Tag: Russia

Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, is sworn in before a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May. 5, 2020. The panel is considering Ratcliffe's nomination for director of national intelligence.

Ratcliffe to review House Intel report on Russian election meddling for further declassification

Jerry Dunleavy · June 12, 2020 10:26 pm

FILE- In this Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 file photo, a Lebanese man sits on his scooter as he speaks with his father on the balcony, in a Shiite neighborhood of a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. After a wave of car bomb attacks on Hezbollah's stronghold south of Beirut that left scores of people dead or wounded over the past three months, shop owners scared of more bombs have set up sand barriers in front of their institutions to reduce damage in case more blasts occur. The attacks that hit the south Beirut area known as Dahiyeh (suburb) has sacred many people in the area and increased security measures by Lebanese troops and members of the militant group.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

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Lebanon and Syria lurch toward implosion

Tom Rogan · June 12, 2020 8:37 pm

Fiona Hill: Moscow must be delighted at how it sowed political chaos in America

Rob Crilly · June 12, 2020 3:41 pm

Twitter deletes over 170,000 accounts related to Chinese propaganda operation

Anthony Leonardi · June 12, 2020 12:28 am

Pictured from left to right are Bruce Ohr, Christopher Steele, and Glenn Simpson.

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Russia’s new nuclear submarine is not a game changer

Tom Rogan · June 11, 2020 6:12 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., defends Judge Brett Kavanaugh during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, focusing on allegations of sexual assault by Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s.

‘I’m not going to be stopped’: Lindsey Graham gains subpoena power in Crossfire Hurricane investigation

Jerry Dunleavy · June 11, 2020 4:46 pm

"The Pentagon has not received any orders with regards to Venezuela," said Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon Friday evening, according to CNN.

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Anthony Tata is a good Pentagon pick

Tom Rogan · June 11, 2020 4:29 pm

Former Austrian army colonel convicted of spying for Russia

Caitlin Yilek · June 11, 2020 4:02 pm

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, questions FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok during the House Committees on the Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform hearing on "Oversight of FBI and DOJ Actions Surrounding the 2016 Election," on Capitol Hill, Thursday, July 12, 2018, in Washington.

‘This is how the Left operates’: Jim Jordan slams ‘crazy’ attempt to continue Flynn case

Spencer Neale · June 11, 2020 2:57 pm

Christopher Steele, author of the Trump dossier, believed the candidate "was being blackmailed" and urged Fusion GPS to contact the FBI, according to a transcript released Tuesday. (AP Photo)

Declassified: Intelligence community assessment annex shows ‘limited corroboration’ of Steele dossier

Jerry Dunleavy · June 11, 2020 2:21 pm

An American and a Polish soldier chat during an official welcome ceremony of the US troops convoy in Zagan, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. U.S. soldiers arrived in Poland in January and fanned out to sites across Eastern Europe, where concerns run highest over Russia's claims on Crimea and its assistance to rebels fighting the Ukraine government. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

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American presence in Europe is crucial for a chaotic era

Janusz Bugajski · June 10, 2020 8:09 pm

In this Monday, March 9, 2020 photo released by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), a Russian Tu-142 maritime reconnaissance aircraft, top right, is intercepted near the Alaska coastline. U.S. and Canadian aircraft intercepted and escorted two Russian jets that flew over the Beaufort Sea near the Alaska coastline, military officials said Tuesday.

Russian bombers and fighter jets intercepted within 8 miles of US airspace

Zach Halaschak · June 10, 2020 5:58 pm