Tag: Vladimir Putin

A former national security adviser also said there should've been "more aggressive public attribution" that Russia was behind the hacks of the Democratic National Committee's computer systems, as well as other entities. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Obama’s ex-national security adviser: Obama should’ve pushed back ‘harder and publicly’ on Russian meddling

Melissa Quinn · July 10, 2017 3:57 pm

Conway insisted the network was out to ruin Trump, while Cuomo said he was not getting answers to his questions. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Watch: Kellyanne Conway and CNN’s Chris Cuomo spar in heated debate

Anna Giaritelli · July 10, 2017 1:34 pm

President Trump, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G-20 summit in Hamburg Germany. (AP Photo/Marcellus Stein)

Beltway Confidential

A joint US-Russian cybersecurity unit is a very bad idea

Tom Rogan · July 10, 2017 1:03 pm

The Sunny-Side Case for Trump’s Putin Meeting

Philip Terzian · July 10, 2017 12:55 pm

Republican Senate Hawks Unload on Trump’s Putin Meeting

Jenna Lifhits · July 10, 2017 2:00 am

United States President Donald Trump, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel take part in a Women and Development event at the G20 summit Saturday, July 8, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)

National Security

Weekend wrap: Relations with Russia rile Washington; Donald Trump Jr. in the hot seat

Kyle Feldscher · July 10, 2017 1:41 am

President Donald Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, waves as they board Air Force One in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, July 8, 2017, following the G20 Summit. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Trump backs off proposed ‘cyber security unit’ he discussed with Putin

Kyle Feldscher · July 10, 2017 12:59 am

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2017 file photo, Anthony Scaramucci, a senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, talks to reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. CNN isn't commenting Monday, June 26, as to what led it to retract a story about a supposed investigation into a pre-inaugural meeting between an associate of Trump and the head of a Russian investment fund. The story posted Thursday on CNN's website said Senate investigators are looking into the meeting between Scaramucci and Kirill Dmitriev, whose Russian Direct Investment Fund guides investments by U.S. entities in Russia. Scaramucci, in the story, said he exchanged pleasantries in a restaurant with Dmitriev. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

National Security

Informal Trump adviser claims Donald Trump Jr. is an honorable man in a witch-hunt

Kyle Feldscher · July 10, 2017 12:02 am

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 file photo, Donald Trump Jr. campaigns for his father Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Gilbert, Ariz. Donald Trump's eldest son, son-in-law and then-campaign chairman met with a Russian lawyer shortly after Trump won the Republican nomination, in what appears to be the earliest known private meeting between key aides to the president and a Russian. Representatives of Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner confirmed the June 2016 meeting to The Associated Press after The New York Times reported Saturday, July 8, 2017 on the gathering of the men and Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya at Trump Tower. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

National Security

Donald Trump Jr. met with Kremlin-connected lawyer after promise of dirt on Hillary Clinton: report

Eddie Scarry · July 9, 2017 8:56 pm

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gestures as he delivers a speech at the World Petroleum Congress, hosted by Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, July 9, 2017. Council President Jozsef Toth, who described Tillerson, who is from Texas, as "a man born with oil in his veins" before presenting him with the Dewhurst Award, named after the founder of the congress. The former ExxonMobile chief expressed his gratitude and said he misses "colleagues, partners and competitors" in the oil industry. (AP Photo)

Rex Tillerson doubts U.S. and Russia ‘will ever come to an agreement’ on election interference

Eddie Scarry · July 9, 2017 8:25 pm

Preet Bharara has been an outspoken critic of Trump since he was fired by the president in March after he refused to resign. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

National Security

Preet Bharara rips Trump: If a murderer ‘vehemently denied’ FBI evidence, ‘we just dropped it usually’

Caitlin Yilek · July 9, 2017 5:33 pm

Julian Assange is "trusted by the public and has the CIA's best stuff anyway," WikiLeaks tweeted. (Twitter/@JulianAssange via AP)

National Security

WikiLeaks tells Trump to put Julian Assange in charge of proposed Russian cybersecurity partnership

Caitlin Yilek · July 9, 2017 4:40 pm