Tag: Russia

American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md., Friday, Feb. 27, 2015.

Trump ally Matt Schlapp: Terrorists at Gitmo treated better than Paul Manafort

Naomi Lim · July 6, 2018 10:02 pm

A member of a specialist team wearing a protective police suit takes a picture in the front doorway as they search the fenced-off John Baker House for homeless people on Rollestone Street in Salisbury, England, on Friday. British police are scouring sections of Salisbury and Amesbury in southwest England, searching for a container feared to be contaminated with traces of the deadly nerve agent Novichok.

Beltway Confidential

Russia’s kill squad in Britain really messed up this time

Tom Rogan · July 6, 2018 7:29 pm

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., talks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Ron Johnson: Russian lawmakers ‘don’t understand why’ election interference is a big deal

Joel Gehrke · July 6, 2018 5:49 pm

President Donald Trump reacts to the cheering crowd as he leaves a rally at the Four Seasons Arena at Montana ExpoPark, Thursday, July 5, 2018, in Great Falls, Mont., in support of Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., and GOP Senate candidate Matt Rosendale.

Trump declares victory over ‘Democrat crazies’ in hacked emails suit dismissed on technicality

Melissa Quinn · July 6, 2018 5:33 pm

Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York, speaks with reporters during the White House Sports and Fitness Day event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, May 30, 2018. At the event, President Donald Trump announced the members of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition.

Robert Mueller disapproval jumps higher after Trump attacks: Poll

Naomi Lim · July 6, 2018 5:06 pm

Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the federal courthouse in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, in Washington.

Paul Manafort spends 23 hours a day in solitary confinement

Kelly Cohen · July 6, 2018 4:42 pm

President Trump praised Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., on Monday for helping make public a classified memo on government surveillance. Trump said, "Representative Devin Nunes, a man of tremendous courage and grit, may someday be recognized as a Great American Hero for what he has exposed and what he has had to endure!" (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

What is Devin Nunes up to? House Trump-Russia probe expands as Intel chair focuses on informants

Byron York · July 6, 2018 11:41 am

Earlier Wednesday, the FBI said it has "grave concerns" about the four-page memo because it includes "material omissions of fact." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Devin Nunes refers Clinton ally Sidney Blumenthal, others tied to Trump dossier for testimony

Daniel Chaitin · July 6, 2018 2:16 am

Ed Schultz dead at 64, former employer reports

Naomi Lim · July 5, 2018 5:26 pm

President Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin met briefly during a trade summit in Vietnam earlier this month. On Tuesday they talked for more than an hour about the need "to peacefully resolve the Syrian civil war, end the humanitarian crisis, allow displaced Syrians to return home, and ensure the stability of a unified Syria free of malign intervention and terrorist safe havens."

Trump to approach Vladimir Putin summit with ‘eyes wide open’

Gabby Morrongiello · July 5, 2018 4:38 pm

British police officers guards a cordon outside the Amesbury Baptist Centre church in Amesbury, England, Wednesday, July 4, 2018. British police have declared a "major incident" after two people were exposed to an unknown substance in the town, and are cordoning off places the people are known to have visited before falling ill.

UK: Russia targeting British people with nerve agents

Joel Gehrke · July 5, 2018 3:54 pm

Russian nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky test-fires the Bulava missiles from the White Sea on May 22, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Trump should bolster nuclear arms control during Putin summit

Erin Dunne · July 5, 2018 3:29 pm