Tag: Russia

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn is campaigning for a Republican congressional candidate in California.

Beltway Confidential

FBI’s entrapment of Gen. Flynn was despicable

Quin Hillyer · December 14, 2018 6:48 pm

In this May 13, 2018, file photo, provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, China's aircraft carrier leaves Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning Province for sea trials.

Beltway Confidential

How to fix America’s broken aircraft carrier strategy

Tom Rogan · December 14, 2018 4:57 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko talk to each other at the Eurasian Economic Council in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

In Belarus’ energy rage against Vladimir Putin, America’s opportunity

Tom Rogan · December 13, 2018 9:57 pm

Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.

No evidence FBI tried to destroy Peter Strzok or Lisa Page texts, IG report finds

Naomi Lim · December 13, 2018 9:34 pm

Sen. Ron Johnson continues to have reservations about the Senate Republican healthcare bill, and believes leadership is trying to "jam" the bill through this week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Putin trying to seize ‘land bridge’ to Crimea, says Ron Johnson

Joel Gehrke · December 13, 2018 9:30 pm

President-elect Trump's selection of retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as national security adviser is "a frightening prospect for anyone who values America's national security," according to more than 50 groups that sent a letter to the incoming president on Monday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump: Michael Flynn’s ‘great deal’ is because of how he was treated

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · December 13, 2018 5:23 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 pleads guilty to conspiring with Russian government against the US

Katelyn Caralle · December 13, 2018 5:06 pm

In this Nov. 7, 2012, file photo, U.S. and Chinese national flags are hung outside a hotel during a U.S. presidential election event organized by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

FBI: China threatens ‘the future of the world’

Joel Gehrke · December 12, 2018 10:55 pm

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a defence industry meeting event in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. Erdogan said Turkey will begin "within a few days" a new military operation to drive out U.S-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters in Syria, east of the Euphrates River. The move is likely to increase tensions between NATO allies, Turkey, and the United States.

Beltway Confidential

How the US should respond to Turkey’s new threat to US forces in Syria

Tom Rogan · December 12, 2018 9:29 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a media conference.

Pompeo: UN can’t ‘reward’ Iran by lifting arms embargo

Joel Gehrke · December 12, 2018 6:06 pm

Michael Cohen, right, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, arrives at federal court for his sentencing for dodging taxes, lying to Congress and violating campaign finance laws in New York on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018.

Former Trump fixer Michael Cohen gets 3 years in prison

Kelly Cohen · December 12, 2018 5:07 pm

U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif, addresses members of the media and supporters waiting for elections results at the Skosh Monahan's Irish Pub in Costa Mesa, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.

Ousted California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher moving to Maine

Caitlin Yilek · December 12, 2018 4:30 pm