Tag: Russia

Tad Devine. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Democratic consultant Tad Devine first to take the stand in Manafort trial

Melissa Quinn · July 31, 2018 11:07 pm

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Department of Homeland Security National Cybersecurity Summit in New York.

Mike Pence picks a side: ‘Fact is, Russia meddled in our 2016 elections’

Anna Giaritelli · July 31, 2018 9:08 pm

Don McGahn hates Rudy Giuliani with the ‘intensity of 1,000 burning suns’: Report

Naomi Lim · July 31, 2018 8:18 pm

The Islamic State group released on Thursday a purported audio recording from top leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

ISIS is on the ropes. So where is Baghdadi?

Jamie McIntyre · July 31, 2018 6:28 pm

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg returns after a break to continue testifying at a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election and data privacy.

Top intel lawmakers: Facebook better keep Congress apprised of foreign efforts to weaponize social media

Diana Stancy Correll · July 31, 2018 6:10 pm

Democrat Conor Lamb of Pa., stands inside Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Can the Democrats change their spots?

Noemie Emery · July 31, 2018 5:54 pm

In this June 11, 2014 photo, a man walks past a Facebook sign in an office on the Facebook campus in Menlo Park, Calif. British data protection authorities said Wednesday, July 2, that it is investigating revelations that Facebook conducted a psychological experiment on its users.

Facebook kills accounts over ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’ as elections near

Joe Williams · July 31, 2018 4:56 pm

"I do like [Melania] a lot, she is my favorite Trump by far," Meghan McCain said. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Meghan McCain: ‘I am very nostalgic for the Giuliani’ of the past

Diana Stancy Correll · July 31, 2018 4:51 pm

Paul Manafort departs Federal District Court after a hearing, Thursday, April 19, 2018, in Washington.

National Security

Manafort’s trial kicks off

Melissa Quinn · July 31, 2018 4:40 pm

In this Tuesday, July 17, 2018, photo, a Russian flag waves as a Syrian soldier walks on a roof of a military post overlooking the Damascus-Aleppo highway in the town of Rastan, Syria. Rastan and nearby Talbiseh were among the first Syrian towns to carry weapons against the government when the uprising against President Bashar Assad began in 2011. As the Syrian government reasserts control over opposition strongholds, co-existence between the military and former rebel fighters who surrendered is the new reality.

Beltway Confidential

The latest Syria talks are a Russian fiction

Tom Rogan · July 31, 2018 2:05 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, arrives after being introduced by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani during a campaign rally at Crown Arena, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in Fayetteville, N.C.

National Security

Trump echoes Giuliani: ‘Collusion is not a crime’

Caitlin Yilek · July 31, 2018 12:18 pm

"[House Speaker] Paul Ryan and every Republican leader should denounce in the strongest terms their GOP nominee suggesting conservatives could find the Supreme Court more favorable to their desires if his political rival was assassinated," Joe Scarborough said. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Joe Scarborough: Trump wants to ‘cozy up’ to all the terror states

Daniel Chaitin · July 31, 2018 12:00 pm