Pres. Duterte off to Russia next week for – stronger partnership’

By Genalyn Kabiling President Duterte will make a landmark visit to Russia next week to forge a "stronger partnership" in the fields of defense and security, trade and investment, peaceful use of nuclear energy, among others. The President is expected to hold separate meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as well as the Filipino community in Moscow during his official visit on May 22 to 26. Also included in Duterte's itinerary is a side trip to St. Petersburg where he will visit military shipyard and attend a business forum.

Planned Parenthood to close 4 Iowa clinics after funding cut

What was supposed to be a joyous homecoming for a Colorado man whose 98-year prison term was cut short turned to heartache when he was detained by immigration officials just as he was set to be released. Planned Parenthood says it's closing four of its 12 clinics in Iowa after the Republican-led Legislature cut its state funding.

Russia tops list of 100 countries that could launch cyberattacks on US

More than 100 countries around the world are now capable of launching state-sponsored cyberattacks, and Russia tops the list of foreign governments keeping U.S. intelligence officials up at night, according to Richard Ledgett, who only a few weeks ago stepped down as deputy director of the National Security Agency. "Russia is the most capable, they're also the most aggressive," Ledgett said Thursday at a cyber-security summit in Washington.

Trump campaign had at least 18 undisclosed contacts with Russians, sources say

Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer View text version of this page Help using this website - Accessibility statement Join today and you can easily save your favourite articles, join in the conversation and comment, plus select which news your want direct to your inbox. Washington: Former US national security adviser Michael Flynn and other advisers to Donald Trump's campaign were in contact with Russian officials and others with Kremlin ties in at least 18 calls and emails during the last seven months of the 2016 presidential race, current and former US officials familiar with the exchanges told Reuters.

Putin offers to give Congress notes of Trump’s meeting

Russia President Vladimir Putin has offered to turn over to Congress records of President Donald Trump's discussions with Russian diplomats in which Mr Trump is said to have disclosed classified information. Mr Putin's remarks come as Washington was reeling over revelations late on Tuesday that President Trump personally appealed to FBI Director James Comey to abandon the bureau's investigation into National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

Trump faces fallout over Comey appeal, intelligence sharing

President Donald Trump faced fallout Wednesday over revelations that he personally appealed to now-fired FBI Director James Comey to abandon the bureau's investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, allegations based on notes Comey wrote after the meeting. The White House has denied the report, which came amid a furor over the president's discussions with Russian diplomats in which Trump is said to have disclosed classified information.

GOP senator: ‘Absurd’ to accept Putin’s transcripts of Trump conversation

Sen. Susan Collins: "The idea that we would accept any evidence from President Putin is absurd" https://t.co/md1UAd2ICp Susan Collins GOP senator: 'Absurd' to accept Putin's transcripts of Trump conversation Senate GOP warms to larger insurance subsidies for older and low-income people The Memo: GOP anger at Trump is building MORE said Wednesday it would be "absurd" to accept Russian transcripts detailing last week's conversations between President Trump and the Russian officials, after the White House refused to say if it would provide transcripts from the meetings last week. "The idea that we would accept any evidence from President Putin is absurd," said Collins, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

McConnell still full of confidence in Trump, so Democrats have one choice: Shut. It. Down

Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that... At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the... Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is dismissing the fact that popular vote loser Donald Trump leaked highly sensitive classified information to Russian officials as nothing more than "drama" in the White House. Clearly, it's drama that's getting in the way of his tax cuts.

Billboard urges Iowa Senator to allow Trump-Russia probe

" A group has taken out a billboard ad down the block from Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley's Des Moines offices calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman to allow an independent investigation of the Trump campaign's possible ties to Russia. The digital billboard around the corner from Grassley's regional office in Des Moines began displaying the ad on Monday.

Melissa McCarthy Perfectly Trolls Sean Spicer For Hiding In Bushes

The comedian was captured on video Friday morning riding a motorized podium in midtown while dressed as Spicer, presumably a sequence that will air when McCarthy hosts the next "Saturday Night Live". " Saturday Night Live " continued its ratings winning streak this week, with the most recent episode delivering the most-watched May telecast of the series in the past seven years, Variety said.

Political chaos in Washington is a return on investment for Moscow

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, right, speaks while posing for photos with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Treaty Room of the State Department in Washington, D.C. on May 10, 2017. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, right, speaks while posing for photos with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Treaty Room of the State Department in Washington, D.C. on May 10, 2017.

.com | No ‘clean slate’ between the US and Russia – Tillerson

Relations between the United States and Russia, at their lowest level since the Cold War, will not restart "with a clean slate", Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday. The former ExxonMobil CEO, who was decorated in 2013 by Russian President Vladimir Putin, had said previously that the relationship between the two nuclear powers had hit its lowest point since the Soviet collapse in 1991.

Forum on China’s economic reach helps leader extend his own

China will seek to burnish President Xi Jinping's stature as a world-class statesman at an international gathering centered on his signature foreign policy effort that envisions a future world order in which all roads lead to Beijing. The Belt and Road Forum opening Sunday is the latest in a series of high-profile appearances aimed at projecting Xi's influence on the global stage ahead of a key congress of the ruling Communist Party later this year.

White House fumes after Moscow releases Trump meeting photos

Images of President Donald Trump meeting with Russia's Sergei Lavrov in the Oval Office were issued by the Russian state news agency TASS, and subsequently published by much of the global media. Photo: AFP Donald Trump's administration was left red-faced Thursday after the Moscow surprised it by releasing pictures of a closed-door meeting between the US president and Russia's top diplomat.

China’s Silk Road forum latest effort to boost Xi’s stature

China will seek to burnish President Xi Jinping's stature as a world-class statesman at an international gathering centered on his signature foreign policy effort envisioning a future world order in which all roads lead to Beijing. The "Belt and Road Forum" opening Sunday is the latest in a series of high-profile appearances aimed at projecting Xi's influence on the global stage ahead of a key congress of the ruling Communist Party later this year.