Tag: Russia

Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine who was arrested on charges of spying in Moscow at the end of 2018.

Ex-Marine accused of spying in Russia sentenced to 16 years in prison

Caitlin Yilek · June 15, 2020 11:18 am

In this photo taken Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Ambassador Richard Grenell listens Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic during a press conference after their meeting, in Belgrade, Serbia. Grenell urged the new Kosovo government to abolish punitive tariffs on Serbian goods that have blocked negotiations between the two Balkan rivals.

‘Red flags from the beginning’: Grenell says concerns about Trump-Russia investigation were concealed

Jerry Dunleavy · June 14, 2020 5:54 pm

Putin claims Russia is handling the coronavirus pandemic more ‘smoothly’ than US

Mica Soellner · June 14, 2020 5:07 pm

The U.S. is building few traditional large nuclear plants like this one and is instead focusing on developing smaller reactors.

Energy and Environment

Trump policy change could be game changer for small nuclear reactors

Josh Siegel · June 13, 2020 4:00 am

Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, is sworn in before a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May. 5, 2020. The panel is considering Ratcliffe's nomination for director of national intelligence.

Ratcliffe to review House Intel report on Russian election meddling for further declassification

Jerry Dunleavy · June 12, 2020 10:26 pm

FILE- In this Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 file photo, a Lebanese man sits on his scooter as he speaks with his father on the balcony, in a Shiite neighborhood of a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. After a wave of car bomb attacks on Hezbollah's stronghold south of Beirut that left scores of people dead or wounded over the past three months, shop owners scared of more bombs have set up sand barriers in front of their institutions to reduce damage in case more blasts occur. The attacks that hit the south Beirut area known as Dahiyeh (suburb) has sacred many people in the area and increased security measures by Lebanese troops and members of the militant group.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Beltway Confidential

Lebanon and Syria lurch toward implosion

Tom Rogan · June 12, 2020 8:37 pm

Fiona Hill: Moscow must be delighted at how it sowed political chaos in America

Rob Crilly · June 12, 2020 3:41 pm

Twitter deletes over 170,000 accounts related to Chinese propaganda operation

Anthony Leonardi · June 12, 2020 12:28 am

Pictured from left to right are Bruce Ohr, Christopher Steele, and Glenn Simpson.

Beltway Confidential

Russia’s new nuclear submarine is not a game changer

Tom Rogan · June 11, 2020 6:12 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., defends Judge Brett Kavanaugh during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, focusing on allegations of sexual assault by Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s.

‘I’m not going to be stopped’: Lindsey Graham gains subpoena power in Crossfire Hurricane investigation

Jerry Dunleavy · June 11, 2020 4:46 pm

"The Pentagon has not received any orders with regards to Venezuela," said Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon Friday evening, according to CNN.

Beltway Confidential

Anthony Tata is a good Pentagon pick

Tom Rogan · June 11, 2020 4:29 pm

Former Austrian army colonel convicted of spying for Russia

Caitlin Yilek · June 11, 2020 4:02 pm