Vote Leave broke electoral law, Electoral Commission expected to say

Bipartisan Senate Panel Gives Middle Finger to Devin Nunes The Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee have said the NSA, CIA, and FBI got it wrong when they assessed that the point of Russia's 2016 election interference was to harm Hillary Clinton and elect Donald Trump.

Panel calls intel assessment on Russia meddling ‘sound’

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Manafort associate far more involved in pro-Russia strategy

Konstantin Kilimnik, an elusive figure under indictment for alleged witness tampering by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, is seen seated on the far left in a March 2006 photo obtained by The Associated Press as part of a collection of internal corporate memos and business records from the international political consulting offices of Donald Trumpa sA A s ex-campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. Mueller has indicated that Kilimnik is in Russia and has ties to Russian intelligence, which Kilimnik disputes.

Russian charged with Trump’s ex-campaign chief is key figure

Konstantin Kilimnik, an elusive figure under indictment for alleged witness tampering by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, is seen seated on the far left in a March 2006 photo obtained by The Associated Press as part of a collection of internal corporate memos and business records from the international political consulting offices of Donald Trump's ex-campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. Mueller has indicated that Kilimnik is in Russia and has ties to Russian intelligence, which Kilimnik disputes.

Trump says he’ll bring up election meddling with Putin

President Donald Trump said Friday he plans to bring up Russian election meddling during his upcoming summit with Vladimir Putin, part of a wide-ranging list of topics that could include sanctions and the status of Crimea. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he planned to discuss Ukraine, Syria and Crimea as well as election interference when he meets with the Russian president in Helsinki, Finland, next month in a summit he said could help defuse tensions between Moscow and Washington.

Trump is trying to destabilize the European Union

As President Trump heads to Europe next month for the NATO summit and then a historic meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, his personal attacks on the European Union and other pillars of the Western order are overshadowing his own administration's attempts to reassure allies that the United States still believes in the transatlantic project it has led since the 1940s. During a private meeting at the White House in late April, Trump was discussing trade with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Donald Trump doesn’t think Russia meddled in 2016

"Russia continues to say they had nothing to do with Meddling in our Election!," Trump tweeted at 7:25 a.m. "Where is the DNC Server, and why didn't Shady James Comey and the now disgraced FBI agents take and closely examine it? Why isn't Hillary/Russia being looked at? So many questions, so much corruption!" A half hour later, the White House announced that Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin would meet in Helsinki, Finland on July 16. But coincidence or not, the twin events of Thursday morning serve as a very important reminder: Donald Trump appears to not believe that Russia not only actively interfered in the 2016 election but did so with the express goal of helping Trump and hurting Hillary Clinton.  That is, of course, the unanimous conclusion of the intelligence community.

Trump’s July Putin dalliance could shake the alliance

President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg on July 7, 2017. Photo Credit: AP / Evan Vucci "Sometimes, our worst enemies are our so-called friends or allies," Trump told a crowd in North Dakota Wednesday night, while blasting European trade policies.

First Trump-Putin summit has Cold War backdrop, U.S. allies nervous

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet for their first summit on July 16 in Helsinki, a venue famed for its Cold War diplomacy. The Kremlin and the White House simultaneously announced the place and date a day after reaching agreement for the two leaders to meet following a visit to Moscow by U.S. national security adviser John Bolton.Trump will meet Putin after attending a July 11-12 summit of NATO leaders and a visit to Britain.

Trump-Putin summit to take place in Helsinki on July 16

The summit between US president Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will take place in Helsinki on July 16. The synchronised announcement by the Kremlin and the White House comes a day after Mr Trump's national security adviser John Bolton held talks with Russian officials in Moscow to lay the groundwork for the meeting in the capital of Finland. Mr Trump said on Wednesday that "getting along with Russia and with China and with everybody is a very good thing".

Pompeo: Trump Serious About Russia Getting Back into G-7 Club

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says President Donald Trump is serious about having Russia rejoin the G-7. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo indicated to senators Wednesday that President Donald Trump is serious in his desire to have Russia rejoin the Group of 7 countries even absent any improvements in Moscow's support for Russian separatists in Ukraine.

Trump says possible he will meet Putin this summer

Moscow does not rule out a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump this summer, RIA news agency reported on Friday, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. WASHINGTON/MOSCOW: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday it was possible he could meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this summer, and Moscow did not rule out a meeting.

The Art of the Foreign-Policy Deal: An Insider’s Guide to Trump’s Tactics

Donald Trump is scheduled to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Tuesday in Singapore after a year of turbulent foreign-policy maneuvers built on the U.S. president's willingness to take outsize risks. He has riled European leaders by quitting the international nuclear deal with Iran , is threatening tariffs and other punitive trade measures against allies and is contemplating a summit with a perennial U.S. adversary, Russian President Vladimir Putin.