Tag: Russia

Christopher Steele, who compiled an explosive and unproven dossier on President Donald Trumpâs purported activities in Russia, is pictured.

Trump-Russia dossier journalist doubts Christopher Steele’s claims

Naomi Lim · December 18, 2018 12:29 am

"He was not fired because he lied. He was fired because he just wasn't a good enough liar." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The question looming over Michael Flynn’s sentencing: Why did he lie?

Kelly Cohen · December 18, 2018 12:00 am

A Russian military truck carries a MSTA-S self-propelled howitzer about 10 kilometers from the Russia-Ukrainian border control point at town Donetsk, Rostov-on-Don region, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. Ukrainian government troops were fighting pro-Russian rebels in the streets of Luhansk on Tuesday and captured most of a town near the eastern city of Donetsk, tightening the noose around that key rebel-held stronghold, Ukrainian officials said. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

US confirms Russia has ‘significant military capacity’ along Ukraine’s borders

Joel Gehrke · December 17, 2018 9:06 pm

A United Nations helicopter carrying Italian peacekeepers takes off from the UNIFIL headquarters for a patrol over the Blue Line, a U.N.-drawn boundary between Lebanon and Israel, in the costal town of Naqoura, southern Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. A statement by the Lebanese Higher Defense Council on Wednesday instructed the country's military to confront any Israeli "aggression" on its land or maritime borders. The statement comes amid escalating tensions between the two neighbors, who are technically at war.

Beltway Confidential

On Hezbollah tunnels, the UN is about to prove its own impotence

Tom Rogan · December 17, 2018 8:26 pm

Russia's strategic bomber Tu-160, 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.

Beltway Confidential

Russia will struggle to use its Caribbean bomber base to threaten America

Tom Rogan · December 17, 2018 8:02 pm

Former FBI officials Peter Strzok (left) and Lisa Page (right).

New Justice Department report asks: In anti-Trump text probe, what happened to Strzok, Page iPhones?

Byron York · December 17, 2018 5:05 pm

A statue of "Justice" is seen at federal court as closing arguments are expected in the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, in Alexandria, Va., Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018.

‘Justice’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year

Caitlin Yilek · December 17, 2018 3:08 pm

Burr said Facebook would likely testify in the fall. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Russian election-meddling used YouTube, Instagram, more than previously thought, Senate Intel report says

Naomi Lim · December 16, 2018 10:49 pm

Congressman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., wants information about the communication between the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Election Commission. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Darrell Issa: Michael Flynn’s conviction will be ‘overturned’ due to Justice Department, FBI wrongdoing

Naomi Lim · December 16, 2018 7:32 pm

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., center, flanked by the committee's ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 20, 2017, during the committee's hearing on allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Devin Nunes calls for White House-linked transparency office to declassify government documents

Naomi Lim · December 16, 2018 6:50 pm

Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York, speaks with reporters during the White House Sports and Fitness Day event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, May 30, 2018. At the event, President Donald Trump announced the members of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition.

Giuliani: ‘Over my dead body’ will Mueller interview Trump

Caitlin Yilek · December 16, 2018 5:33 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at meeting with cultural advisers in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Putin says government should take the lead on culture following crackdown on rap

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · December 15, 2018 7:58 pm