Tag: Russia

Maria Butina walks in Moscow, Russia.

Russian agent who wooed Republican operative and infiltrated NRA faces up to 5 years in jail

Caitlin Yilek · March 28, 2019 9:40 pm

A formation of U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning IIs assigned to the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings stationed at Hill Air Force Base perform aerial maneuvers during as part of a combat power exercise over Utah Test and Training Range, Nov. 19, 2018.

Lawmakers shoot to kill Lockheed transfer of F-35 joint fighter aircraft to Turkey

Diana Stancy Correll · March 28, 2019 8:43 pm

Earlier Wednesday, the FBI said it has "grave concerns" about the four-page memo because it includes "material omissions of fact." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Devin Nunes ‘prepared now’ to deliver criminal referral after Trump vows to release FISA documents

Daniel Chaitin · March 28, 2019 7:24 pm

White House adviser Jared Kushner listens during a proclamation signing with President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House in Washington, Monday, March 25, 2019.

Jared Kushner meets again with Senate Intelligence Committee

Katelyn Caralle · March 28, 2019 7:20 pm

"What are they going to do? To fight ISIS? The Americans lost nearly every war. They lost in Iraq, they had to withdraw at the end," said Syrian President Bashar Assad. (SANA via AP)

US diplomat: Bashar Assad has ‘hamstrung’ talks to end Syrian civil war

Joel Gehrke · March 28, 2019 5:59 pm

Devin Nunes, Adam Schiff, Kevin McCarthy.

Kevin McCarthy defends Devin Nunes as Adam Schiff faces ‘no faith’ uprising from GOP

Naomi Lim · March 28, 2019 5:37 pm

Russia's strategic bomber Tu-160 or White Swan, the largest supersonic bomber in the world, lands at Engels Air Base near Saratov, about 700 kilometers (450 miles) southeast of Moscow, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008. NATO knows Russia's biggest supersonic bomber as the Blackjack, but when a pair of the sleek white aircraft unexpectedly touched down in Venezuela this week the world got its first good look at what is known here as the White Swan.

Beltway Confidential

Russian state TV’s delusional call to send nuclear bombers 60 miles off Manhattan

Tom Rogan · March 28, 2019 5:26 pm

Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs St. John's Episcopal Church, across from the White House, after attending morning services, in Washington, Sunday, March 24, 2019.

Beltway Confidential

Releasing the Mueller report won’t change anyone’s mind

Kimberly Ross · March 28, 2019 5:18 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., accompanied by Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, July 17, 2018.

Pelosi: GOP are ‘scaredy-cats’ for attacking Schiff over Trump probe

Susan Ferrechio · March 28, 2019 4:03 pm

Billionaire investor and Democratic activist Tom Steyer speaks during a "Need to Impeach" town hall event, Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in Agawam, Mass. Steyer claims that President Donald Trump meets the criteria for impeachment.

Tom Steyer breaks with Pelosi on impeaching Trump

Katelyn Caralle · March 28, 2019 3:44 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, before boarding Marine One helicopter, Wednesday, April 10, 2019.

Mueller report more than 300 pages long

Diana Stancy Correll · March 28, 2019 3:01 pm

Donald Trump and Bret Stephens.

Beltway Confidential

What every journalist should read about the Russia investigation

Eddie Scarry · March 28, 2019 2:51 pm