Obama blames talk radio for effectiveness of “Russian propaganda”

During a long and rambling press conference , President Obama today blamed talk radio and other "partisan news venues" for the impact that "Russian propaganda" allegedly had on our presidential election. Trying to sound presidential , Obama argued that the real threat to America isn't Russia, but rather not being true to our own values - in other words, "los[ing] track of who we are."

Obama points finger at Putin for cyber attacks on U.S. election

U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday strongly suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally oversaw the computer hacks of Democratic Party emails that American intelligence officials say were aimed at helping Republican Donald Trump win the Nov. 8 election. At a pre-Christmas press conference, Obama leveled a fierce attack against Russia, calling it a smaller and weaker country than the United States that "does not produce anything that others want to buy, except oil and gas and arms."

House intel committee chair: if top spies won’t come to us, we’ll vist them

House intel committee chair: if top spies won't come to us, we'll vist them Chairman Devin Nunes said panel members will visit the CIA, FBI, and NSA next month. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2hXOHpp This Aug. 14, 2008, file photo shows a man crossing the CIA logo in the lobby of CIA headquarters in Langley, Va.

Trump ‘has case to answer’ on Russian hacking during US election

Donald Trump had people around him who had quite a lot to do with Russia or Ukraine, former British ambassador to Moscow Sir Andrew Wood said It is "almost impossible" that Donald Trump would not have known about Russian hacking during the US presidential election, a former ambassador to Moscow said as Barack Obama vowed that America would respond to the action. The outgoing president said the US would react at a "time and place of our choosing" to the hacking of Democratic officials' emails in the run-up to the election.

Obama: USA Will Strike Back At Russia Election Hack

The United States will soon respond to Russia's attack via hacking on the 2016 presidential election, according to President Barack Obama. Speaking to National Public Radio, Obama said, "I think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections that we need to take action and we will at a time and place of our own choosing."

White House, Trump team clash over alleged Russian hacking

Washington, Dec 16 : The White House on Thursday clashed with President-elect Donald Trump's transition team over alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. [NK US] "It is just a fact that the Republican nominee for President was encouraging Russia to hack his opponent because he believed it would help his campaign," Xinhua news agency quoted White House spokesman Josh Earnest as saying during the daily briefing.

Don’t look to the Electoral College to upend Trump victory

The sharp divisions left by last month's presidential election have cast more attention than usual on the Electoral... The Electoral College will soon convene and few of the Republican electors appear to be in the mood for an insurrection, despite fervent pleas by Democrats to abandon Donald Trump.

In collapse of US-Russian military ties, some see nuke risk

In this May 9, 2016 file photo, Russian soldiers march during the Victory Day military parade marking 71 years after the victory in WWII in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. It's not quite Cold War II, but the collapse of U.S. military relations with Russia could prove to be one of the most consequential aspects of President Barack Obama's national security legacy while presenting an early test of Donald Trump's hope for friendly ties to Moscow.

Judge orders Colorado electors to vote for Hillary Clinton

Michael Baca, center, speaks after arguments in a lawsuit were heard Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, outside the federal courthouse in downtown Denver. Baca and a Democratic elector are trying to be freed of Colorado's requirement that they vote for the winner of the state's popular vote in the presidential election this past November.

A Gentle Suggestion For Bold Reform

The single best law ever passed by the United States Congress was the 1862 Homestead Act that allowed everyone willing to work for it the right to own a piece of America. The right to hold private property remains one of the few rights deemed so important by the founding fathers that it was memorialized in our constitution.

Russiaa s back, bigger and badder than ever

Back in March 2014, with Russian-speaking forces patrolling the streets of Crimea, until then a part of the sovereign country of Ukraine, I wrote an article arguing that, "We have entered a new Cold War." Fast-forward to this surreal moment in American - and global - history, and it appears that Vladimir Putin's Russia is handily winning this Cold War 2.0. This is no longer a battle between Communism and capitalism/democracy.