Tag: Russia

House Republicans succeeding in war on Mueller ‘beyond their dreams,’ David Gergen says

Naomi Lim · August 9, 2018 8:50 pm

President Donald Trump adjusts his suit jacket after signing the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 bill, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Trump thinks tariffs help us but sanctions are a punishment

Tim Worstall · August 9, 2018 5:54 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a "Made in America" products showcase in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, July 23, 2018. Trump is considering revoking the security clearances of former FBI Director James Comey, ex-CIA Director John Brennan and other Obama-era national security officials who have criticized him.

Trump: People investigating Russia ‘witch hunt’ are ‘totally corrupt’

Caitlin Yilek · August 9, 2018 4:35 pm

Military forces work on a van in Winterslow, England, as investigations continue into the nerve-agent poisoning of Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, in Salisbury, England, on March 4, 2018.

Russia: No decision yet on whether it will retaliate against US sanctions

Joel Gehrke · August 9, 2018 4:18 pm

The US Announced New Sanctions on Russia. But Cory Gardner Wants to Go Further.

Haley Byrd · August 9, 2018 4:10 pm

Vice President Mike Pence speaks.

National Security

Trump wants Space Force up and running by 2020

Jamie McIntyre · August 9, 2018 3:58 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2016 file photo, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani arrives at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J. President Donald Trump's new lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday, May 2, 2018, the president repaid attorney Michael Cohen for a $130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Giuliani made the revelation during an appearance on Fox News Channel's "Hannity."

National Security

Rudy Giuliani: Mueller’s Russia investigation is ‘going to blow up’ on him

Katelyn Caralle · August 9, 2018 12:58 pm

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., waves as he waits for the doors to close on an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 13, 2018.

Devin Nunes blames Rosenstein impeachment delay on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination: Report

Naomi Lim · August 9, 2018 1:52 am

Roger Stone attends Politicon at The Pasadena Convention Center on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Pasadena, Calif.

Roger Stone: Why aren’t Manafort’s lawyers asking whether he was under ‘illegal’ FISA surveillance?

Naomi Lim · August 9, 2018 1:21 am

President Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday in Washington.

White House drafting executive order on imposing sanctions for election interference: Report

Naomi Lim · August 8, 2018 11:44 pm

Christopher Steele (left), Bruce Ohr (center), and Glenn Simpson (right) are pictured.

Emails show 2016 links among Steele, Ohr, Simpson — with Russian oligarch in background

Byron York · August 8, 2018 10:18 pm

The statement also said Trump thanked Putin for "acknowledging America's strong economic performance" during an annual press conference. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig)

Beltway Confidential

Putin had it coming: Trump levies new sanctions against Russia over UK nerve agent attacks

Tom Rogan · August 8, 2018 8:30 pm