Tag: Russia

FILE - In this April 4, 2018, file photo, Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the federal courthouse in Washington. A year into his investigation, special counsel Robert Mueller is everywhere and nowhere at the same time. In that time, the breadth and stealth of his investigation has rattled the White House and its chief occupant, and has spread to Capitol Hill, K Street, foreign governments and, as late as last week, corporate boardrooms.

Paul Manafort is being treated like a ‘VIP’ in prison, says special counsel

Kelly Cohen · July 11, 2018 5:52 pm

Peter Strzok walks to a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Democrats dismiss Peter Strzok interview as ‘a political charade’

Kelly Cohen · July 11, 2018 5:40 pm

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen speaks during a press conference with the Central American and Mexican foreign ministers in Guatemala City, Tuesday, July 10, 2018.

National Security

DHS says Russia is ‘sowing discord’ in the US, but it’s not as bad as 2016

Naomi Lim · July 11, 2018 5:22 pm

FILE - In this Saturday, July 7, 2018 file photo England national soccer team players stand prior to the start of the quarterfinal match between Sweden and England at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Samara Arena, in Samara, Russia.

Beltway Confidential

Waterloo 1815, Moscow 1812, and why the World Cup final should be England versus France

Tom Rogan · July 11, 2018 3:41 pm

President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron gesture while speaking during their bilateral meeting, Wednesday, July 11, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium.

Emmanuel Macron disagrees with Trump on Germany being a ‘captive’ of Russia

Steven Nelson · July 11, 2018 3:23 pm

Lisa Page outside her Capitol Hill home in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 25.

National Security

Lisa Page’s lawyer says she’s willing to testify ‘later this month’

Kelly Cohen · July 11, 2018 3:18 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., confer during a news conference on June 13, 2018.

Paul Ryan ‘very disturbed’ by Lisa Page’s no-show

Susan Ferrechio · July 11, 2018 2:53 pm

President Trump asks whether NBC will "terminate" "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough "based on the 'unsolved mystery' that took place in Florida years ago?" Trump appeared to be referencing the death of Lori Klausutis, who was found dead in Scarborough's district office in Okaloosa County, Fla., in July 2001. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Joe Scarborough says Trump doing Putin’s ‘bidding’ four times throughout MSNBC show

Daniel Chaitin · July 11, 2018 2:52 pm

President Trump arrives for the summit of heads of state and government at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday.

Energy and Environment

Trump accuses Germany of being ‘captive’ to Russia’s oil and gas

Josh Siegel · July 11, 2018 11:51 am

President Trump gestures during a press conference prior to his bilateral breakfast with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels, Belgium.

NATO bends to Trump’s will, says his message is ‘having an impact’

Pete Kasperowicz · July 11, 2018 11:21 am

Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn leaves federal court in Washington on July 10, 2018.

Michael Flynn lawyers deny report he joined lobbying firm

Associated Press · July 11, 2018 12:21 am

Sergei Naryshkin, head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, speaks at an event.

Spy chiefs from Russia, Iran, and China huddle in Pakistan

Joel Gehrke · July 10, 2018 9:53 pm