Tag: Russia

President Trump talks on the phone with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 27, 2018.

Trump on Mueller probe: ‘I view it as an illegal investigation’

Melissa Quinn · August 30, 2018 9:54 pm

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks at an event in New York City.

Trump legal team composing ‘counter-report’ to undermine Mueller investigation: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · August 30, 2018 4:58 pm

Bruce Ohr is escorted to a meeting room on Capitol Hill in D.C.

Bruce Ohr names Andrew McCabe, FBI officials tied to Peter Strzok among his Trump dossier contacts: Reports

Daniel Chaitin · August 30, 2018 4:45 pm

Beltway Confidential

Guest writer for CNN pens a love letter to Putin

Tom Rogan · August 30, 2018 3:19 pm

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) launches a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, April 7, 2017. The United States blasted a Syrian air base with a barrage of cruise missiles in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians.

Beltway Confidential

Will Congress let Trump strike Syria again?

Daniel DePetris · August 30, 2018 2:53 pm

U.N. Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Syria Staffan de Mistura proposed that civilians holed up in the rebel-held region of Idlib could evacuate to government-held areas, a move that would in essence send many back into parts of Syria they once fled in its 7-1/2-year-old war.

UN envoy warns Russia and Assad against ‘most horrific tragedy’ in Syria

Joel Gehrke · August 30, 2018 2:32 pm

"The most dangerous 'enemy of the people' is presidential lying—always. Attacks on press by @realDonaldTrump more treacherous than Nixon's," tweeted Carl Bernstein. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Carl Bernstein to Trump: ‘No taunt will diminish my commitment’ to journalistic mission

Naomi Lim · August 30, 2018 3:46 am

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., heads to the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Richard Blumenthal: ‘There’s a credible case of obstruction of justice right now’ against Trump

Naomi Lim · August 30, 2018 1:57 am

CNN's signage outside its Atlanta headquarters on Aug. 2, 2014.

CNN: ‘Make no mistake’ Trump, ‘CNN does not lie’

Naomi Lim · August 30, 2018 12:33 am

George Papadopoulos' fiancee Simona Mangiante said Papadopoulos "set up meetings with leaders all over the world" for top officials with the Trump campaign. He was also "constantly in touch with high-level officials in the campaign," including Trump campaign chairman Steve Bannon and Michael Flynn. (Screenshot/ABC)

Papadopoulos will not exit plea deal: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · August 29, 2018 10:38 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren. AP Photo

Elizabeth Warren calls for probe into Trump administration’s steel and aluminum tariff exemptions

Sean Higgins · August 29, 2018 9:20 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin makes an address on the state TV in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. Putin in a televised address Wednesday said without raising the retirement age Russia's pension system "would crack and eventually collapse." He offered concessions to the reform, saying that women's retirement age should increase from 55 to 60 years, lower than had proposed.

Beltway Confidential

Putin’s pension reforms won’t fix Russia

Tom Rogan · August 29, 2018 5:45 pm