Tag: Russia

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Mnuchin floats taking Russian aluminum company off sanctions list

Christian Datoc · July 21, 2018 2:11 pm

President Trump, left, has a handshake with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference after the meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on Monday.

Trump’s Europe tour wasn’t what the media said it was

Eddie Scarry · July 21, 2018 4:00 am

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis listens to a question on the Department of Defense budget posture during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Thursday April 26, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

National Security

Will Jim Mattis get his waivers on Russia sanctions?

Travis J. Tritten · July 21, 2018 4:00 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters about the massive government spending bill moving through Congress. The bipartisan $1.3 trillion spending bill left Congress in stalemate over shielding young Dreamer immigrants from deportation and curbing surging health insurance premiums.

Democrats seize the upper hand on Russia after Trump missteps

Laura Barrón-López · July 21, 2018 4:00 am

Dershowitz said prosecutors want to use anything in Manafort's past to get him to spill the beans on any wrongdoings he witnessed during the 2016 presidential election. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Alan Dershowitz: Comparing Trump remarks at Putin summit to Kristallnacht is ‘form of Holocaust denial’

Caitlin Yilek · July 21, 2018 2:58 am

President Trump pauses while speaking at a rally at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn.

Trump calls media ‘hypocrites’ for saying he was ‘too nice’ to Putin

Caitlin Yilek · July 20, 2018 10:21 pm

National Security

Robert Mueller subpoenas Manhattan Madam: Report

Caitlin Yilek · July 20, 2018 8:38 pm

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko attends a press conference with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg during a summit.

National Security

Pentagon sends $200 million to Ukraine after Trump summit

Travis J. Tritten · July 20, 2018 7:51 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill on June 7, 2018.

Pelosi: Keep Putin out of Congress

Al Weaver · July 20, 2018 7:13 pm

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats speaks at the Aspen Security Forum in Aspen, Colorado. Coats said he wished President Trump had made different statements in Helsinki where he appeared to give credence to Russiaâs denial of interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

Beltway Confidential

Here’s how Trump should replace Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats if he resigns

Tom Rogan · July 20, 2018 7:11 pm

Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks during a Security Council meeting on April 13, 2018, at United Nations headquarters.

Nikki Haley: China and Russia ‘want to go around the rules’ restricting North Korean oil access

Joel Gehrke · July 20, 2018 6:31 pm

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the beginning of a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, 2018.

Mike Pompeo: ‘Incredibly valuable’ for Putin and Trump to meet again

Joel Gehrke · July 20, 2018 5:14 pm