By Steve Holland. May 9th, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the White House on Wednesday to discuss Syria and a wide range of international issues, a senior U.S. official said. CLICK IMAGE of Sergei Lavrov for direct link to Reuters story. It will be the highest-level contact […]
By Devlin Barrett May 9 at 5:46 PM FBI Director James B. Comey has been dismissed by the president, according to White House spokesman Sean Spicer. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for link to White House & DOJ letters. CLICK HERE for link to WP story: “The president has accepted the recommendation of the Attorney General and the deputy […]
By MATTHEW ROSENBERG May 8th, 2017 WASHINGTON — When did the White House know — and exactly who knew — about conversations that Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser, had with the Russian ambassador? That was the focus on Monday at a Senate hearing where Sally Q. Yates, the former acting attorney general, testified about […]
by KRISTEN WELKER, PETER ALEXANDER, DAFNA LINZER and KEN DILANIAN Former President Obama warned President Donald Trump against hiring Mike Flynn as his national security adviser, three former Obama administration officials tell NBC News. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for link to NBC News story. The warning, which has not been previously reported, came less than 48 hours after the November […]
By Peter Lance May 6th, 2017. By now you’ve head his penetrating and incisive commentaries on MSNBC. He was months ahead of the reporting on the Russia election hack. “The Plot to Hack America: How Putin’s Cyberspies and Wikileaks Tried to Steal the 2016 Election” is an absolute must read if you want to get […]
By Greg Miller and Adam Entous May 5 Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was warned by senior members of President Trump’s transition team about the risks of his contacts with the Russian ambassador weeks before the December call that led to Flynn’s forced resignation, current and former U.S. officials said. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE FOR direct link to WP story. […]
By Dana Milbank Opinion Writer May 3, 2017 So now it can be told: Bill Clinton cost his wife the presidency. Almost three hours into a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, FBI Director James Comey shed new light on his decision to go public about his agency’s investigations into Hillary Clinton’s emails, first in July […]
By ADAM GOLDMAN MAY 3, 2017 WASHINGTON — James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, sharply defended his rationale for notifying Congress about new emails related to the Hillary Clinton investigation less than two weeks before Election Day, saying Wednesday that any suggestion he affected the vote’s outcome made him “mildly nauseous.” CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for direct link to NYT story. Mr. […]
By AUSTIN WRIGHT 05/01/17 The leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have reached a decision that’s sure to disappoint Russia hawks: They’re not taking up a Russia sanctions bill anytime soon. Instead, Committee Chairman Bob Corker of Tennessee and ranking Democrat Ben Cardin of Maryland have agreed to move forward on a measure to counter Russian […]
Oren Dorell May 2, 2017 A former member of the Russian parliament is gunned down in broad daylight in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev. A longtime Russian ambassador to the United Nations drops dead at work. A Russian-backed commander in the breakaway Ukrainian province of Donetsk is blown up in an elevator. A Russian media executive is found dead in […]
