Tag: Russia

With reporters looking for updates, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, pauses in an elevator for a reporter's question as senators head to the chamber.

Susan Collins: Trump calling on Jeff Sessions to end Russia probe ‘entirely inappropriate and intemperate’

Anna Giaritelli · August 1, 2018 3:54 pm

FILE - In this June 16, 2016 file photo, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., left, accompanied by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats get their long-sought votes on gun control a week after the massacre in Orlando, Florida, but the prospects for any election-year changes in the nationâs laws are dim. The four votes on Monday, June 20, 2016, are the result of a deal after Murphy filibustered for almost 15 hours in response to the Orlando shooting.

National Security

Democrats blame Russia for ‘screwing up our democracy’ in latest Facebook infiltration

Laura Barrón-López · August 1, 2018 3:43 pm

In this 2017 photo, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort arrives at federal court in Washington.

FBI describes early-morning raid of Paul Manafort’s condo

Melissa Quinn · August 1, 2018 3:33 pm

Rep. Adam Schiff.

Adam Schiff: Trump’s tweet on Jeff Sessions ‘an attempt to obstruct justice hiding in plain sight’

Daniel Chaitin · August 1, 2018 2:24 pm

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., joined Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks at the Supreme Court as President Trump prepares to choose a replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy on June 28, 2018.

Make summits great again, Mr. President

Washington Examiner · August 1, 2018 4:00 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

National Security

Trump’s anti-Mueller outbursts increase with Michael Cohen feud

Gabby Morrongiello · August 1, 2018 4:00 am

Tad Devine. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Democratic consultant Tad Devine first to take the stand in Manafort trial

Melissa Quinn · July 31, 2018 11:07 pm

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Department of Homeland Security National Cybersecurity Summit in New York.

Mike Pence picks a side: ‘Fact is, Russia meddled in our 2016 elections’

Anna Giaritelli · July 31, 2018 9:08 pm

Don McGahn hates Rudy Giuliani with the ‘intensity of 1,000 burning suns’: Report

Naomi Lim · July 31, 2018 8:18 pm

The Islamic State group released on Thursday a purported audio recording from top leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

ISIS is on the ropes. So where is Baghdadi?

Jamie McIntyre · July 31, 2018 6:28 pm

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg returns after a break to continue testifying at a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election and data privacy.

Top intel lawmakers: Facebook better keep Congress apprised of foreign efforts to weaponize social media

Diana Stancy Correll · July 31, 2018 6:10 pm

Democrat Conor Lamb of Pa., stands inside Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Can the Democrats change their spots?

Noemie Emery · July 31, 2018 5:54 pm