Tag: Russia

President Trump approaches the microphones to speak to the media as he walks to the Marine One helicopter on Friday on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Trump is traveling to Annapolis to address the U.S. Naval Academy.

No sympathy for a lying press

Eddie Scarry · August 15, 2018 6:24 pm

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) and President Trump are pictured.

Beltway Confidential

What the US has to lose in the ongoing dispute with Turkey

Erin Dunne · August 15, 2018 5:55 pm

National security adviser John Bolton arrives for a news conference in Palm Beach, Fla.

Beltway Confidential

Trump sends John Bolton to read between the Russian lines

Tom Rogan · August 15, 2018 4:59 pm

Trump's real gripe is not leaks per se, but leaks that make him look bad. (AP Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

The attorney general is not the president’s lawyer

Erin Dunne · August 15, 2018 12:41 pm

Beltway Confidential

Trump can disparage Jeff Sessions all he likes, but he’s in trouble if the AG quits now

David Freddoso · August 15, 2018 12:15 pm

Rudy Giuliani offered a description of the GOP nominee's relationship with the Russian leader that contradicted Trump's previous statements. (AP Photo)

Rudy Giuliani: Trump had no prior knowledge of WikiLeaks email dump

Naomi Lim · August 15, 2018 1:39 am

Rand Paul blasts foes as ‘diplomatic isolationists’

W. James Antle III · August 14, 2018 8:19 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on African American History Month in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, Omarosa Manigault, Trump, and then-Housing and Urban Development Secretary-designate Ben Carson. Omarosa Manigault Newman â the former "Apprentice" contestant who became one of Trump's most prominent African -American supporters â has resigned from the White House.

Omarosa claims Trump knew about forthcoming leak of Clinton emails before they were released

Caitlin Yilek · August 14, 2018 6:33 pm

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the beginning of a one-on-one meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s approval rating doesn’t fall despite Putin debacle and rough July

Emily Jashinsky · August 14, 2018 5:11 pm

The silhouette of Robert Mueller, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice, is seen as he leaves the U.S. Capitol Building following a meeting with the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Senators on the Intelligence Committee pressed administration officials Wednesday to disclose more about the extent of Russian hacking attempts during last year's election after the government disclosed that 21 states had been targeted.

Most want Mueller to wrap up Russia investigation by Election Day

Caitlin Yilek · August 14, 2018 12:58 pm

Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions.

Trump shames Sessions: ‘If we had a real Attorney General,’ there would be no Russia investigation

Robert Donachie · August 14, 2018 12:52 pm

It's good that these emails are out in the open. But let's not suggest Donald Trump Jr. released them out of a desire to be transparent. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Will Don Jr. Be Left Holding the Bag?

Eric Felten · August 14, 2018 9:04 am