Tag: Russia

Representatives from Facebook, Twitter, and Google testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee at a November hearing, discussing just how many users during the 2016 election were exposed to content tied to Russian influence operations.

Facebook wary of more foreign meddling as 2020 election heats up

James Langford · January 30, 2019 11:19 pm

Robert Mueller appears at a hearing in D.C.

Mueller says his files were leaked to Russia, which used them for ‘disinformation campaign’

Kelly Cohen · January 30, 2019 10:47 pm

China's Central Bank Governor Yi Gang, center, accompanies Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, left, and other Chinese officials as they begin US-China Trade Talks with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and other Trump Administration officials in the Diplomatic Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Complex, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

One job of US-China trade negotiators will be to prevent a war

Erin Dunne · January 30, 2019 9:58 pm

A group of artillerymen of the Soviet Red Army is seen as they bring their large-caliber gun in position, at the front line around the besieged city of Leningrad, in July 1942.

Beltway Confidential

Russia remembers the siege of Leningrad; so should you

Tom Rogan · January 30, 2019 8:30 pm

Venezuela's Carlos Vecchio, center, with David Smolansky, left, and Julio Borges, gestures after speaking to the media after meeting with Vice President Mike Pence, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, at the White House in Washington.

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Cold War-like tensions escalate as world powers take sides in Venezuela

Erin Dunne · January 30, 2019 6:08 pm

Roger Stone speaks to reporters after speaking at the American Priority Conference.

Roger Stone: I will not lie to special counsel

Katelyn Caralle · January 30, 2019 5:21 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Oleg Deripaska, right, attend the APEC Business Advisory Council dialogue in Danang, Vietnam.

Democrats ask why Trump admin lifted sanctions against Russian companies tied to oligarch

Kelly Cohen · January 29, 2019 9:33 pm

Anastasia Vashukevich, also known on social media as Nastya Rybka, center, is escorted in the court room in Moscow, Russia.

Model who promised to spill Trump-Russia secrets now says she made claims to save her life

Caitlin Yilek · January 29, 2019 7:22 pm

Beltway Confidential

NATO’s secretary general is wrong: The US must do more to counter Russian tactical nuclear weapons

Tom Rogan · January 29, 2019 6:41 pm

In this Nov. 29, 2017, file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during a news conference in Newark, N.J.

Chris Christie: ‘Crazy’ Michael Flynn called Jared Kushner after he was fired to complain about a Sean Spicer briefing

Steven Nelson · January 29, 2019 6:23 pm

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., speaks to reporters as he takes a break House Judiciary and Oversight Committee closed-door interview with former FBI Director James Comey on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018.

Trey Gowdy: Mueller ‘must feel like he has a pretty good case’

Daniel Chaitin · January 29, 2019 4:39 pm

Roger Stone pleads not guilty to charges brought by Robert Mueller

Kelly Cohen · January 29, 2019 4:06 pm