Tag: Russia

President Donald Trump, right, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, listen to Ivanka Trump, the daughter and assistant to President, speaks during his meeting with members of his cabinet in Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 18, 2018.

National Security

Mike Pompeo: ‘Absurd’ to say Trump was weak at Putin summit

Naomi Lim · July 19, 2018 8:18 pm

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Iran's President Hassan Rouhani attend a news conference in Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi on Nov. 22, 2017.

Russia: ‘For us, Iran is a friendly country’

Joel Gehrke · July 19, 2018 7:27 pm

Russia's President Vladimir Putin listens during a news conference.

Beltway Confidential

Giving Putin access to Michael McFaul would be a catastrophic mistake for Trump

Tom Rogan · July 19, 2018 7:19 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Senate rejects Russian interviews of US officials after White House waffles

Pete Kasperowicz · July 19, 2018 6:53 pm

Dr. Herbert Hodes

Virginia Dem voters enraged by Trump’s Putin presser, but healthcare still comes first

David M. Drucker · July 19, 2018 6:24 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to the media after his annual televised call-in show in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 15, 2017. Putin has his annual live call-in show, a TV marathon lasting for hours in which he may for the first time declare his intention to seek another term in 2018, comment on the latest opposition protest and talk about Russia-U.S. ties and other issues.

National Security

Trump ‘disagrees’ with Putin’s plan to interview US officials

Gabby Morrongiello · July 19, 2018 6:12 pm

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., listens during a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Corker: No need to subpoena Trump’s Russian translator

Susan Ferrechio · July 19, 2018 6:01 pm

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., talks during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Friday, June 15, 2018.

Democrats erupt in ’USA’ chant on House floor: WATCH

Caitlin Yilek · July 19, 2018 5:05 pm

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen speak to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House.

DHS head Kirstjen Nielsen agrees with intelligence community’s Russia assessment ‘full stop’

Diana Stancy Correll · July 19, 2018 5:05 pm

How Helsinki and Trump’s Tariffs are Playing at Home

TWS Podcast · July 19, 2018 4:51 pm

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, arrives to interview Simona Mangiante Papadopoulos, wife of former Donald Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos at a closed-door meeting with Democrats on the House intelligence committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 18, 2018. George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty last year to lying to investigators about his contacts with people linked to Russia during the campaign.

Adam Schiff: Republicans just ‘going through the motions’ of Russia investigation

Katelyn Caralle · July 19, 2018 4:18 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2017, file photo, longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone arrives to testify before the House Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is examining previously undisclosed contact between former Trump campaign officials and a Russian figure alleged to have tried to sell them dirt on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign. But Stone and Michael Caputo say they believe the man was an FBI informant trying to set them up. He denied that to the Washington Post.

Ex-Trump aide: Roger Stone ‘will never cop a plea deal’

Caitlin Yilek · July 19, 2018 4:14 pm