Tag: Vladimir Putin

Warner was referencing the report of a leaked document by The Intercept showing the NSA acknowledged that the Russian military carried out cyberattacks on dozens of local election systems. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mark Warner criticizes DHS for not saying who was hit by Russian cyberattacks

Todd Shepherd · June 21, 2017 3:27 pm

Trump's Treasury Department issued a fresh round of sanctions on Russian and Russian-backed Ukrainian individuals on Tuesday before Poroshenko met extensively with Vice President Mike Pence and briefly with President Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump meets president of Ukraine amid rising tensions with Russia

Sarah Bedford · June 20, 2017 5:03 pm

The Syrian axis (Syrian President Bashar Assad, Russia, Iran, the Lebanese Hezbollah, and other associated Shiite militias) are determined to displace U.S./allied forces fromnorth-central Syria. (Alexei Druzhinin, RIA-Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

Assad and Putin are testing the US in Syria. Trump is answering.

Tom Rogan · June 19, 2017 12:47 pm

The question that didn’t air: Megyn Kelly asks Putin about the personal ‘toll’ of leading Russia

Mandy Mayfield · June 18, 2017 2:33 am

Maher joked that Trump confirming the leak on Twitter makes the scenario like the Watergate scandal if "'Deep Throat' was Nixon." (Janet Van Ham/HBO via AP)

Bill Maher: Robert Mueller is ‘so far up Trump’s a–, he had to ask Putin to scoot over’

Mandy Mayfield · June 17, 2017 7:25 pm

Yes, the U.K. is a longstanding U.S. ally in intelligence operations against Russian targets. Yet, that's just one side of the coin. (AP Photo / Matt Dunham)

Beltway Confidential

Why Britain tolerates Russian assassins on its soil

Tom Rogan · June 16, 2017 1:00 pm

The Acid Test of Dissent in Russia

Benjamin Parker · June 16, 2017 11:00 am

The Acid Test of Dissent in Russia

Benjamin Parker · June 16, 2017 6:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin's expression of support for Qatar marks another instance of his country's cozying up to traditional U.S. allies at a time of tension between the United States and some of its partners. (Sergei Savostyanov/TASS News Agency Pool Photo via AP)

Beltway Confidential

The House must join the Senate in sanctioning Russia

Tom Rogan · June 15, 2017 8:23 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly said his country is willing to offer former FBI Director James Comey political asylum if he is prosecuted in the U.S. for leaking his memos. (Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

National Security

Vladimir Putin: We will provide asylum to James Comey if he’s prosecuted

Caitlin Yilek · June 15, 2017 12:10 pm

It is fair game to criticize Kelly for how she conducts her interview with Jones, once you see it. But the freak out before the interview even airs is just unwarranted. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

Leave Megyn Kelly alone over her Alex Jones interview

Jamie Weinstein · June 14, 2017 10:30 pm

Tillerson emphasized the need for "flexibility" to negotiate with the Russians on a variety of thorny issues. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Tillerson warns lawmakers about Russia sanctions

Joel Gehrke · June 14, 2017 3:35 pm