Tag: Russia

John Bolton.

National Security

John Bolton warns Russia it will hit Assad if he uses chemical weapons: Report

Caitlin Yilek · August 25, 2018 2:05 am

Paul Manafort leaves federal court in Washington, left and attorney Michael Cohen leaves federal court in New York.

Majority of voters don’t want Trump to pardon Manafort, Cohen: Poll

Anna Giaritelli · August 24, 2018 10:37 pm

As the midterm congressional primaries heat up amid warnings of Russian hacking, about 1 in 5 Americans will be casting their ballots on machines that do not produce a paper record of their votes.

Beltway Confidential

Let’s have more action, less talk on making elections safe

Erin Dunne · August 24, 2018 9:44 pm

A journalist presents a bunch of flowers to Russian agent Maria Butina, upon her arrival from the United States at Moscow International Airport Sheremetyevo outside Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. Butina, a gun rights activist who sought to infiltrate conservative U.S. political groups and promote Russia's agenda around the time that Donald Trump rose to power, was released Friday from a low-security facility in Florida.

Lawyer for alleged Russian agent Maria Butina says claim she offered sex for job is ‘sexist smear’

Caitlin Yilek · August 24, 2018 9:29 pm

Beltway Confidential

How Russia hopes to profit from climate change

Erin Dunne · August 24, 2018 5:32 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as lawmakers demanded specifics from him on President Donald Trump's meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Helsinki last week, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Pompeo says he has personally told top Russian officials that there will be "severe consequences" for any interference in U.S. elections or the American democratic process.

Democrats demand Pompeo turn over documents from Trump-Putin summit

Diana Stancy Correll · August 24, 2018 4:20 pm

National Security

Trump Decries Reality Winner Sentence: ‘So Unfair’

Haley Byrd · August 24, 2018 1:44 pm

Bruce Ohr bypassed DOJ superiors to feed FBI info from Trump dossier author: Report

Daniel Chaitin · August 24, 2018 3:18 am

President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporter's following the White House Sports and Fitness Day event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 30, 2018.

Giuliani now says he never talked to Trump about pardoning Manafort specifically

Anna Giaritelli · August 24, 2018 3:17 am

Michael Cohen, personal lawyer to President Trump, arrives at federal court in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, May 30, 2018.

Michael Cohen ‘admitting to lying’ to House Intelligence Committee, Democrat says

Naomi Lim · August 23, 2018 9:50 pm

Lawyers for alleged Russian agent Maria Butina accused of violating court rules

Kelly Cohen · August 23, 2018 8:24 pm

Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a visit to NASA's Johnson Space Center, Aug. 23, 2018, in Houston.

Beltway Confidential

Mike Pence is letting the world know that the United States still owns the moon

Philip Wegmann · August 23, 2018 7:55 pm