 9:08 pm

Former CIA Director John Brennan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 23, 2017, before the House Intelligence Committee Russia Investigation Task Force.

Beltway Confidential

John Brennan, famous for lying and spying on the Senate, baselessly accuses Trump of treason

Becket Adams · July 17, 2018 9:05 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 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.

Beltway Confidential

Trump tried to clean up his Putin mess, but the damage is done

Emily Jashinsky · July 17, 2018 8:59 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk during their meeting in Beijing on June 8, 2018.

‘China welcomes the improvement of Russia-US relations’

Joel Gehrke · July 17, 2018 8:41 pm

McConnell: Russia Is Not Our Friend

Jenna Lifhits · July 17, 2018 8:38 pm

Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia and ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, speaks during a hearing on worldwide threats in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Feb. 13, 2018. From missiles to cyberattacks, the annual intelligence assessment of global threats paints a world where China and Russia seek to upend U.S. influence as allies uncertain of American commitment may turn away from Washington.

Sen. Mark Warner: ‘I just don’t buy’ Trump’s walk back on Russia election meddling

Susan Ferrechio · July 17, 2018 8:29 pm

National Security

Chuck Schumer demands notes from Trump’s closed meeting with Putin

Pete Kasperowicz · July 17, 2018 8:13 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., flanked by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 17, 2018. McConnell says there is "indisputable evidence" Russia tried to affect the 2016 presidential election. He says the Senate understands the "Russia threat" and that is the "widespread view here in the United States Senate among members of both parties."

GOP eyes Russia sanctions bill a day after Trump’s summit blunder

Susan Ferrechio · July 17, 2018 7:37 pm

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats arrives as House and Senate lawmakers from both parties gather for a classified briefing in a secure room about the federal investigation into President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 24, 2018. Trump is calling his newest attempt at discrediting special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation "spygate" amid reports that a longtime government informant approached members of his campaign during the 2016 presidential election in a possible bid to glean intelligence on Russian efforts to sway the election.

National Security

Politicos and pundits debate whether Dan Coats should resign over Trump’s Helsinki remarks

Naomi Lim · July 17, 2018 7:29 pm

Mike Pompeo said it's "ludicrous" to question President Trump's mental stability. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mike Pompeo to testify before Congress next week as questions pile up over Trump-Putin meeting

Al Weaver · July 17, 2018 7:23 pm

President Trump speaks to members of the media as he meets with members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Tuesday in Washington.

Lights go out in White House while Trump speaks, he jokingly blames intelligence agencies

Caitlin Yilek · July 17, 2018 7:16 pm