Tag: Russia

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, places her hands together as she receives applause while being presented with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as former Harvard President Drew Faust, left, and Harvard Provost Alan Garber, right, look on during Harvard University commencement exercises, Thursday, May 30, 2019, on the schools campus, in Cambridge, Mass.

Beltway Confidential

Harvard University entertains the delusion of Angela Merkel’s liberal order

Tom Rogan · May 31, 2019 6:20 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks to local residents during a meet and greet, Sunday, May 26, 2019, in Ottumwa, Iowa.

Warren: If Trump weren’t president ‘he would be in handcuffs and indicted’

Diana Stancy Correll · May 31, 2019 5:24 pm

President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr arrive for a Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor presentation ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2019.

William Barr dishes on what Huber, Horowitz, and Durham are investigating

Jerry Dunleavy · May 31, 2019 3:59 pm

Trump green lights study group on pairing Russian missile system with F-35s

Diana Stancy Correll · May 31, 2019 3:55 pm

President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr arrive for a Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor presentation ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2019.

William Barr responds to critics of his reputation: ‘Everyone dies’

Julio Rosas · May 31, 2019 1:15 pm

From left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stand on the East steps of Capitol Hill in this Dec. 2021 photo.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Mueller statement ticks up impeachment push

Susan Ferrechio · May 31, 2019 4:00 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Beltway Confidential

Noticing the elephant in the special counsel’s office

Hugo Gurdon · May 31, 2019 4:00 am

This photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Civil Defense workers searching for victims under the rubble of a destroyed building after an airstrike by Syrian government forces, Maaret al-Numan, a town in south Idlib, Syria, Thursday, May 30, 2019. Rescue workers and activists say at least five, including three from the same family, have been killed in Syria's last rebel stronghold when warplanes targeted the building they live in, leveling it. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

National Security

‘Pragmatically ruthless’: Russia’s improbable claim it has killed no civilians in Syria

Russ Read · May 31, 2019 2:38 am

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani talks with reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017.

Rudy Giuliani: ‘I blasted’ Mueller in ‘crisis’ DOJ meeting he did not attend

Daniel Chaitin · May 31, 2019 2:15 am

Stephen King fans are hoping they can get the author to consider running for political office. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Stephen King: ‘It’s impossible to watch HBO’s CHERNOBYL without thinking’ of Trump

Julio Rosas · May 30, 2019 11:53 pm

Andrew McCabe.

Andrew McCabe backs away from claim that Trump might be a Russian asset

Jerry Dunleavy · May 30, 2019 11:14 pm

Special counsel Robert Mueller walks from the podium after speaking at the Department of Justice Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Washington, about the Russia investigation.

Beltway Confidential

Democrats cling to faith in Robert Mueller by insisting they know what’s in his heart rather than his report

Eddie Scarry · May 30, 2019 6:57 pm