Tag: Russia

Sen. Rand Paul speaks during his meeting with Russian lawmakers in Moscow.

Beltway Confidential

Rand Paul’s Russia trip is a visit of peace

Jack Hunter · August 11, 2018 4:00 pm

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens to Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, on Capitol Hill during a meeting on July 11, 2018.

A president would likely have to testify if subpoenaed: Kavanaugh memo

Caitlin Yilek · August 11, 2018 3:46 am

President Trump (pictured left) talks to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (pictured right).

Beltway Confidential

As US-Turkey relations enter crisis mode, here’s what Trump should do

Tom Rogan · August 10, 2018 6:35 pm

President Trump speaks as he meets with state leaders about prison reform on Aug. 9, 2018, at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J.

Beltway Confidential

North Korea’s new anger is a sign Trump’s strategy working

Tom Rogan · August 10, 2018 3:20 pm

Jim Mattis, U.S. secretary of defense, smiles while introducing U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, left, during an event at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. President Donald Trump's administration will call on Congress to allocate $8 billion over the next five years to establish the U.S. Space Force as the sixth branch of the military, Pence said today.

Beltway Confidential

Space Force has a cool name but more bureaucracy isn’t going to keep America safe

Erin Dunne · August 10, 2018 3:18 pm

This courtroom sketch depicts Paul Manafort standing with his lawyers in front of U.S. district Judge T.S. Ellis III at the Alexandria Federal Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., on July 31, 2018.

Paul Manafort trial resumes after several hour delay

Melissa Quinn · August 10, 2018 2:35 pm

A worker passes an oil drilling rig in an oilfield in Russia.

World oil production grows with help from Russia, as prices start to ease

Josh Siegel · August 10, 2018 2:09 pm

Acting Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a meeting in Moscow.

Russia ready to wage ‘economic war’ with US

Pete Kasperowicz · August 10, 2018 12:00 pm

Editorial: Republicans and Trump Tower

The Editors · August 10, 2018 6:19 am

Andrew Wheeler, acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, talks during a hearing.

Energy and Environment

Trump’s EPA targets Russia with new rule

John Siciliano · August 10, 2018 4:01 am

President Trump, right, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Da Nang, Vietnam, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Peace with Russia requires continued strength by the Trump administration

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2018 4:00 am

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., left, with Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the ranking member at right, listen during a meeting on their months-long standoff with the Justice Department on the request for documents related to the origins of the FBI's Russia investigation and the handling of its probe into Democrat Hillary Clinton's emails, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Democrats charge the subpoena undermines special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign's Russia ties and whether there was obstruction of justice.

National Security

Bob Goodlatte to subpoena DOJ, FBI officials and Fusion GPS co-founder

Anna Giaritelli · August 10, 2018 1:10 am