Trump to Cut CIA Program That Arms Syrian Rebels. Good-Now Cut the Pentagon’s Program, Too.

The Trump administration is reportedly cutting a CIA program that has provided arms to Syrian rebels since 2013. This has provoked a heated reaction from a media obsessed with Russia, and from Russia hawks like Sen. Lindsey Graham , who said such a decision would represent a "complete capitulation" to Bashar Assad, Russia, and Iran.

Trump’s embrace of Russia making top advisers wary

The budget plan unveiled Tuesday is crucial because its passage would pave the way to pass a tax overhaul this fall without the fear of a filibuster by Senate Democrats. The budget plan unveiled Tuesday is crucial because its passage would pave the way to pass a tax overhaul this fall without the fear of a filibuster by Senate Democrats.

Trump shuts down CIA program to arm Syrian rebels: report

President Trump is shutting down the CIA's program to arm and train rebels fighting the Syrian government, The Washington Post reported Wednesday, a victory for Russia, which has called for the move for years. Officials told the Post that shutting down the program, begun by the Obama administration in 2013, is a sign of Trump's attempts to work with Russia, which has viewed the U.S. attempts to force out Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as an attack on their own interests.

Trump had second conversation with Putin in Germany

President Donald Trump had another, previously undisclosed conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Germany this month. White House spokesman Sean Spicer and National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton confirmed that Trump and Putin spoke at a dinner for world leaders and their spouses at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.

White House reveals additional Trump-Putin discussion

News that US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a previously unreported chat at the G20 summit is raising questions about what they discussed and who else was there. Photo: AFP Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had an additional, previously undisclosed chat at this month's G20 summit in Hamburg, the White House acknowledged on Tuesday.

Trump and Putin had another, previously undisclosed…

New details emerged of an additional conversation between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, earlier this month. The previously undisclosed conversation between the two leaders was first revealed on Tuesday by Ian Bremmer, president of the geopolitical risk firm Eurasia Group.

Trump Jr. attorney offers details about 8th person at meeting

Donald Trump Jr.'s attorney, Alan Futerfas, has told CNN he has spoken by phone to the eighth person in the room during the meeting at Trump Tower in June 2016. CNN reported last week that the individual was there on behalf of a Russian family, the Agalarovs, who had asked for the meeting to be set up, according to two sources familiar with the circumstances.

Trump leaves for Paris with Russia troubles brewing at home

President Trump left for his third trip abroad on Wednesday amid yet another cloud of controversy at home in what has become a familiar pattern for his foreign travel. Trump's visit to Paris for Bastille Day - during which France marks a key moment at the outset of the French Revolution with annual celebrations - comes less than a week after he returned from the G-20 summit in Germany and less than two days after his son published documents that suggested high-level campaign officials accepted a meeting with a Russian lawyer peddling "sensitive" information about Hillary Clinton during the presidential race.

Trump says he does not fault son for meeting Russian lawyer

U.S. President Donald Trump listens as South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivers a statement from the Rose Garden after meetings at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 30, 2017. REUTERS/Jim Bourg U.S. President Donald Trump listens as South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivers a statement from the Rose Garden after meetings at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 30, 2017.

In Paris, Trump is Bastille Day guest of city he derided

President Donald Trump's visit to Paris on Thursday will take him to a city he has repeatedly derided - and at the side of a French leader best known to Americans as the earnest young man with the endless handshake. "Paris isn't Paris any longer," Trump declared in February, implying the city had been ruined by jihadi attacks.

Trump and Putin meet for first time with grips and grins

In this image taken from video U.S. President Donald Trump, center left, meets with the Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, during the G20 summit. HAMBURG, Germany - With broad grins and a warm handshake, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin warmed up for their historic encounter on Friday under the shadow of U.S. outrage about Russian election-meddling and nagging questions about potential Trump campaign collusion.

Much to discuss’: Trump and Putin’s first handshake at G20 summit

The two men are to hold a formal meeting later today, when their body language is likely to be closely analysed US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, a veteran businessman and a former spy, shook hands on Friday ahead of the most highly anticipated face-to-face meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit . Trump has said he wants to find ways to work with Putin, a goal made more difficult by sharp differences over Russia's actions in Syria and Ukraine, and allegations Moscow meddled in the 2016 US presidential election.

Trump claims a everyonea at G-20 is talking about Podestaa s role in Russian hacking episode

Ahead of meetings at the Group of 20 Summit in Hamburg, President Trump on Friday fired off a Twitter post claiming "everyone" there was talking about the role of John Podesta, the former Hillary Clinton campaign chairman, in last year's Russian email hacking scandal. Everyone here is talking about why John Podesta refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA.