Tag: Russia

Senate announces Maria Butina interview transcript will be released to Justice Department

Diana Stancy Correll · August 1, 2018 11:00 pm

Donald Trump and Robert Mueller

Mueller seeking to press Trump about obstruction of justice: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · August 1, 2018 9:10 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."

Rudy Giuliani to Robert Mueller: ‘Put up or shut up. What do you got?’

Naomi Lim · August 1, 2018 8:36 pm

Justin Muzinich, U.S. deputy Treasury secretary nominee for U.S. President Donald Trump, listens during a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, July 26, 2018. Muzinich, a former Morgan Stanley banker and adviser to Jeb Bush's 2016 campaign who joined Steven Mnuchin's team in March as a counselor, helped craft the administration's tax-cut plan, a signature achievement of the president.

Senate advances Trump’s nominee for top Treasury position, who now faces hold over Russia

Joseph Lawler · August 1, 2018 4:51 pm

President-elect Trump mentioned Julian Assange in tweets over the past week. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Roger Stone: Trump should pardon Julian Assange to defend journalism

Steven Nelson · August 1, 2018 4:25 pm

Paul Manafort and Al Capone.

Trump suggests Paul Manafort being treated worse than Al Capone

Caitlin Yilek · August 1, 2018 4:14 pm

With reporters looking for updates, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, pauses in an elevator for a reporter's question as senators head to the chamber.

Susan Collins: Trump calling on Jeff Sessions to end Russia probe ‘entirely inappropriate and intemperate’

Anna Giaritelli · August 1, 2018 3:54 pm

FILE - In this June 16, 2016 file photo, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., left, accompanied by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats get their long-sought votes on gun control a week after the massacre in Orlando, Florida, but the prospects for any election-year changes in the nationâs laws are dim. The four votes on Monday, June 20, 2016, are the result of a deal after Murphy filibustered for almost 15 hours in response to the Orlando shooting.

National Security

Democrats blame Russia for ‘screwing up our democracy’ in latest Facebook infiltration

Laura Barrón-López · August 1, 2018 3:43 pm

In this 2017 photo, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort arrives at federal court in Washington.

FBI describes early-morning raid of Paul Manafort’s condo

Melissa Quinn · August 1, 2018 3:33 pm

Rep. Adam Schiff.

Adam Schiff: Trump’s tweet on Jeff Sessions ‘an attempt to obstruct justice hiding in plain sight’

Daniel Chaitin · August 1, 2018 2:24 pm

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., joined Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., speaks at the Supreme Court as President Trump prepares to choose a replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy on June 28, 2018.

Make summits great again, Mr. President

Washington Examiner · August 1, 2018 4:00 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

National Security

Trump’s anti-Mueller outbursts increase with Michael Cohen feud

Gabby Morrongiello · August 1, 2018 4:00 am