Tag: Russia

Smoke rises after a TNT bomb was thrown from a helicopter, hitting a rebel position during heavy fighting between troops loyal to President Bashar Assad and opposition fighters in the Idlib province countryside, Syria, Sept. 19, 2013.

National Security

US military starts exercise in Syria amid Russian threats

Travis J. Tritten · September 7, 2018 4:02 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., asks a question during a hearing with Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz and FBI Director Christopher Wray, during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee to examine Horowitz's report of the FBI's Clinton email probe, on Capitol Hill, Monday, June 18, 2018 in Washington.

National Security

Graham: NYT op-ed shows Mueller has ‘nothing’ on Russian collusion

Gabby Morrongiello · September 7, 2018 4:02 pm

Beltway Confidential

Why it's not so crazy to think Russia would attack US forces in Syria

Tom Rogan · September 7, 2018 2:50 pm

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks at the Heritage Foundation in Washington on July 18, 2018.

Nikki Haley warns Russia against ‘reckless escalation’ in Syria

Joel Gehrke · September 7, 2018 12:20 am

Fighters from Kurdish popular defense units YPJ (women) and YPG men) gather during a short break before heading out to fight for new positions in Kobani, Syria.

Preserve US interests in Syria by backing the Kurds

Alan Makovsky and Michael Makovsky · September 7, 2018 12:00 am

A security patrol is pictured near At Tanf, Syria.

Russia warns of possible attack near US troops in Syria: Report

Naomi Lim · September 6, 2018 11:54 pm

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, and Indian Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stand for photographs before making a joint statement after their meeting in New Delhi, India, on Thursday.

Beltway Confidential

In India, the Trump administration just scored a big win for US grand strategy

Tom Rogan · September 6, 2018 7:22 pm

Brett Kavanaugh and Robert Mueller.

Brett Kavanaugh denies any ‘inappropriate conversations’ about Robert Mueller

Kelly Cohen · September 6, 2018 3:46 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at a luncheon with members of the United Nations Security Council in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019.

National Security

Trump threatens to declassify documents from FBI Russia investigation

Katelyn Caralle · September 6, 2018 8:04 am

President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporter's following the White House Sports and Fitness Day event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 30, 2018.

Giuliani hopeful on Mueller’s proposal for written answers from Trump

Naomi Lim · September 6, 2018 4:01 am

President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, center, leaves the hearing room in the evening.

Brett Kavanaugh ends first day of marathon questioning before Senate Judiciary Committee

Melissa Quinn · September 6, 2018 2:47 am

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., left, appear at a hearing on Capitol Hill in D.C.

Kamala Harris presses Kavanaugh on discussing Mueller probe with law firm founded by Trump lawyer

Melissa Quinn · September 6, 2018 2:07 am