Tag: Vladimir Putin

The Arizona Republican made the comments during an interview in Australia on Monday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

John McCain: Putin the ‘most important threat, more so than ISIS’

Anna Giaritelli · May 29, 2017 1:39 pm

"Allies do not threaten U.S. troops and allies do not attack U.S. citizens on American soil," Florida Republicans Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Gus Bilirakis wrote in a letter Thursday to the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

National Security

Lawmakers demand Turkey be punished like Russia

Joel Gehrke · May 27, 2017 12:00 pm

President Trump, during his speech at NATO headquarters, scolded members of the alliance for not contributing their "fair share" to the world's defense. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Joe Scarborough: Trump’s NATO speech is a ‘love note’ to Putin

Melissa Quinn · May 26, 2017 11:54 am

EPA transition team head says former Exxon CEO likes the idea of meeting with heads of state. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Trump’s foreign policy–interests or values?

Alvaro Vargas Llosa · May 25, 2017 3:59 pm

Critics complained the joke was indecent and perhaps even homophobic. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

FCC will not take action on Stephen Colbert’s ‘C–k holster’ monologue

Daniel Chaitin · May 23, 2017 10:34 pm

Former CIA Director John Brennan said that Russia's effort to influence the 2016 election were aimed at helping Donald Trump because of the "animus" that had built up between Hillary Clinton and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

John Brennan: Hostility between Putin, Clintons drove Russia’s actions

Todd Shepherd · May 23, 2017 3:54 pm

Lavrov is "nothing but a propagandist" and a "stooge of a thug and a murderer," namely Russian President Vladimir Putin, said McCain.
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

John McCain: Russia ‘had no business in the Oval Office’

John Siciliano · May 21, 2017 4:38 pm

President Trump said, "As I have stated many times, a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know —" there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. I look forward to this matter concluding quickly. In the meantime, I will never stop fighting for the people and the issues that matter most to the future of our country." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Out of the fire, into the frying pan

Washington Examiner · May 19, 2017 2:28 pm

Time magazine cover depicts Trump White House morphing into Moscow’s Red Square

Melissa Quinn · May 18, 2017 1:14 pm

Veteran Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, could face a tough midterm challenge in historically red Orange County, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Holston)

National Security

Rohrabacher: McCarthy was joking about Russia, but should be ‘very careful’ with humor

Al Weaver · May 18, 2017 12:20 am

"There's two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump," the House majority leader said in June 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

National Security

McCarthy said last year he believed Putin was paying off Trump

Anna Giaritelli · May 17, 2017 10:13 pm

"Mr. Secretary, Vladimir Putin is offering Congress a transcript of that Lavrov Oval Office meeting. Do you think the Russians were bugging the Oval Office," MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell asked Tillerson. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Tillerson: ‘I would have no way to know’ if Russians bugged the Oval Office

Caitlin Yilek · May 17, 2017 3:51 pm