Tag: Russia

Acting Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a meeting in Moscow.

Russia ready to wage ‘economic war’ with US

Pete Kasperowicz · August 10, 2018 12:00 pm

Editorial: Republicans and Trump Tower

The Editors · August 10, 2018 6:19 am

Andrew Wheeler, acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, talks during a hearing.

Energy and Environment

Trump’s EPA targets Russia with new rule

John Siciliano · August 10, 2018 4:01 am

President Trump, right, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Da Nang, Vietnam, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Peace with Russia requires continued strength by the Trump administration

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2018 4:00 am

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., left, with Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the ranking member at right, listen during a meeting on their months-long standoff with the Justice Department on the request for documents related to the origins of the FBI's Russia investigation and the handling of its probe into Democrat Hillary Clinton's emails, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Democrats charge the subpoena undermines special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign's Russia ties and whether there was obstruction of justice.

National Security

Bob Goodlatte to subpoena DOJ, FBI officials and Fusion GPS co-founder

Anna Giaritelli · August 10, 2018 1:10 am

This courtroom sketch depicts Rick Gates testifying during the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in federal court in Alexandria, Va., on Aug. 7, 2018.

Judge in Manafort trial approves request to seal portion of private conference during Gates testimony

Melissa Quinn · August 10, 2018 12:10 am

House Republicans succeeding in war on Mueller ‘beyond their dreams,’ David Gergen says

Naomi Lim · August 9, 2018 8:50 pm

President Donald Trump adjusts his suit jacket after signing the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 bill, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Trump thinks tariffs help us but sanctions are a punishment

Tim Worstall · August 9, 2018 5:54 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a "Made in America" products showcase in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, July 23, 2018. Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of former FBI Director James Comey, ex-CIA Director John Brennan and other Obama-era national security officials who have criticized him.

Trump: People investigating Russia ‘witch hunt’ are ‘totally corrupt’

Caitlin Yilek · August 9, 2018 4:35 pm

Military forces work on a van in Winterslow, England, as investigations continue into the nerve-agent poisoning of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, in Salisbury, England, on March 4, 2018.

Russia: No decision yet on whether it will retaliate against US sanctions

Joel Gehrke · August 9, 2018 4:18 pm

The US Announced New Sanctions on Russia. But Cory Gardner Wants to Go Further.

Haley Byrd · August 9, 2018 4:10 pm

Vice President Mike Pence speaks.

National Security

Trump wants Space Force up and running by 2020

Jamie McIntyre · August 9, 2018 3:58 pm