Tag: Vladimir Putin

From left, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., and Jim Clyburn, D-S.C. speak at a news conference on Capitol Hill.

Trump’s Helsinki comments test Democrats’ patience on impeachment

Laura Barrón-López · July 18, 2018 4:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters about the massive government spending bill moving through Congress. The bipartisan $1.3 trillion spending bill left Congress in stalemate over shielding young Dreamer immigrants from deportation and curbing surging health insurance premiums.

National Security

Democrats say Putin has kompromat on Trump, GOP says no way

Al Weaver, Susan Ferrechio · July 18, 2018 2:05 am

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Former CIA head says he’s laughing at President Trump after Russian interference remarks

Katie Leach · July 17, 2018 10:29 pm

Marines 101: Trouble Never Gets Better With Time

Matthew Betley · July 17, 2018 10:11 pm

In this photo taken on April 21, 2013, Maria Butina, leader of a pro-gun organization in Russia, speaks to a crowd during a rally in support of legalizing the possession of handguns in Moscow, Russia. Butina, a 29-year-old gun-rights activist, served as a covert Russian agent while living in Washington, gathering intelligence on American officials and political organizations and working to establish back-channel lines of communications for the Kremlin, federal prosecutors charged Monday, July 16, 2018.

Maria Butina, Russian national with ties to NRA, indicted 24 hours after being charged

Kelly Cohen · July 17, 2018 9:45 pm

President Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin leave a press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s wimpiness is exposed again in Putin debacle

Quin Hillyer · July 17, 2018 9:29 pm

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s Putin press conference walk-back is not actually a walk-back

Becket Adams · July 17, 2018 9:10 pm

Stop Calling It ‘Treason’

Kevin D. Williamson · July 17, 2018 9:08 pm

Former CIA Director John Brennan testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 23, 2017, before the House Intelligence Committee Russia Investigation Task Force.

Beltway Confidential

John Brennan, famous for lying and spying on the Senate, baselessly accuses Trump of treason

Becket Adams · July 17, 2018 9:05 pm

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he meets with members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in Washington. Trump says he meant the opposite when he said in Helsinki that he doesn't see why Russia would have interfered in the 2016 U.S. elections.

Beltway Confidential

Trump tried to clean up his Putin mess, but the damage is done

Emily Jashinsky · July 17, 2018 8:59 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk during their meeting in Beijing on June 8, 2018.

‘China welcomes the improvement of Russia-US relations’

Joel Gehrke · July 17, 2018 8:41 pm

McConnell: Russia Is Not Our Friend

Jenna Lifhits · July 17, 2018 8:38 pm