Tag: Russia

Even though Putin condemned the NSA's spy operation, he told Stone that Snowden shouldn't have leaked the documents they way he did. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Beltway Confidential

On NATO, Russia should pay attention to lawmakers’ support, not White House wavering

Erin Dunne · January 25, 2019 1:12 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Lanny Davis: Rudy Giuliani is ‘mentally unstable’

Naomi Lim · January 24, 2019 10:50 pm

Former California Gov. Jerry Brown, left, and former Secretary of Defense William Perry unveil the Doomsday Clock during The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists news conference in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. The Doomsday Clock is set at two minutes to Midnight.

Doomsday Clock remains at two minutes to midnight, closest to disaster since the rise of the hydrogen bomb

Caitlin Yilek · January 24, 2019 5:07 pm

Juan Guaido, head of Venezuela's opposition-run congress, holds up a copy of the Venezuelan Constitution, after he declares himself interim president of the South American country until new elections can be called, at a rally demanding the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019.

Pompeo pledges $20M aid package to Venezuela after request from Maduro opposition leader

Joel Gehrke · January 24, 2019 5:06 pm

In this photo taken Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018 power transmission lines deliver electricity along the Interstates 40 and I-85 corridor in Orange County near Hillsborough, N.C.

Washington Secrets

New EMP warning: US will ‘cease to exist,’ 90 percent of population will die

Paul Bedard · January 24, 2019 3:09 pm

Jerome Corsi to Roger Stone: Stop the ‘defamatory’ comments about me

Naomi Lim · January 24, 2019 2:15 am

According to the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Paul Manafort alleged that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein exceeded the scope of his "authority" to appoint Robert Mueller, and Mueller's investigation has surpassed his authority. But Justice Department civil division lawyers say the "claims lack merit." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Manafort defense: ‘Lack of consistency,’ no lies

Kelly Cohen · January 23, 2019 10:23 pm

Anastasia Vashukevich, also known on social media as Nastya Rybka, is escorted in the court room in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. A Belarusian model who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian interference in the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president was arrested immediately upon her arrival in Moscow on Thursday following deportation from Thailand.

Escort claiming to have Trump-Russia dirt released from police custody in Moscow

Diana Stancy Correll · January 23, 2019 5:40 pm

Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Trump, speaks to reporters in Washington.

Trump irked by freewheeling Rudy Giuliani

Caitlin Yilek · January 23, 2019 3:32 pm

Robert Mueller appears at a hearing in D.C.

What if Mueller doesn’t give Democrats what they want?

Byron York · January 23, 2019 2:46 am

Matthew Whitaker, acting U.S. attorney general, speaks during a meeting with local law enforcement officers.

House Dems to acting AG: Have you shared Mueller information with Trump, legal team?

Kelly Cohen · January 23, 2019 12:03 am

President Trump speaks at the National Rifle Association annual convention in Dallas, Friday, May 4, 2018.

Mueller’s investigation asking about NRA

Claude Thompson · January 22, 2019 10:49 pm