Tag: Russia

Beltway Confidential

What Trump should tell the UN on Tuesday

Tom Rogan · September 24, 2018 12:09 pm

China said Tuesday it would take unspecified countermeasures after the US imposed tariffs on $200 billion worth of its exports, raising the prospect of a full-blown trade war.

National Security

US planning ‘administration-wide’ measures against China

Naomi Lim · September 23, 2018 11:57 pm

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., questions witness FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok, during a joint hearing on "oversight of FBI and Department of Justice actions surrounding the 2016 election" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 12, 2018.

Date for Nellie Ohr testimony set

Daniel Chaitin · September 23, 2018 4:54 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a media availability with South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha at the State Department, Friday, May 11, 2018 in Washington.

Mike Pompeo: If chemical weapons used in Syria, US will ‘go to the source of the bad behavior’

Caitlin Yilek · September 23, 2018 2:58 pm

Officials attend a news conference after a meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC members at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, June 23, 2018.

Energy and Environment

Trump haunts OPEC with demand for lower oil and gas prices

Josh Siegel · September 23, 2018 4:00 am

The U.S. has good reasons to deter Bashar Assad from future attacks. (Syrian Presidency Facebook page via AP, File)

Russia: ‘Evil’ for West to deny Assad reconstruction aid

Joel Gehrke · September 22, 2018 4:26 pm

Sean Hannity to Trump: Don’t fire Rosenstein, it’s a setup

Caitlin Yilek · September 22, 2018 3:08 am

Sidney Blumenthal provided unvetted intelligence to Clinton about Libya even as he attempted to cultivate business opportunities in the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Rod Rosenstein considered lawyer to Clinton ally Sidney Blumenthal for special counsel, report says

Daniel Chaitin · September 22, 2018 1:10 am

President Trump pumps his fist as he arrives to a campaign rally in Las Vegas.

Beltway Confidential

What Trump can learn from document release walk back

Erin Dunne · September 21, 2018 6:59 pm

Special counsel Robert Mueller faces no limit on his investigation save for the mandate that established it. He can continue the probe â and even issue new indictments â right up to Nov. 6 and beyond.

National Security

Robert Mueller scrutinizing $3.3 million exchanged between planners of Trump Tower meeting: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · September 21, 2018 4:34 pm

President Trump gives a thumbs-up as he arrives to a campaign rally, Sept. 20, 2018, in Las Vegas.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s double whammy blow against Russia and China

Tom Rogan · September 21, 2018 4:29 pm

President Donald Trump pauses as he speaks during a campaign rally, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, in Las Vegas.

Trump: Russia investigation documents will be reviewed before release

Kelly Cohen · September 21, 2018 3:08 pm